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OpenTech Systems releases new encryption solution

October 12, 2005

LEWISVILLE, Texas - OpenTech Systems Inc. announced in a news release the availability of a new tape data encryption utility called CopyCrypt.

CopyCrypt protects tape data, in compliance with government mandates such as HIPPA, Sarbanes-Oxley and the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, by encrypting data during tape copy operation to ensure that it cannot be read by an unauthorized source.

CopyCrypt exploits the cryptographic hardware standard on IBM mainframes by interfacing with IBM to request encryption services and manage encryption keys. CopyCrypt supports all standard encryption algorithms, such as DES, Triple-DES and AES.

"CopyCrypt's flexible selection capabilities allow the user to be very discriminating not only when choosing which datasets to encrypt, but also when selecting the level of encryption to be used which allows them to balance the need for secure copies with the requirement to keep processing costs as low as possible," said OpenTech Systems director of technical services Don Bolton. "CopyCrypt also compresses data prior to encryption and stacks unencrypted and encrypted data together on the same tape."