Fortanix External Key Manager for Google Cloud Platform Enables University of Groningen to Overcome GDPR and Schrems II Compliance Challenges for Private Healthcare Data
18 August 2022 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
Deployment in less than a week and complete
control of keys help customer quickly achieve needed European data
sovereignty and compliance
Fortanix® Inc., the pioneer in data-first multicloud security
and Confidential Computing, today announced that its External Key
Manager paired with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is helping
customers in Europe, and around the world, create, store and manage
encryption keys outside of the public cloud in a seamless manner.
The capability, delivered as a service, is a part of Fortanix Data
Security Manager (DSM), resulting from its partnership with Google.
It allows security-conscious customers to derive benefits from the
power of Google Cloud Platform and Fortanix’s best-in-class, modern
external key management system to comply with strict privacy
regulations such as GDPR and Schrems II in Europe, taking a
data-first approach to the solution.
Fueling Research on Sensitive Healthcare Data
The University of Groningen is a large, prestigious public
university in the Netherlands. The university is pioneering
behavioral research in populations of people suffering from mental
illnesses and brain diseases using their smartphone usage patterns
and data. Handling sensitive healthcare data requires a very strong
security and privacy posture and entails handling large volumes of
sensitive and private healthcare data, which is stored in Google
Cloud Platform (GCP).
“We were looking for a vendor selected by Google Cloud as a
trusted provider of encryption services that could integrate
directly with Google Cloud Platform,” said Raj Jagesar, University
of Groningen. “Fortanix met this criterion and stood out as the
vendor of choice with the most mature operational dashboard for
independent management of keys.” Jagesar continues: “Equally as
mature was the modern application programming interface (API) of
the solution which enabled us to integrate and deploy Fortanix DSM
SaaS in less than a week.”
Fortanix Data Security Manager delivers powerful capabilities
including:
- Multiple Key Storage and Security Options: The ability to store
and protect encryption keys in the cloud or on-premises with FIPS
140-2 Level 3 HSMs.
- Kill Switch: Fortanix offers a kill switch where an
administrator can simply disable the key used and new queries for
datasets associated with the Fortanix key are prevented from being
accessed.
- Enforce Access Policies: Enforce access to data at rest for
Google services like BigQuery and Compute Engine.
- Cloud Encryption Key Backup and Disaster Recovery: Back up,
restore, and re-import master encryption keys for public cloud
KMS.
- Cloud- and DevOps-Friendly APIs: All security functions are
supported as RESTful APIs for easy integration to cloud-native
tools and technologies.
- Compliance with Regulations Globally: Helps meet compliance
with regulations like GDPR, CCPA, Schrems II, HIPAA etc., and data
sovereignty laws around the world.
"Separating keys from data and ensuring that no single entity
can compromise this equation is required to meet the highest level
of compliance. Europe is at the forefront of regulating and
enforcing these requirements to protect privacy. Fortanix's
technology and partnership with the power of Google Cloud Platform
helps customers tackle GDPR and Schrems II challenges head-on,"
said Faiyaz Shahpurwala, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at
Fortanix. "Regions around the world have separate and distinct
privacy requirements, and we're proud to enable our customers with
the highest level of compliance in Europe, which has some of the
strictest data protection regulations, as well as globally."
Fortanix External Key Manager for GCP is available today; sign
up for a free 30-day trial here. For more information:
- Read case study titled “University of Groningen achieves
European data sovereignty and data compliance with Fortanix
External Key Management for Google Cloud Platform“
- Register now to attend webinar titled “Elevate Data Security
and Privacy in Google Cloud with External Key Manager,” on October
5, 2022, at 10 am BST
- Visit the Fortanix External Key Control and Management for
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) website.
- View Google Cloud’s documentation on external key
managers.
- Learn how PayPal thrives with Fortanix and Google Cloud
External Key Manager.
About Fortanix:
Fortanix secures data, wherever it is. Fortanix helps businesses
of all sizes to modernize their data security solutions
on-premises, in the cloud and everywhere in-between. Enterprises
worldwide, especially in privacy-sensitive industries like
healthcare, fintech, financial services, government, and retail,
trust Fortanix for data security, privacy and compliance. Fortanix
investors include Intel Capital, Foundation Capital, Neotribe
Ventures, and In-Q-Tel. Fortanix is headquartered in Mountain View,
CA For more information, visit https://fortanix.com/.
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