HyTrust has entered a strategic investment and technology development agreement with In-Q-Tel to help secure virtualized and cloud infrastructures by fueling development and enabling the expansion of support operations to meet enterprise demand, while broadening HyTrust’s reach into the federal sector.
In-Q-Tel is an independent, non-profit strategic investor that identifies, adapts and delivers innovative technology solutions to support the mission of the United States’ intelligence community, according to a HyTrust statement.
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| Possible communication paths between the five actors of cloud computing: Consumer, provider, auditor, broker and carrier. Photo: NIST. |
HyTrust solutions are used by organizations around the world to enable faster cloud adoption and securely virtualize all workloads. HyTrust mitigates the concentration of risk that virtualization introduces, and the potential for catastrophic failure, while enabling comprehensive best practices and auditability.
HyTrust is also a partner to the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a joint venture between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the state of Maryland and Montgomery County, Md., to work with industry, academia and government experts to find practical solutions for businesses’ urgent cyber security needs (Defense Daily, April 16).