Cohesity, the pioneer of hyperconverged secondary storage,
today announced that its encryption solution has been certified to meet
federal data protection standards. This certification from the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) allows for government
agencies that handle sensitive information to realize the benefits of
hyperconverged secondary storage, and demonstrates Cohesity's commitment
to serving organizations in the public sector.
To achieve Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS)
140-2 certification, government-approved lab tests of the encryption
module were run not in isolation but as part of the storage platform and
on the same hardware that Cohesity deploys at customer sites. This
offers more complete security assurance than other vendors that run
tests on their cryptographic library but not their fully mated solution.
It is analogous to validating that a lock actually secures a house,
rather than just showing that the lock works.
Validation that Cohesity's solution meets FIPS 140-2
requirements enables the company to bid on government projects within
federal civilian agencies, the Department of Defense, and the
Intelligence Community. U.S. law mandates that federal agencies and
federal systems integrators (FSIs), such as General Dynamics and CSRA,
protect sensitive information in computer and telecommunication systems
(including voice systems) using cryptographic-based security systems
that are certified to meet FIPS 140-2.
Cohesity's encryption module is fully software-implemented,
which gives customers the flexibility to use the latest and greatest
hardware available. In addition, Cohesity offers customers access to
FedRAMP certified cloud storage through its integration with AWS
GovCloud.
"We have made tremendous progress in the year following the
public launch of Cohesity's radically efficient secondary storage
platform, and we are proud to offer this cutting-edge technology to some
of the most highly regulated IT environments in the U.S. government
sector," said Mohit Aron, founder and CEO of Cohesity. "We look forward
to adding new installations across a wide range of government agencies
by working with our partners that serve the public sector."
"With FIPS 140-2 certification and AWS GovCloud support, we
can bring Cohesity's next generation, web-scale, hyperconverged solution
for consolidating secondary storage to our federal customers," said
Brent Van Scyoc, vice president of federal sales for Alliance Technology
Group. "Federal customers backup and content storage needs are
exploding. Cohesity's technology will allow them to simplify secondary
data storage and substantially drive down their costs."