Gazzang Unveils Cloud Security Platform for LAMP Stack

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Gazzang, Inc., the company securing data in the cloud, today announced the availability of ezNcrypt 2.0, its flagship data security platform, now expanded to provide transparent data encryption (TDE) for the entire LAMP stack, including any data, logs or files created or managed by any Linux application or service such as Apache, Alfresco, Drupal, Joomla and Wordpress. This latest release also includes soon to be released packaged support for PostgreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB and Drizzle databases, as well as MySQL, and is available in two versions: ezNcrypt for Databases™ and ezNcrypt Flex™.

“Data integrity and security continue to be major inhibitors to full scale cloud adoption,” said Scott Crawford, research director at Enterprise Management Associates. “Organizations seek solutions that give them more direct control over data security without further complicating the solution of an already challenging problem. Gazzang is translating its success selling into the MySQL space into a much broader market opportunity with an easily deployable, enterprise-class data encryption solution that simplifies challenges such as data access control and encryption key management, addressing a broader suite of Linux applications and services for a complete cloud security platform.”

Gazzang ezNcrypt 2.0 leverages a state of the art Key Storage System (KSS) that provides dual authentication and high availability, and ensures that encryption keys are never stored on the same server as the data to be encrypted. Gazzang's KSS is supported by Symetric Keys that include certificates, fingerprints, one-time passwords and other advanced techniques that provide secure and controlled access to sensitive data.

Unlike alternative solutions that are difficult to deploy and costly to manage, ezNcrypt 2.0 provides out-of-the-box, easy to install and configure, enterprise-class data encryption at an affordable price point.

• ezNcrypt for Databases, available for $49.99 per month, encrypts databases and files “in place” and requires no coding, no modifications to applications, and no database schema changes. Additional features include:
  • MySQL Data Encryption – transparently encrypt, decrypt and access MySQL data in real-time (including data at rest)
  • High Performance – experience little-to-no database performance impact
  • Centralized Management – provides a secure, easy-to-administer method for deploying and managing encryption keys
  • Auditing – audit and report on access requests to protected files; easily integrate ezNcrypt audit logs with third-party security and event management systems for added regulatory compliance
  • Scalability – scale in large enterprise or complex cloud environments across large numbers of servers and files
  • Transparent Data Encryption – perform real-time, page-level I/O encryption and decryption of data, configuration, transaction, log and other sensitive files, supporting encryption algorithms such as AES, Twofish, and Blowfish

• ezNcrypt Flex, starting at $999 per year, is a flexible platform used to protect, encrypt, and provide key management for any application or service running on Linux. In addition to benefits listed above, ezNcrypt Flex customers can create simple, custom rules that map applications and executables to transparently encrypted files, and provide controlled access to the keys for those files, including:
  • Web and application servers such as Apache, Tomcat and JBoss
  • Applications written in PHP, Python, Perl, Java, Ruby, server-side Javascript, C and C++
  • Platforms and framework environments such as Spring, Ruby-on-Rails, and Node.js
  • Databases such as MySQL, Drizzle, PostreSQL, Cassandra, MongoDB and Hadoop
  • Content frameworks such as Drupal, Joomla, WordPress and Alfresco

“Our vision has been to deliver a high value platform-as-a-service solution, one product at a time, that truly meets the data security needs of our customers and partners,” said Larry Warnock, CEO of Gazzang. “This release was a major undertaking that fulfills our value proposition as a complete security and encryption platform spanning data, content, and objects in private and public clouds.”

ezNcrypt 2.0 is currently available for download, including free trials. For more information on Gazzang's ezNcrypt solutions, visit: http://www.gazzang.com/products/.

About Gazzang

Gazzang makes cloud computing enterprise-ready. Our secure Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) solutions help organizations address the inherent risk associated with open source software tools, beginning with data encryption of databases and ultimately migrating all the way up the LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP). With customers in financial services, healthcare, higher education and technology, we know what it takes to deliver secure, compliant business services in today's uncertain cloud environments. Gazzang is backed by Austin Ventures, with offices in Houston and Austin, Texas. For more info, visit www.gazzang.com.