Thales, an information systems and communications security provider, and Voltage Security, have entered into technology integration and partnership to deliver encryption and key management offerings for the payments industry and broader enterprise security applications.
Through the partnership, the two companies have worked together to integrate Voltage SecureData technology with Thales hardware security modules (HSMs) for customers.
The Thales and Voltage technology integration allows customers to apply hardened data protection measures at virtually any point along the data path for protection. The technology integration builds on Voltage SecureData to protect data without expensive changes to the point of sales infrastructure, database and business applications, the companies claim.
Thales nShield Connect hardware security modules, part of the nCipher product line, protects the encryption and key management process to ensure the security and integrity of the overall offerings.
Sathvik Krishnamurthy, president and CEO of Voltage Security, said: “Key management is a critical aspect of all encryption systems and through our partnership with Thales we are able to enhance our end-to-end encryption solution to protect key management functions and other cryptographic operations in a tamper resistant and security certified environment – an essential requirement in the payments market.”
Franck Greverie, vice president and managing director for the information systems security activities at Thales, said: “Today, Thales helps secure more than 70% of the world’s card payment transactions. Thales is delighted to partner with Voltage to deliver to customers such as Heartland an innovative end-to-end encryption and key management solution that further helps customers in the payments market and beyond to address their expanding data protection needs.”
