Oregon Community Credit Union Gains Peace of Mind by Encrypting Backup Tapes with NeoScale

Case Study: Oregon Community Credit Union, revised in 2007
Oregon Community Credit Union Gains Peace of Mind by
Encrypting Backup Tapes with NeoScale Application Secure Tape Encryption "We really needed a high performance appliance that would Overview meet our nightly backup window; For more than fifty years, Oregon Community Credit Union (OCCU), the third largest NeoScale fit that description." credit union in Oregon with more than 90,000 members and more than $700 million in - Joseph Bongcayao, Information assets, is serving central Oregon residents with an innovative range of products and Systems Specialist, Oregon services. Oregon Community Credit Union takes member services seriously by offering Community Credit Union leading edge security solutions to protect members' sensitive data. Benefits The Challenge
ƒ Very scalable and delivers With horror stories in the news every week about lost or stolen laptops and backup high performance levels tapes, the senior management team at OCCU knew they had to do everything within their powers to protect their critical data as it traveled offsite to a third-party tape ƒ Excellent technical support vaulting vendor. They also took into account the growth of identity theft and network and customer service intrusions when they considered the heightened need for backed-up data to be secured during transit and in storage. Joseph Bongcayao, CCEA and Information Systems ƒ Strong Return on Specialist at the credit union was tasked with finding an affordable solution that would Investment numbers strike a balance between security, ease of use, and scalability. The Solution At the time tape encryption was somewhat of an emerging market. Bongcayao worked hard to find solutions that would meet all of these requirements. "We knew from the outset that we did not want a software solution that would put too much strain on our servers," he explained. That requirement eliminated many tape backup vendors whose software was far too slow and resource intensive. Bongcayao searched the Internet, went to various discussion groups, and generally performed a great deal of due diligence in his search for an appliance-based solution that would give him the performance levels that he was looking for. His research eventually led him to the ®NeoScale CryptoStor Tape appliance, the first enterprise-class data protection and privacy appliance specifically designed for tape media.
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"The NeoScale solution works The Solution Continued extremely well and the support has been very good. We have tested our Because of Oregon Community Credit Union's complex environment, Bongcayao said backups and restored information "We really needed a high performance appliance that would meet our nightly backup and the system is running smoothly." window; NeoScale fit that description." In fact, Oregon Community Credit Union purchased two systems: one for their system backups and the other for their host ®- Joseph Bongcayao, Information system. These two systems fed the NeoScale CryptoStor Tape appliance that directed Systems Specialist, Oregon the encrypted output to ADIC tape drives. Community Credit Union The Result In terms of return on investment (ROI), Bongcayao pointed out "the cost to notify our members just one time in the event of a tape loss would exceed the cost of the NeoScale system." Indirect costs such as bad publicity could be avoided by encrypting back up tapes to protect data stored offsite. Bongcayao concluded "the NeoScale solution works extremely well and the support has been very good. We have tested our backups and restored information and the system is running smoothly." NeoScale At A Glance ƒ Founded in 2000, NeoScale is the trusted leader in enterprise storage security and a recognized authority in Global Key Management ƒ Headquartered in the Silicon Valley, CA, NeoScale solutions are globally deployed in more than 35 countries ƒ Tamper proof appliance-based solutions with true wire-speed encryption of data on disk, virtual tape, or tape media ƒ Award-winning global key management to ensure customers' business continuity and productivity in sharing sensitive information across the extended enterprise ƒ Successf... [download for more]