SDS Provides PGP Encryption, Compression, and Security for IBM Mainframes

For Release at SHARE, 7 August 2011

more info: SHARE booth 201, 763-571-9000, sales@sdsusa.com.

Spring Lake Park, Minnesota, USA - 7 August 2011 - PGP® data encryption, a widely accepted standard in industry and government, is now available for IBM z/OS systems through Software Diversified Services.

PGP Command Line 9 for IBM Mainframes easily integrates into existing mainframe processes and provides compression and encryption for data at rest, in transmission, and in archival backups--thus helping enterprises achieve compliance with regulatory and business-partner standards.

Implementing PGP for data security on z/OS mainframes provides the confidence of employing an integrated security system across multiple platforms: IBM z/OS, iSeries, and AIX; Sun Solaris; and Unix, Linux, Windows, and Macintosh machines.

PGP also reduces demands on infrastructure by significantly compressing data volumes.

PGP Command Line is built on the OpenPGP standard described in RFC 2440, a public encryption standard that has undergone more than a decade of intense review by the world's best cryptographers. It meets the U.S. Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) and is one of two standards recommended for e-mail security by the U.S. National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST).

Software Diversified Services provides sales and technical support for PGP Command Line for IBM Mainframes in agreement with Townsend Security, Olympia, WA. Townsend came to SDS for its expertise in z/OS monitoring and security tools. PGP® products were developed by PGP Corp., now owned by Symantec Corp., Mountain View, CA.

SDS provides a wide range of z/OS software for network performance monitoring, data security and compression, and client-server applications. Founded in 1982 and headquartered near Minneapolis, MN, SDS has 1,000 licensed customers in the U.S. and 37 other countries. With 20 products for the VM, VSE, and z/OS mainframe platforms, SDS is an Advanced member of IBM PartnerWorld®. SDS provides some of the highest quality software, documentation, and technical support in the industry, and has been assigned a #1 rating by IBEX.

The VitalSigns family of products developed by SDS provide a full-spectrum tool set for monitoring, problem diagnosis, network automation, and performance management for mainframe TCP/IP and SNA networks.

For more information, a free white paper, or a live demonstration by webcast, see www.sdsusa.com/pgp, call 800.443.6183, or write to sales@sdsusa.com.