Fortanix Inc., a multi-cloud data security company and pioneer of Confidential Computing, and the Saudi Information Technology Company (SITE), a PIF-owned, cybersecurity and cloud provider and systems integrator, announced a partnership that will bring Fortanix’s data security platform to the Saudi Arabia and Middle East market.
Based on its flagship Data Security Manager (DSM) offering, Fortanix’s Confidential Computing-run technology will be available exclusively as a managed SaaS offering powered by SITE, with a data sovereignty dedicated region based in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to serve MENA clients.
Fortanix and SITE will roll out a variety of data security solutions including multi-cloud key management, tokenization and data masking, secrets management, HSM-as-a-service etc., for enterprise and government customers that deal with sensitive data, data sovereignty issues and are subject to regulatory compliance.
One of the first services to be rolled out would be with the Google Cloud External Key Manager (EKM).
The localized Fortanix’s DSM SaaS benefits include:
- Comprehensive data security – End-to-end data security, including cloud-friendly encryption, key management, and tokenization from a single integrated platform.
- Converged security management – A web-based user interface with enterprise-level access controls and single sign-on (SSO) support.
- Unmatched security standards – Fortanix DSM SaaS is a multi-cloud data security service certified to the FIPS 140-2 Level 3 security standard.
- Locally powered Confidential Computing – The SITE Cloud-localized platform runs on Confidential Computing hardware, which provides customers with security.
