Crossroads Intros StrongBox TapeSentry

SAN DIEGO -- Crossroads Systems, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CRDS.PK), a leading provider of Business Information Assurance (BIA) solutions for guaranteed access, resiliency and security of enterprise information, today announced its early adopter program for Crossroads' StrongBox® TapeSentry solution, a new tape encryption appliance designed to protect data stored on tapes in the event of theft and loss. TapeSentry will be unveiled today in San Diego, California at Storage Networking World, booth G23.

Crossroads' TapeSentry appliance delivers maximum security to stored data on tape media. As a high-performance, enterprise-class appliance, TapeSentry provides front-side compression and robust encryption at wire-level speed. Additionally, TapeSentry has zero impact on an organization's network, server or existing backup infrastructure. TapeSentry provides industry-standard encryption algorithms, crypto-signed logging and robust key management to satisfy regulatory requirements and protect stored data from unauthorized data access or theft.

Crossroads' TapeSentry is built from the ground up leveraging the proven reliability, functionality and benefits of Crossroads' core router engine. The simple, yet robust addition of the encryption functionality is a natural, uncomplicated approach to a tape encryption solution. TapeSentry delivers superior cost performance, unsurpassed flexibility and incomparable interoperability - all inherent benefits of the router technology and infrastructure.

Crossroads Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDS)