HP StorageWorks division has rolled out the HP StorageWorks Secure Key Manager that claims to reduce the risk of a data breach and reputation damage while improving regulatory compliance with a secure centralised encryption key management solution for HP enterprise tape libraries. The new HP StorageWorks Secure Key Manager automates key generation and management based on security policies for multiple libraries.

Secure Key Manager is a hardened server appliance delivering secure identity-based access, administration and logging with auditable security designed to meet the FIPS 140-2 security standards. Additionally, it is said to provide reliable lifetime key archival with automatic multi-site key replication, high-availability clustering and failover capabilities.

The HP StorageWorks Secure Key Manager consolidates key management for encryption devices deployed in enterprise and mid-sized businesses.

The HP Secure Key Manager architecture and plans support future encryption clients beyond HP ESL and EML Tape Libraries. It is the platform HP is using to build infrastructure-wide centralised key management for information protection across the enterprise.