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LTO technology and
data security discussed
More than 27,000 global security professionals converged at the ExCel London exhibition
and international convention centre from
June 21-23 for this year’s IFSEC International
security conference.
One of the biggest security exhibitions
in Europe, the event saw more than 600
exhibitors highlighting a range of security solutions designed to prevent theft, vandalism,
sabotage, fire and other security disasters.
Protecting property and personnel is
of “utmost importance” in all security approaches due to the heightened threat in
today’s world, as threats from cyber and IT
crime continue to increase, said LTO Program, one of the exhibitors this year. Linear
Tape-Open (LTO) technology was developed
jointly by Certance (now Quantum), Hewlett
Packard Enterprise and IBM in 1998 to provide a “clear and viable choice” in an increasingly complex array of tape storage options.
Cybercrime is a worldwide problem,
stressed LTO Program; the onus is on companies, governments and individuals relying on
the Internet for their day-to-day business to
protect their businesses and their data assets.
LTO technology, in this respect, offers
data protection through hardware encryption and offline air-gap storage capabilities.
LTO technology data encryption features
a 256-symmetric key AES-GCM algorithm
that is implemented at the drive level,
enabling compression before encryption to
maximise tape capacities and deliver high
performance during backup. It also renders
data unreadable when it detects unauthorised access.
LTO technology offline air-gap storage
occurs when the data cartridge is removed
from the tape drive and stored in a tape
library slot, on a shelf or in a secure vault,
thus preventing data from being accessed
by electronic resources. An air-gap or physical space exists between the data and the IT
system, which isolates the storage content
electronically, electromagnetically and, most
importantly, physically from other systems.
What else can companies do to more effectively protect their data assets? Have the
necessary physical protection and alarms in
place, advised LTO Program. This will allow
premises to be protected by locking systems,
safes, barriers, guards, wireless alarm systems,
control panels, shock sensors and more.
Securing data can also be accomplished
through a series of actions, including training staff on how to handle confidential
information, enforcing the use of resilient
passwords, implementing robust technical
barriers such as firewalls, and storing digital
data securely offline.
Additionally, LTO Program believes that
video surveillance can help protect companies, assets and employees, by acting as a
deterrent to crime, assist in apprehending
offenders, protect employees and improve
productivity. Reflecting this, an increasing
number of companies are implementing video survelliance systems with remote cameras
that can capture HD footage for prevention,
evidential and apprehension purposes. LTO
Program is supporting this initiative with
LTO-7 tape, which offers 6TB uncompressed

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(up to 15TB compressed) cartridge capacity, and
comes with native speeds of up to 300Mbps (up
to 750Mbps compressed).
To find out more about how LTO technology
can secure your key data assets, visit www.lto.org.

Locking in your data
assets: LTO Program
was at the recent IFSEC
International security
conference in London
to discuss how LTO
technology can protect
data with hardware
encryption and offline
air-gap storage
capabilities.

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