User:Ulfmattsson/Protegrity

The Protegrity name came from "protection and integrity" (www.protegrity.com ) in 1994. The technology was initially created in 1994 by Ulf Mattsson (www.ulfmattsson.com) based on the emerging data security and privacy requirements in Europe (http://www.cdt.org/privacy/eudirective/EU_Directive_.html). The technology implementation was developed during 1994 and 2009 in joint projects with research and development teams at IBM (https://www-304.ibm.com/partnerworld/gsd/solutiondetails.do?solution=27627&lc=en ), Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle (http://www.nyoug.org/Presentations/SIG/DataWarehousing/NYOUGFeb3-UlfMattsson-WEB.pdf), Sybase, Informix, Teradata, Checkpoint, nCipher, Thales and RSA. The innovations are covered by a number of patents filed in 1996 and later (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=0&f=S&l=50&TERM1=protegrity&FIELD1=&co1=AND&TERM2=&FIELD2=&d=PTXT). The technology is currently used by organizations that are subject to PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/security_standards/index.php) and other data privacy regulations in US (http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13489) and Europe (http://www.cdt.org/privacy/eudirective/EU_Directive_.html). The innovations are covered by a number of Protegrity patents filed in 1996 and later. Protegrity filed suit against Ingrian Networks in April 2008, and against nuBridges, Inc. and Voltage Security, Inc. in May 2010. These suits, which seek to protect Protegrity’s intellectual property, were all filed in the Federal Court in Hartford, Conn. As Safenet, Inc. acquired Ingrian, and because the company is now selling what used to be Ingrian’s products, Safenet has been added as a co-defendant to the Ingrian litigation. http://www.protegrity.com/node/565.

About Protegrity

Protegrity, a leader in Enterprise Data Security Management, delivers a centralized data security management solution that protects sensitive information from acquisition to deletion across the enterprise. Over 300 Protegrity customers maintain protection of their sensitive data by employing software specifically designed to encrypt and tokenize data in accordance with specific data security policy. Customers maximize security with minimal business impact by deploying Protegrity's Data Security Platform, the high performance, transparent, security solution optimized for the dynamic enterprise. Protegrity’s singular focus is on developing solutions that protect data. Protegrity employees are security technology specialists with deep industry expertise in data security policy and key management in distributed environments who are well versed in the current regulatory environment. Through its network of offices, distributors, and partners, Protegrity’s reach, and ability to service customers extends worldwide. The company headquarters is in Stamford, CT, USA with a sales office in the United Kingdom. Protegrity maintains research and development facilities at headquarters in the US as well as in Sweden and China.