Enterprise Cloud Storage Provider to Advocate Security Best Practices for the Cloud
BOSTON, Dec 17, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Iron
Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), a leader in information
management services, today announced that it has joined the Cloud
Security Alliance to help promote and establish security best
practices for enterprise-level cloud solutions and services.
As a corporate member, Iron Mountain will offer its expertise in
enterprise Storage-as-a-Service and other industry-leading cloud
solutions spanning information protection and recovery, and electronic
discovery to help the Cloud Security Alliance promote best practices for
all types of data stored in the cloud. Additionally, Iron Mountain will
help develop and implement security standards for a range of cloud
services.
"Having been in the cloud storage and services business for more than a
decade, Iron Mountain is committed to promoting best practices in cloud
solutions," said Ramana Venkata, president of Iron Mountain Digital, the
company's technology business unit. "Security in the cloud is crucial,
and we look forward to working together with other Cloud Security
Alliance members to ensure that the future of cloud services includes
standards to better protect organizations and individuals."
With Iron Mountain Digital's enterprise cloud services, companies can
deploy cost-effective information management and storage with
enterprise-grade security to reduce the risk, cost and complexity of
managing digital information. Iron Mountain's Storage-as-a-Service
solutions add the levels of security, scale, control and access needed
to help organizations store, fully protect and manage their information
for disaster recovery, compliance and electronic discovery. The
company's cloud-based services include Connected(R) backup for PC and Mac
solution, LiveVault(R) backup for server solution, CloudRecovery solution
for Microsoft(R) Data Protection Manager, the Virtual File Store(TM) service
for archiving inactive data, the Stratify Legal Discovery(TM) service for
electronic discovery, and the Total Email Management Suite powered by
Mimecast technology.
"As a trusted partner in helping thousands of organizations around the
world protect and store their most precious information assets for
decades, Iron Mountain's security and enterprise cloud expertise will be
a great addition to the Cloud Security Alliance," said Jim Reavis,
founder of the Cloud Security Alliance. "Iron Mountain's expertise will
be extremely beneficial as we look to developing security standards to
protect users of cloud services, today and in the future."
For more information about Iron Mountain's Storage-as-a-Service
portfolio, visit www.ironmountain.com.
About the Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization with a
mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security
assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide education on the uses
of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The
Cloud Security Alliance is led by industry practitioners and supported
by founding charter companies PGP Corporation, Qualys, Inc. and Zscaler,
Inc. For further information, the Cloud Security Alliance Web site is www.cloudsecurityalliance.org.
About Iron Mountain Digital
Iron Mountain Digital is the world's leading provider of Storage-as-a
Service solutions for data protection and recovery, archiving,
eDiscovery and intellectual property management. The technology arm of
Iron Mountain Incorporated offers a comprehensive suite of solutions to
thousands of companies around the world, directly and through a
worldwide network of channel partners. Iron Mountain Digital is based in
Southborough, Mass.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) helps organizations around the
world reduce the costs and risks associated with information protection
and storage. The Company offers comprehensive records management and
data protection solutions, along with the expertise and experience to
address complex information challenges such as rising storage costs,
litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. Founded in
1951, Iron Mountain is a trusted partner to more than 140,000 corporate
clients throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia
Pacific. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.ironmountain.com.
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