HyTrust Inc., the leader in policy management and access control for
virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced a new partnership with
the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), along with other
industry leaders such as Cisco, HP, Intel, McAfee, Microsoft, RSA, Splunk,
Symantec, Vanguard and Venafi. NCCoE, which was created by the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the State of Maryland and
Montgomery County, is focused on bringing together the best minds, tools and
solutions that will protect our ideas, innovations and data from cyber thieves,
and make electronic communications and transactions safer. It aims to enable
shared cybersecurity best practices and technologies, and mitigate risk and
enhance trust in our national IT systems.
The gold
standard for cloud and virtualization security, HyTrust brings control,
security, management, compliance and visibility to cloud environments and the
new computing layer it introduces. In effect, HyTrust enables the new efficient
data center; allows organizations to virtualize more and build clouds safely;
and increases virtualization ROI while satisfying the demands of internal
security teams, compliance auditors, and virtualization and cloud operations.
This is especially critical given that along with the vast benefits,
virtualization and cloud infrastructure also introduces a serious issue:
concentration of risk.
"As computing
continues to move to the cloud, it's crucial that organizations and government
agencies be able to address the unique security challenges presented," said Eric
Chiu, president & founder, HyTrust. "Likewise, security vendors need to
shift focus to the cloud, however, for the most part, the industry hasn't kept
pace. This will become even more vital as cybersecurity threats mound." Chiu
continued: "Virtually all the companies partnering with the NCCoE are partners
of HyTrust, and highly focused on securing the new era of computing, which
already happens to be the new reality-cloud computing. We're happy to announce
our partnership with the NCCoE today as well."
According to
industry surveys, in 2011 more than 174 million records were compromised in
breaches and technical errors worldwide, costing businesses billions of dollars,
threatening national security, and undermining consumer privacy and confidence.
Cybersecurity is a challenge for companies large and small, as well as private
and public institutions, states and the federal
government.
"Cybersecurity is one of the toughest
technical challenges facing the nation today," said Under Secretary of Commerce
for Standards and Technology and NIST Director Patrick Gallagher. "NIST looks
forward to working with these top private-sector companies and our state and
federal partners in Maryland to help the National Cybersecurity Center of
Excellence jumpstart its work to better protect our vital IT infrastructure and
business information."
There will be
a signing ceremony today at 2:30pm EDT in Rockville, MD and government officials
will be touring the new facilities. Press will have the opportunity to join U.S.
Senator Barbara Mikulski and National Security Agency Director General Keith B.
Alexander on a brief tour of the organization's new, state-of-the-art facilities
and learn about other NIST cybersecurity programs. HyTrust chief technology
officer and senior vice president, Hemma Prafullchandra, will also be in
attendance.
The NCCoE was
established to bring together experts from industry, government and academia to
find practical solutions for today's most pressing cybersecurity needs and help
businesses secure their data and digital infrastructure. Vendors, end users, and
researchers will work side by side on specific industry challenges and to
encourage the rapid adoption of comprehensive cybersecurity tools that can
protect business information.