User names and passwords are no longer good enough. To protect sensitive data, businesses need another layer of security and are often turning to two factor authentication. By deploying a two factor authentication solution organizations can easily enhance their security in a cost-effective way, as well as meet compliance regulations and recommendations.

With encryption key management now being offered on hardware, virtualized, and cloud platforms, is it simply just a matter of preference or is one option better than another?

Download this 20-minute podcast to learn more about:

• Deploying encryption key management as an HSM, Cloud HSM, Virtual Appliance (VMware, Hyper-v, Xen) or in the cloud (Windows Azure, Amazon Web Services, vCloud, etc.)

• Factors to consider when deciding which option is right or you

• What compliance regulations say about the different options

• Challenges for applications running in the cloud or virtual environments

Organizations who encrypt data in the cloud regularly report that loss of control of cryptographic keys is a top concern. Advances in encryption technology have made protected sensitive data easier than ever. However, encryption key management has remained a challenge.

Organizations are now able to address this problem with the recent introduction of encryption key management in the cloud.

Joining us today is Patrick Townsend, CEO of Townsend Security. We will discuss why encryption key management has been difficult for organizations who store their data in the cloud, special considerations for meeting compliance regulations, and what to look for when considering a cloud key management solution.

As more enterprises begin to outsource hosting and move confidential data to the cloud, the protection of encryption keys become the number one action that determines the true effectiveness of their encryption strategy.

In this podcast, Patrick Townsend discusses the information security CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) and how it relates to encryption key management, what compliance regulations say about managing encryption keys, and how encryption and key management arm enterprises with a strong, defense-in-depth approach to data security.

Is Your Property Management System Really Secure?

According to a new report by British insurance firm WIllis Group Holdings, insurance claims for data theft worldwide jumped 56% last year, with 38% of those attacks targeting hotels, resorts, and casinos. Property Management Systems (PMS) contain a deep well of Personally Identifiable Information (PII), such as credit card numbers, phone numbers, email addresses, etc., which is often not properly secure within a PMS - leaving users at risk for a breach.

Encryption and key management are now industry standards and work across both legacy and newer business systems, multi-platform and multi-tenant networks, remote access workstations, geographical offices, data centers, and third-party business partners. But how do you know what to take into consideration when deciding on an encryption key manager?

Download this podcast to hear Joan Ross, CEO, discuss:

- Must Haves when evaluating an encryption key manager

- Just because data is encrypted, it doesn't necessarily mean it is safe

- Principles of effective encryption key management

- Special considerations for companies who are moving their data into the cloud

PGP encryption has become the de facto standard for securing data in motion on the IBM i. It can help businesses meet compliance regulations such as PCI DSS by encryption credit cards and other PII as it is in transit to your trading partners.

In this podcast, Patrick Townsend discusses the differences between Open PGP and Commercial PGP, which version a company who faces compliance regulations should use, and how Townsend Security is helping IBM i users secure their data with PGP encryption.

Server virtualization has been a game-changing technology for IT, providing efficiencies and capabilities that have previously been impossible for organizations constrained in a physical world. Now Organizations can deploy servers in both their data centers and the cloud using virtualization technologies such as VMware.

Download this podcast to hear Patrick Townsend discuss:

• The benefits of virtualized encryption key management

• How organizations can use virtualized servers in their data centers and the cloud

• Special compliance considerations for enterprises who virtualize their infrastructure

• What Townsend Security is doing to help organizations deploy virtualized encryption key management

As a data security company, we see plenty of organizations think they are doing the right things to keep their data safe, but are falling down on a few key areas.

For this special podcast, Patrick Botz of Botz and Associates joins Patrick Townsend to present their top three IBM i security tips to help keep your IBM i secure and data safe.

While payment application vendors are required to certify their payment applications with PCI, compliance regulations are not set in stone and likely to change. Retail ISVs need to be aware of this, and that just because their solution was certified yesterday, their encryption and key management practices might not suffice during their next certification.

Join Patrick Townsend, Founder and CEO, as he discusses:

• The challenges that POS and Payment Application Vendors have with securing their customers’ data

• Why meeting compliance regulations is really the low-bar for data security

• How Townsend Security has re-defined what it means to partner with a security company