Wave Systems Completes 100,000 Seat Trusted Computing Deployment

Wave Systems Corp. has completed the
installation of its software on BASF‘s fleet of more than 100,000 PCs and
laptops.

"Ensuring that sensitive data is
always safe – even if a device is lost or stolen – is one of the foremost
priorities for BASF," stated Joseph Souren, GM EMEA and VP, Wave.
"Thanks to a strong partnership with
the BASF’s IT Governance and Information Services groups, Wave and BASF were
able to complete the deployment of a fully-managed, hardware-based encryption
solution across a hundred thousand endpoints in record time. It was truly a
‘world-class’ achievement and one built on mutual trust and commitment."

BASF, headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany, is a leading chemical
company. Its portfolio ranges from chemicals, plastics, performance products,
and agricultural products to oil and gas. BASF partners with its customers to
create chemistry for virtually all industries.

To protect sensitive data, BASF elected self-encrypting drives (SEDs) as
opposed to software encryption, as part of the standard configuration for all
of BASF’s laptops. Built in accordance with the Opal specification published by
the Trusted Computing Group,
SEDs are among the most secure, best performing and most transparent encryption
options available. Available in solid state or traditional rotating disk form,
they are available from all the leading storage providers and PC OEMs.

The original order with BASF was initiated in 2011, involving tens of thousands
of licenses for Wave’s EMBASSY Remote Administration Server. With the
completion of this installation, BASF has extended its license with Wave until
2015. Wave enables IT to activate each SED in seconds (as opposed to up to
several hours per device with software-based encryption), set security policies
and provide detailed event logs to prove data was encrypted if a laptop goes
missing.

"BASF is the pre-eminent name in the
global chemical industry and truly one of the world’s top brands," said
Steven Sprague, CEO and president. "We’ve enjoyed a strong working
relationship with BASF as they’ve completed this significant installation of
more than 100,000 self-encrypting drives on every BASF laptop – all of them
managed by Wave. This collaboration is yet another example of Wave’s ability to
bring our world-class solutions to customers of every size, across a variety of
industries."