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RSA, the Security Division of EMC, has made an expansion of its Enterprise Data protection (EDP) strategy that will help enable customers to secure encryption endpoints across the enterprise. By protecting data wherever it resides, the company said.

Core to this development, RSA has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Hyderabad, India-based Valyd Software Private for an undisclosed sum, and has established partnerships with CipherOptics, Decru, NeoScale Systems and Epicor|CRS.

The acquisition of Valyd is expected to close later in Q1-2007. Upon completion, it will immediately provide RSA's customers with solutions for enterprise-wide data protection for a variety of database management systems and protection of sensitive data maintained in files—against internal and external attacks, the company said.

Regulations regarding the protection of sensitive consumer, business and government data to prevent identity theft and fraud have created new security complexities that many organisations are not equipped to solve. Existing state laws and federal laws are spurring organisations to protect this data fully regardless of where it lives and where it travels—including within applications, databases, files, disk storage systems, tape systems or network links, the company added.

The combination of RSA Database Security Manager and RSA File Security Manager with encryption solutions from our strategic partners will enable stronger integration between endpoint security solutions and RSA Key Manager's capabilities, the company claimed.

In addition, a strategic technology alliance with Epicor|CRS has been established which will provide the first RSA key management-enabled Point-of-Sale (POS) solution to retailers. RSA Key Manager technology is planned to be integrated into Epicor|CRS's retail point-of-sale solution to help protect sensitive information such as credit card magnetic stripe data and consumer data at the point of entry to meet PCI and other data security requirements. RSA Key Manager software is a stand-alone key lifecycle management offering that enables businesses to effectively control encryption keys by providing centralised, secure and simplified administration for all applications, the company said.