Vormetric’s data security platform has won the gold award for the “Security and Compliance for Virtualized Environments” category of the Best of VMworld 2014. The judging panel selected Vormetric platform as the Gold winner out of 179 products in nine categories at VMworld 2014, Vormetric said Thursday. “We’re honored to be recognized as a Best […] More

Vormetric and open-source database firm MongoDB have partnered to help enterprise customers protect data and applications in a NoSQL environment by using Vormetric’s security products. The Vormetric encryption suite works to manage sensitive data at rest within MongoDB-powered big data implementations as well as secure files at the operating system and database level, Vormetric said […] More

Damian Harvey, country manager for Australia and New Zealand at Vormetric, said Australian information technology professionals have yet to become fully aware of the damage an insider threat could bring to their companies. “We are still seeing organizations spend millions on perimeter defenses while neglecting to lock up their data or appropriately control access,” Harvey said Thursday. […] More

Vormetric‘s data encryption offering has been recognized by SC Magazine Europe’s SC Europe 2014 Awards as ‘best’ in the encryption solution category based on its features, implementation results and user feedback. Vormetric Transparent Encryption is designed to encrypt data and manage access by process, user and time, among other parameters, as business data grows and becomes increasingly mobile, the […] More

Vormetric’s encryption technology is now available on the IBM Cloud marketplace for clients who want to add another layer of protection to stored data. The data-at-rest security product provides encryption and key management, policies and controls that work to restrict access to information, Vormetric said Monday. Vormetric also built security intelligence features into the product, such […] More

Vormetric has extended its data protection technology business into the Australian and New Zealand markets in an effort to help more government and enterprise clients avoid cybersecurity problems. Damian Harvey, a former Oracle sales leader, will lead Vormetric’s A/NZ operations as country manager, Vormetric announced Friday. Harvey holds two decades of experience in sales management […] More

Vormetric has released the results of a report indicating that insider threats have extended into privileged users and advanced persistent threats. The report, conducted in collaboration with Ovum, shows that three percent of U.S. companies consider their organizations to be free from attacks and 47 percent feel unsafe, Vormetric said Thursday. Nine percent of European […] More

Wayne Lewandowski serves as vice president of Vormetric‘s federal operations, where he works to drive growth with the company’s customers in the Defense, civilian and intelligence communities. Lewandowski has spent more-than-20-years working in the federal market with emerging integrators and technology companies, most recently helping establish virtualization and storage consulting company Plan B Government Systems‘ […] More

Vormetric has moved to further build up its data security offerings by integrating IBM’s analytics tool for identifying threats into a data security platform. IBM’s QRadar security information and event management technology has been integrated into Vormetric’s platform for users to view data access information through dashboards, reports and displays, Vormetric said Thursday. The companies […] More

Cloud computing has reached a flash point, picked up and picked apart by powerhouse tech companies from Amazon to Microsoft to Google. Applying cloud computing to the public sector, however, is a different beast altogether. To discuss the methodology of how to bring the cloud to market, ExecutiveBiz reached out to Wayne Lewandowski, Senior Vice […] More

Thales has extended the capability of its encryption tool in an effort to support secure deployments of Red Hat’s OpenShift Container Platform. Thales said Thursday its Vormetric Transparent Encryption is designed to provide access control, encryption and data access logging support to help users comply with best practices and regulatory requirements for data protection. The encryption […] More

Thales has opened an artificial intelligence research center that aims to integrate AI into systems while providing full authority to human decision-makers and to further the safe and ethical use of AI in the company’s product portfolio. The Center of Research and Technology in Artificial Intelligence eXpertise in Montreal is anticipated to generate 50 new jobs for AI […] More