ExaGrid’s EX130-GRID-SEC with data at rest encryption and Secure Erase secures Bronze medal in prestigious awards

Westborough, MA - Fepuari 28, 2013 - ExaGrid Systems, Inc. (www.exagrid.com), o le ta'ita'i i fofo fa'asao fa'avae tisiki e mafai ona fuaina ma taugofie ma fa'amuta fa'amatalaga, today announced that its EX130-GRID-SEC Disk Backup with Deduplication System with encryption at rest and Secure Erase was selected as a bronze winner in the Data Backup Hardware category of teuina o Meaai Magazine/SearchStorage.com’s 2012 Oloa o le Tausaga Faailoga.

The EX130-GRID-SEC disk backup with deduplication system with encryption at rest and Secure Erase eliminates any risk of backup data security breaches by delivering unique, world-class security capabilities. Unlike other solutions that employ encryption inline in software, which uses compute cycles and slows down backups, ExaGrid’s approach encrypts the data at the disk drive level as it is writing to the disk – using enterprise-class Seagate Self-Encrypting Drive technology with FIPS 140-2 compliant encryption at rest to automatically encrypt all data on the disk drive without impact on backup performance.

In addition to encryption at rest, ExaGrid’s Secure Erase permanently wipes the selected backup data off the disk by erasing the bits at the disk level, rather than just performing a simple delete. For organizations with high security concerns and rules, the standard approach of file deletion – which simply means marking areas of the disk free while leaving the deleted data in place until it is overwritten later – is inadequate. ExaGrid’s Secure Erase is the only solution that overwrites the affected disk areas with a secure erasure procedure – sometimes referred to as a “forensic cleaning” – to completely remove data that must be deleted. ExaGrid’s Secure Erase is fully compliant with Department of Defense standard (DoD 5220-22-M) ma National Institute of Standards and Technology standard (NIST SP800-88).

Additional security capabilities offered by ExaGrid include Server Message Block (SMB) signing, vulnerability scanning, and an ExaGrid share access whitelist.

ExaGrid’s EX130-GRID-SEC with data at rest encryption and Secure Erase was one of the select few data storage products chosen first as one of 52 finalists from more than 160 entries, and eventually one of 14 selected as 2012’s best data storage products. teuina o Meaai Magazine and SearchStorage.com editors and other storage industry experts, along with storage users, judged the entries and selected winners based on: innovation, performance, ease of integration into environment, ease of use and manageability, functionality and value.

lagolagoina Upusii

• Mark Crespi, vice president of product management for ExaGrid Systems: “Securing backup data has become an absolute requirement for many organizations, in part due to government regulations such as HIPAA, GLBA, and Sarbanes-Oxley that place stringent requirements to secure and backup a wide range of data. This award is further recognition of the world-class enterprise security features found in ExaGrid’s product line, including encryption at rest, vulnerability hardening, SMB signing and Secure Erase. ExaGrid’s EX130-GRID-SEC with encryption at rest and Secure Erase directly addresses our customers’ needs for capabilities that allow them to comply with the strictest security and confidentiality rules.”

About ExaGrid’s Technology

O le ExaGrid system ose masini fa'apolokalame ma ta'alo tisiki e fa'aoga ma fa'aoga fa'amaumauga o lo'o i ai ma mafai ai ona fa'asao vave ma sili atu ona fa'atuatuaina fa'amaumauga ma toe fa'aleleia. Ua lipotia mai e tagata faatau o le taimi faaleoleo e faaitiitia e oo atu i le 90 pasene i luga o le lipine faaleoleo masani. ExaGrid's patented zone-level data deduplication technology e faʻaitiitia ai le aofaʻi o avanoa tisiki e manaʻomia e le tele o le 10:1 i le maualuga e pei o le 50:1 pe sili atu, e maua ai se tau e faʻatusatusa i faʻamaumauga masani faʻapipiʻi.

E uiga i ExaGrid Systems, Inc.

O le ExaGrid e ofoina atu naʻo le mea faʻapipiʻi faʻapipiʻi faʻapipiʻi faʻatasi ai ma faʻamaumauga faʻapipiʻi faʻamoemoega-fausia mo faʻamaumauga e faʻaogaina ai se fausaga tulaga ese e sili ona lelei mo le faʻatinoga, faʻaleleia ma le tau. ExaGrid e na o le pau lea o le fofo e tuʻufaʻatasia ai le faʻaogaina ma le gafatia ma se sone tulaueleele tulaga ese e faʻapuupuu tumau pupuni faʻasao, faʻaumatia faʻaleleia o forklift taugata, ausia le faʻaleleia atoatoa o le tino ma kopi kopi, ma vave faʻafoʻi faila, VMs ma mea faitino i minute. Faatasi ai ma ofisa ma tufatufaina atu i le lalolagi atoa, ExaGrid e sili atu nai lo 5,200 faiga faʻapipiʻi i le sili atu i le 1,600 tagata faʻatau, ma sili atu i le 320 faʻasalalau tala manuia tagata faʻatau.