Backup Encryption and Data Encryption is undoubtedly required to comply with Sarbanes Oxley, HIPPA and other government imposed security regulations. Most companies haven't taken Backup Encryption into consideration and have only secured their data on their systems from theft or misuse via access controls, firewalls and specialty software but few have taken into account the repercussions of a lost or stolen tape backup. Once your data is written to tape, it’s completely unprotected. There are no access controls, passwords or audit trail tied to this data. So, without a Tape Backup Encryption solution, all security efforts made thus far are useless. This why a Tape Backup Encryption solution is necessary.

Your Tape Backup data is your most critical asset and its potential value for abuse by people outside of your organization enormous. It’s easy to take your unencrypted backup from your backup tapes and read it on any drive, unless tape backup encryption was used. Tape backup encryption is your primary defense for safeguarding tape backups. If you are worried about data protection, disaster recovery and compliance then you need Q3.

Q3 (Product Data Sheet) is the most simple, cost effective and easy to deploy Tape Backup Encryption solution available. The Q3 Backup Encryption (Tape Encryption) solution is available as an external encryption device or as a complete secure backup tape subsystem. Q3 uses strong encryption protocol dual DES3 to protect your data (or 11 other different levels). Encrypted tapes can only be read by another Q3 unit with the correct user and hardware key. Q3 is external 'on the fly' tape backup encryption appliance, sitting between the data path and tape storage device. It's transparent to the operating system and the built-in pre-compression ensures data encryption without performance degradation and will in many cases increase your transfer speed and shorten your backup window (up to 68 MB/second sustained encryption rate).  It’s an in-line Tape Backup Encryption hardware unit that requires no system or software changes and can be used on both stand alone and tape library drives.

Every month we hear of new stories of how banks, credit card companies, hospitals, airports, media companies, etc. having their tape backup lost or stolen. The financial and integrity impact of these events are devastating, not to mention the possible jail time for those that didn’t take the necessary foreseeable precautionary measures to secure their data. So WHY are companies taking this risk?  Companies work very hard and spend a lot of money to secure their data but then just leave it in the hands of anybody with absolutely no security and much less – SENSE! It doesn’t matter if your company stores its data on site or off site, tape backups get stolen and lost all the time, and a drive can very quickly be removed from any system. Companies need to encrypt their tape backups with Q3.

 Benefits
     -  Q3 imposes ZERO overhead on your system
     -  Can be used with any OS, Backup Software or Host
     -  Uses Unique dual interlaced -DES and dual-DES3 modes
     -  Dual key user entry plus hardware key
     -  Secures data while in transit (on the fly backup encryption)
     -  Fiber Channel, LVD “single ended” or HVD wide SCSI interfaces
     -  Up to 68 MB/sec sustained encryption rate
     -  Internal privacy when using a shared tape silo
     -  Secure transit of confidential data by commercial couriers
     -  Ensure data integrity of legal information
     -  Ensure patient record confidentiality
     -  Comes in desk top or rack mount chasis
     -  Real-time LCD Status information
     -  GUI configuration software (Parasoft)
     -  Desktop or rack-mountable 1U
     -  Simple non-intrusive solution… INSTALLS AND IMPLEMENTS IN MINUTES!

The Q3 units automatically take the address of the tape drive to which it is connected and responds to the system at that ID only. Each Q3 unit has its own encryption key produced from two separate parts; the user enters their own key(s) using the supplied GUI program or via a standard dumb terminal, and this is used with a customer unique internal code chip to produce the final key. Each Q3 unit includes all necessary cables for immediate installation.

Parasoft
The Q3 unit has a number of possible configurations and to each unit comes supplied with a Parasoft GUI program to configure and control the unit more easily. This program runs under Windows 95 and above.

Ordering Info
Part No   /   Description
275901  /  Q3 LVD SCSI interfaced unit in 1U rack mount or desktop chassis with LCD status display
276010  /  Q3 HVD SCSI interfaced unit in 1U rack mount or desktop chassis with LCD status display
246310  /  Q3FF Fibre channel interfaced unit in 1U rack mount or desktop chassis with LCD status display