Friday June 08, 2007

Sun has today launched the Sun Secure Data Retrieval Server (SDRS) to help communications service providers address the EU Data Retention Directive requirements with a powerful, secure and flexible end-to-end solution.

EU Data Retention Directive
In the field of telecommunications, data retention (or data preservation) generally refers to the storage call detail records (CDRs) of telephony and internet traffic and transaction data (IPDRs) by governments and commercial organisations. In the case of government data retention, the data that is stored is usually of telephone calls made and received, emails sent and received and web sites visited. Location data is also collected. The primary objective in government data retention is traffic analysis and mass surveillance. By analysing the retained data governments can identify the locations of individuals, an individual's associates and the members of a group

The Directive as adopted from the European Government covers fixed telephony, mobile telephony, Internet access, Internet email and Internet telephony. Member States are required to transpose it into national law no later than September 2007.

Compliant for today, protection for the future
Sun SDRS is designed as the industry's first end-to-end "plug-and-comply" appliance solution. Powered by CopperEye's revolutionary "Live Archive" technology, SDRS addresses not only the secure retention and life cycle of communications data but also the business processes by which this data is rapidly retrieved and securely disclosed, as defined in the EU directive.

With the new EU requirements for capturing and storing large volumes of compliance data such as call detail records and IP traffic, the requirement for fast secure retrieval of selected records makes traditional approaches of utilising a relational database or data warehouse too complex and too costly. Unlike traditional technology alternatives, Sun's unique approach gives communication providers a complete, open standards-based solution secured through Sun's Solaris Operating System and the Sun Secure Global Desktop Software. Furthermore, the system can be deployed in a matter of weeks, rather than months required for other solutions, helping companies meet tight deployment deadlines without diverting IT staff from revenue-generating business projects.

Key features of Secure Data Retrieval Server (SDRS) include:

1. “Plug and Comply” appliance solution with full compliance request & disclosure workflow
   
2. Coppereye's Greenwich Indexing technology, optimised software for scale and performance
   
3. Built upon the world's first data server with integrated AMD Opteron processors, massive data storage and throughput providing unrivaled energy efficiency
   
4. Sun's Solaris 10 Operating System, the most secure OS on the planet, providing security features previously only found in Sun's military-grade Trusted Solaris
   
5. Sun Secure Global Desktop Software providing secured access to the appliance from a wide range of popular client devices regardless of location
   
6. TruSeal technology adds evidential weight by proving the authenticity of disclosure contents, identity of the originators and independently verifiable data & time.

Learn more at the solution overview doc.