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Thales And BT Sign New International Agreement To Offer Vormetric Transparent Encryption

Friday, March 17th, 2017

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Thales and BT [BT] made a new international agreement wherein BT will offer Thales’ Vormetric Transparent Encryption, a cyber defense tool, to its existing customers in 180 countries, France's Thales said March 9.The Vormetric Transparent Encryption helps customers encrypt data-at-rest, control privileged user access, and manage a collection of security intelligence logs without re-engineering applications, databases, or infrastructure.BT Security, part of Britain's BT, currently provides managed services to 6,500 customers internationally with over 2,500 security specialists, consultants, partners, and vendors.…

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