SafeNet Partners With Senetas to Protect Data in Motion

BALTIMORE, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SafeNet, Inc., a global leader in data protection, today announced an extended global distribution agreement with Senetas Security Pty Ltd., in which SafeNet will add Senetas' high-speed network encryption solutions, including the new CN6000 family, to its portfolio of products distributed around the globe. Senetas complements SafeNet's data protection solutions to provide persistent protection of sensitive information at critical points in its lifecycle, wherever and however that information is used. Government agencies and business organizations can reduce risk, improve compliance posture, and enhance governance and ownership of sensitive data across their business.

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"This master distribution agreement is a major benefit to Senetas' ability to reach key customers around the world and offer them outstanding on-the-ground support through SafeNet's excellent resources," said Senetas CEO Andrew Wilson. "SafeNet's technical and commercial expertise with our products, its own vast range of leading data security products, and its established customer relationships make it an excellent global master distributor for our products."

Senetas CN is a family of high-performance, purpose-built Layer 2 network encryption products that offer market-leading performance by a number of criteria, including near-zero impact on data speeds and bandwidth, and encryption of data moving at speeds of up to 10 Gbps with little or no impact on network performance. These FIPS-certified solutions are used to protect data in motion for government and military organizations, as well as financial and other commercial enterprises.Proven reliability, high throughput, and low latency make network encryption security devices the ideal solution for protecting time-sensitive voice and video streams.

"Our new distribution agreement with Senetas greatly enhances our ability to protect our customers' most sensitive assets no matter where they reside, and no matter where they may be headed," said Phil Saunders, executive vice president, global sales, SafeNet. "With networks constantly evolving to best serve the zero-latency connectivity requirements with private and public cloud architectures, our ability to encrypt data at wire speeds is a necessity. With Senetas, we will meet that market demand by delivering these purpose-built, high-speed data encryption products."  

About Senetas
Senetas is an Australian public listed company (ASX: SEN), specializing in high-speed network encryption protecting data in motion whilst retaining network performance. Senetas products are the world's only triple-certified encryptors of their type and protect much of the world's most sensitive data.

Senetas secures: government information and secrets; defense and military information; commercially sensitive intellectual property, business and financial data; banking transactions; datacenter traffic; high volume CCTV networks; and critical industrial and infrastructure control systems. 

Senetas uniquely designs, develops and manufactures in Australia. Senetas encryptors have market-leading performance characteristics and are trusted to protect data in motion in 25 countries. These customers include government departments, agencies, regulatory and statutory bodies including highly sensitive organizations such as the US defense forces and Swiss banks. 

Senetas encryption credentials include: Common Criteria (Australia and international), FIPS (US) and CAPS (UK) certification - for government and defense use. Senetas is represented in the US, UK, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Senetas has experience in the vulnerabilities and risks of cyber-attacks, data theft and intrusion into data networks and their data while in motion. For more information, visit www.senetas.com.

About SafeNet, Inc.
Founded in 1983, SafeNet, Inc. is one of the largest information security companies in the world, and is trusted to protect the most sensitive data for market-leading organizations around the globe. SafeNet's data-centric approach focuses on the protection of high-value information throughout its lifecycle, from the data center to the cloud. More than 25,000 customers across commercial enterprises and government agencies trust SafeNet to protect and control access to sensitive data, manage risk, ensure compliance, and secure virtual and cloud environments.

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