With teams collaborating digitally and sensitive information flowing through apps like Google Docs, Gmail, and Google Drive (all while compliance rules keep evolving), organizations need more than just strong passwords. They need real control of their data.
That’s where crypto key management comes in. It might sound technical (and it is), but at its core, it’s about one simple thing: keeping your most important data private and protected.
Now, thanks to the integration of Utimaco’s Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) with Google Workspace’s Client-Side Encryption (CSE), businesses can combine the flexibility and productivity of Google’s cloud apps with strong data protection. At the same time, they gain the security and control of an independent, enterprise-grade key management system.
In this article, we’ll break down how the integration works, why it matters, and how it empowers your organization to take control of its data.
Crypto Key Management Superpowers
What is Cryptographic Key Management? It’s a system that can hold multiple superpowers, such as secure storage, reliable management and central control across an organizations’ complete crypto key inventory.
And now its magic is needed more than ever, especially in the context of cloud-based applications. With organizations and individuals around the world sharing data, cryptographic key management ensures the highest security and privacy for the data being generated, transferred, shared and stored.
A great example of how a superior Key Management System can provide centralized security for a variety of applications is our latest integration of Utimaco’s Enterprise Secure Key Manager with Google Workspace Client-Side Encryption.
Combining Productivity and Security
The integration of Utimaco Enterprise Secure Key Manager (ESKM) with Google Workspace Client-Side Encryption (CSE) provides significant added value to organizations using Google Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet and Gmail. It enhances data security and protects corporate content, communications and collaboration in the cloud.
Based on its highly secure architecture, ESKM enables the reliable and compliant storage and management of encryption keys through one central access point – cloud-agnostic, vendor independent, and highly scalable.
How the Integration of Utimaco’s Enterprise Secure Key Manager with Google Workspace Client-Side Encryption Works
Google’s Workspace CSE enables organizations to encrypt and decrypt their workspace data off-cloud, preventing unauthorized access while used in the cloud. Thus, Google has no access to the data because it is encrypted at the client, rather than Google servers, using a key only known and possessed by the client. Google Workspace CSE with ESKM enables data privacy, sovereignty and maximum compliance!
The integration with Utimaco ESKM adds independent key management, control and compliance for the usage of Google Docs, Drive, Calendar, Meet and Gmail. It provides the single pane of glass for central key storage and management. As an external key store and access control entity, it enables organizations to maintain full control over their keys and access to content by seamlessly integrating with Google Workspace and not relying on Google’s native key management and access infrastructure.
Top Benefits of Utimaco Enterprise Secure Key Manager’s and Google Workspace’s integration
The integration with our flagship Key Management System provides several key benefits for Google’s Workspace Client-Side Encryption applications, such as:
- Enhanced Compliance and Regulatory Adherence
- Securing Sensitive Communications in Google Meet and Gmail
- Control Over Encryption Keys with Cloud-Native Scalability
- Secure Collaboration and Sharing with External Partners
- Simplified Key Lifecycle Management
- Protection of Data-at-Rest in Google Drive
- Seamless User Experience with Easy Adoption
- Improved Security for Remote Work and Hybrid Environments
- End-to-End Security for Business Continuity
We are excited to partner with Google Workspace and integrate our key management technology with the latest Client-side Encryption service. This will help our customers migrate their legacy, enterprise work environments to Google’s secure, cloud-based collaboration services while maintaining data privacy, control & compliance!
Why Choose Utimaco’s Enterprise Secure Key Manager for Crypto Key Management?
Utimaco’s ESKM is the single pane of glass, providing central access and management of all crypto keys; independent of their origin, whether for the cloud or on-premises.
It provides full key control throughout their entire lifecycle, ensures compliance with security policies and regulatory requirements such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS, and helps to create reliable audit trails, helping to track who accessed what data at what point of time.
Discover Utimaco’s Key Management solutions and their flexible deployment options, either as hardware, virtual appliance or as a Service offering.
