NeoScale CryptoStor Tape Retrieval Software

NeoScale’s CryptoStor Tape Retrieval Software allows tapes to be decrypted without the need for a hardware-based CryptoStor appliance.

The CryptoStor Tape Retrieval Software requires the encryption keys to decrypt tapes. These keys can be acquired in several ways. When deployed in conjunction with CryptoStor KeyVault, the CryptoStor Tape Retrieval Software communicates with CryptoStor KeyVault over a secure communications path and retrieves the keys as needed, but only if the owner of the keys has previously created a Trust Relationship that allows it. This high level of automated security makes sharing of sensitive data simple and secure.

Keys can also be securely exported from a CryptoStor Tape appliance using a Public/Private key pair and e-mailed or otherwise transported to the location of the CryptoStor Tape Retrieval Software.

Because CryptoStor Tape Retrieval Software is a 100% software product designed to run on commonly available Intel platforms, it cannot be optimized to perform at the hardware speed that CryptoStor Tape appliances do. For this reason, it is not recommended that the CryptoStor Tape Retrieval Software be used for intensive decryption of tapes.

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