IBM announces breakthrough in encryption and data protection for enterprises

With data breaches a problem that shows no signs of going away, businesses are increasingly seeking to protect their information with encryption. But with large volumes of information this can be time consuming and costly. To address the problem, IBM is announcing a breakthrough encryption engine that, for the first time, makes it possible to encrypt all data associated with any application, cloud service or database all the time. Mainframe-based IBM Z is capable of running more than 12 billion encrypted transactions per day. The system’s advanced cryptographic capability now extends across any data, networks, external devices or entire applications… [Continue Reading]