Empowering Data Control: Veritas Unveils New UAE Data Center

National governments across the Middle East have embraced and introduced legislation to ensure accurate, appropriate access to sensitive datasets.

Veritas is proud to announce a new Veritas Data Compliance data center in the United Arab Emirates. This move reinforces our dedication to delivering secure and compliant solutions. It ensures that organizations in the Middle East can embrace cloud technology without compromising data sovereignty. We also plan more centers in the near future. 

To support the continued growth of organizations based in UAE, specific, localized, solutions that cater to the region's unique data sovereignty requirements are a must. Being able to offer the legislative assurances that come with a UAE–based data center is a critical differentiator for the services we can provide.— Johnny Karam, VP of Emerging Markets, Veritas

Governments and regulated industries increasingly prioritize data sovereignty in data protection. In short, it lets you control your data, including its location, movement, and protection mechanisms. The dependence on foreign cloud service providers (CSPs) governed by local laws has caused apprehension about data security and compliance. Governments may invoke national security or surveillance laws to scrutinize data stored within their jurisdiction, posing a risk to sensitive information. An essential part of mitigating these concerns, data sovereignty enables you to restrict and control data access and minimizes the risk of legal implications.

Operational sovereignty is equally crucial and allows you to restrict and control access to data. This helps prevent unauthorized access by privileged users and CSP administrators. Veritas gives you absolute control over cryptographic key management through "Manage Your Own Key." We ensure a strong data sovereignty framework by allowing you to add controls for sensitive data encryption, access, and key storage.

Data sovereignty is not just a compliance checkbox; it's a commitment to empowering our customers with control and security in an increasingly interconnected world.— Ajay Bhatia, Global VP and GM of Data Compliance, Veritas

Beyond compliance, Veritas offers a unique advantage with an in-region hosting option. Leveraging Microsoft Azure, Veritas enables you to create new data centers anywhere in the world, providing unparalleled flexibility to manage cloud data. This advantage sets Veritas apart from platforms offering limited cloud-archiving solutions, especially outside of the United States.

Additionally, Veritas helps address complex data sovereignty requirements with a hybrid compliance deployment that allows you to keep certain regions or business areas on-premises in a secure data center. At the same time, you can perform eDiscovery and surveillance from a central cloud tool.

It's important to highlight that certain entities, such as governments, have stringent requirements yet to be fully addressed. We recognize these challenges and underscore our commitment to data sovereignty and localization advantages. We specifically designed the UAE data center to address concerns related to unique data protection and compliance requirements related to archiving support.

The new data center gives you much greater control and governance over your data and the associated hybrid compliance requirements. As we continue to prioritize regional data sovereignty needs, the UAE data center meets the evolving needs of our customers while setting a new standard for CSPs in the Middle East.

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