Alliance Key Manager for IBM Cloud for VMware provides encryption and key management to help IBM Cloud for VMware customers meet data privacy compliance regulations and security best practices.

Townsend Security today announced Alliance Key Manager, its affordable FIPS 140-2 compliant encryption key manager, is available for IBM Cloud for VMware. By running Alliance Key Manager for IBM Cloud for VMware, enterprises can encrypt VMs and vSAN virtual directories and protect private information in their applications and databases with a dedicated key manager - with no access to encryption keys by IBM.

Working with VMware and Coalfire, Townsend Security’s Alliance Key Manager achieved compliance with PCI-DSS when implemented on a standard VMware reference architecture. Support for the PCI-DSS standard has smoothed the path to compliance for VMware customers in IBM Cloud. Additionally, Alliance Key Manager for IBM Cloud for VMware can also help businesses meet other compliance regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA, GLBA/FFIEC, FISMA, etc.

“Customers want to experience regulatory compliance out-of-the-box. They don’t want to have to engage in lengthy audits and security validations in order to deploy applications to the cloud. PCI-DSS is one of those key indicator regulations and our commitment to provide proven regulatory compliance is a great benefit to our VMware customers,” said Patrick Townsend, CEO of Townsend Security. “We take data security compliance issues off of the table and this really helps our customers. With this announcement we are extending formal support for our solutions to the IBM Cloud for VMware.”

As enterprises move to IBM Cloud they bring their sensitive data with them. With Alliance Key Manager for IBM Cloud for VMware, organizations can encrypt their VMs and vSAN storage that are managed by vSphere. Leveraging the KMIP interface in vSphere users can define one or more key managers to protect the encryption keys used to encrypt VMs and vSAN. Alliance Key Manager is certified by VMware for all versions of vSphere and vSAN that support encryption.

“Encrypting VMs and vSAN storage provides a rapid path to meeting security best practices and compliance regulations. There is no limit to the number of VMs or vSAN storage pools that you can protect,” continued Townsend. “I am proud of our team for creating a truly affordable solution for VMware key management. Small businesses should contact us for information about special small business pricing.”

Alliance Key Manager for IBM Cloud for VMware is available for a free 30-day evaluation.