High Performance Encryption for Data-at-Rest
Managing operational risk by protecting valuable digital assets has become increasingly critical in today's enterprise IT environments. In addition to achieving compliance with regulatory mandates and meeting industry standards for data confidentiality, IT organizations must also protect against potential litigation and liability following a reported breach.

In the context of data center fabric security, Brocade provides advanced fabric services for Storage Area Networks (SANs) with the Brocade Encryption Switch. The switch is a high-speed, highly reliable hardware device that delivers fabric-based encryption services to secure data assets either selectively or on a comprehensive basis.

The Brocade Encryption Switch scales non-disruptively, providing up to 96 Gbps of encryption processing power to meet the needs of the most demanding environments with flexible, on-demand performance. It also provides compression services at speeds up to 48 Gbps for tape storage systems. Moreover, it is tightly integrated with industry-leading, enterprise-class key management systems that can scale to support key lifecycle services across distributed environments.

Highlights include:

• High-performance, scalable fabric-based encryption enforces data confidentiality and privacy requirements
• Unparalleled encryption processing at up to 96 Gbps using industry-standard AES-256 encryption algorithms
• Key Management Interoperability Protocol (KMIP)-compliant client for enterprise-wide key management helps reduce operational costs and simplify management
• A single, centralized security platform for both disk and tape SAN environments supporting heterogeneous enterprise data centers
• Frame Redirection technology enables easy, non-intrusive deployment of fabric-based security services
• Plug-in encryption and compression services available to all host servers, including Virtual Machines (VMs), attached to data center fabrics
• Scalable performance with on-demand encryption and compression processing power meets regulatory mandates for securing data