Department of Defence selects SecureDB from Ncipher

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The Irish Department of Defence has selected the SecureDB security solution from Ncipher to help it secure military personnel records and inventory information within its deployment of Oracle’s E-Business Suite and database. The Department of Defence is using SecureDB in conjunction with Ncipher’s Nshield hardware security module (HSM) to protect these critical information assets. Commandant Mark Staunton, applications manager for the Irish Defence Forces commented on the deployment: “As we have transitioned from closed private networks to a more open IP-based infrastructure we identified the requirement for a highly secure database security solution that would work well within our existing application base, specifically integrating with those built around the Oracle E-business Suite and our internally developed personnel management system.” “After an extensive review process we selected Ncipher’s SecureDB which provides us with an off-the-shelf database encryption solution backed by the added security of Ncipher’s Nshield hardware security module. This flexible and cost-effective solution allows us to protect our most critical information with minimal degradation in performance and without the burden of resourcing in-house development tasks, both of which are issues often associated with deploying large-scale encryption within databases.” SecureDB enables users to encrypt just the sensitive information in a company’s database, leaving non-sensitive information unencrypted. Selected data items can be protected not only from external attack but also from authorized database users without correct permissions. This ensures separation of duty between administration and security functions.

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