End-to-End Security Services

Recent – and mounting – headlines announce that companies large and small have experienced data theft, including credit-card and other sensitive customer information. Tape-based backups are vulnerable to theft because of the manual handling involved and are typically not encrypted (if even available) because the encryption process can be time-consuming. iTWatch™ Managed Services removes the human-element and threat of exposure through providing data-centric technologies of DeltaPro™ processing, compression and encryption to create a powerful and reliable security model.

NIST validated AES encryption
The National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) created the Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) Publication 197 specification as the standard for testing AES encryption technology. Companies that are FIPS Certified meet the communications Security requirements for AES data protection and compliance. iTWatch’s AES encryption technology is fully FIPS Pub 197 certified.

The Technical Edge
iTWatch allows your business to benefit through automation and industry leading advancements in delta block processing. Recovery Time Objectives are greatly improved and data backup windows are more easily attainable in addition to 100% increase of overall success of data recovery. With fully customizable basic scheduling and retention, all the flexibility exists to cover the unique characteristics your network.

User initiated connections only
All interactions between the client systems and the electronic vault are initiated by the client system. Data is pushed outbound to one of iTWatch’s secure data center facilities. No inbound connections into the client’s network are made during either backup or restore session. There is no entry attempt from a foreign source through the client firewall.

Strong data encryption
The software offers multiple, user defined encryption levels. Higher levels include 256 bit AES, 128 bit AES, 112 bit 3DES and 128 bit Blowfish. Data remains encrypted throughout transmission and while in storage and is only deciphered upon restore with the help of a user-defined password key. Not even iTWatch personnel have access to this password key.

Secure over-the-wire encryption
The backup and restore activity is encrypted. This "over-the-wire" encryption, assures that transmission of backup data between the client and the electronic vault is secure, even when using the Internet.

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting
iTWatch requires that each backup and restore session is both authorized and authenticated before data transfer can commence. The vault will uniquely identify and validate the system, the account, and the username and password used to access the vault. All of the authentication information is always encrypted. All backups and restores are tracked in detailed logs.

DeltaPro™ processing
The patent pending DeltaPro™ technology speeds up backup operations and drastically reduces storage costs as only new and changed data blocks within a file are backed up. All backup data can be compressed and encrypted before being transferred and remains that way on the storage vault, increasing security. iTWatch delivers superior performance that optimizes backup and restore functions, lowers back-end storage costs and helps businesses to gain and maintain regulatory compliance.

Optimized data compression
The software employs patent pending advanced, user configurable data compression techniques. By combining compression encoding along with sophisticated encryption algorithms, data security is inherently increased. Data remains compressed through transmission and while in storage to optimize bandwidth usage and to reduce client storage costs.

Secure data center facilities
For SafeStorSM customers, iTWatch’s secure Tier-4 data centers are constructed to carrier-class specifications. All customer data is stored on state-of-the-art fully redundant hardware, continually backed up, and proactively monitored around the clock. In order to enter the vaulting facilities, personnel are required to meet security clearance and must pass biometric verification.  The facilities employ 24-hour security and climate/humidity monitoring to ensure full protection of the hardware and data. Each data center is supplied with redundant power and Internet connections and includes fire and earthquake protection.

Key Benefits:

  • End-to-end protection of mission critical data
  • User controlled, flexible configuration
  • Peace of mind knowing that company data is secure and backed up off-site
  • Superior reliability and performance
  • Secure data center facilities

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