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Thales Security for Oracle Database 11g

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CAMBRIDGE, UK: Thales, solution provider for information systems and communications security, announces that its hardware security modules (HSMs) integrate with the recently announced Oracle Database 11g Release 2.

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Oracle customers selecting Thales HSMs from the nCipher product line will benefit from additional security features including centralized encryption key management and FIPS-validated key storage.

“Organizations rely on Oracle Database 11g to safeguard valuable information, help address regulatory requirements and mitigate risks,” says Vipin Samar, vice president at Oracle.“

“Integration with Thales HSMs allows joint customers to benefit from high assurance encryption key management and provides organizations using Oracle Database 11g Release 2 additional security features to help meet ever-evolving data threats and compliance mandates,” says Franck Greverie, VP, MD for the information systems security activities of Thales.

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Thales-powered Oracle Database 11g solutions are applicable to a number of end user scenarios, including:

* FIPS-compliant environments. Public entities such as government departments deploy encryption and key management as part of internal security policies, and FIPS compliance is a requirement for these solutions. Thales HSMs are validated to FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and help protect personally identifiable information within public sector organizations.

* High-security online environments. To prevent unauthorized access and modifications to sensitive data, financial institutions deploy encryption and key management solutions as part of their online banking infrastructures. Thales HSMs protect encryption keys for data at rest and SSL-based network encryption for data in motion.

* Compliance mandates. Secure key management and encryption are the most challenging parts of data protection and compliance. The use of an HSM as a trusted platform within which keys can be securely created, used, managed and stored helps comply with these mandates.

* Data Center Scalability. Thales provides a seamless solution, with one set of load-balanced HSMs, to manage all the encryption keys.

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