InterXion Holding N.V. announced the general availability of Key Guardian, an encryption key management service that simplifies data protection across private, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Businesses undertaking their digital transformation are realising added benefits through the use of hybrid and multi-cloud environments. However, in light of GDPR and today’s sophisticated threat landscape, protecting sensitive data in such dynamic environments remains a major source of concern. As organizations turn to encryption to protect their critical information, securing encryption keys become the priority. Key Guardian leverages Interxion’s cloud access and interconnected data centre network, to securely store the encryption keys in a dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM) appliance outside of, but in very close proximity to, the cloud environment. This provides the trust, high performance and scalability that businesses need, while also giving strong auditability with a precise physical location of the keys for compliance. Interxion Key Guardian is an open platform making available HSMs from the leading providers including Gemalto, Thales-e-Security and Utimaco. This gives customers an on-demand dedicated infrastructure to separate encryption material from cloud service providers and adhere to the strictest key management compliance regimes with FIPS 140.2 Level 3 certification. exceet Secure Solutions, a German based provider of security solutions is delivering the customer on-boarding and integration support for the service.