"Together with CipherOptics, RSA, the security division of EMC, is helping to secure the information infrastructure as enterprises everywhere are faced with the critical need to protect data more stringently," said D.J. Long, senior director, corporate development at RSA. "Our interoperability partnership with CipherOptics helps joint customers to better manage the risk to their information and more effectively protect the data most sensitive to their organizations, customers, partners and employees."

CipherOptics of Raleigh, North Carolina offers a policy and key management solution, coupled with high speed, low latency encryption technology. It helps customers mitigate the risk of data leakage, loss and theft over any network.

With this interoperability partnership, organizations can leverage the strengths of both CipherEngine and RSA Key Manager to more securely create, distribute, use, manage and retire encryption keys across the entire enterprise.

The centralized key generation and life cycle management capabilities of RSA Key Manager are designed to be interoperable with the key distribution functionality of CipherEngine, which allows joint enterprise customers to more easily create, distribute and archive encryption keys to meet the demands of government and industry regulations, while protecting sensitive information and intellectual property.

"With complementary capabilities and a shared commitment to easing the deployment and management burdens of encryption technology, RSA is a natural partner for CipherOptics," said Ron Willis, president and CEO of CipherOptics. "We look forward to working together to ensure our joint customers have the key-management capabilities needed to develop an in-depth security strategy that provides encryption for data in transit, while securely managing and distributing encryption keys."