US security services provider Secureworks has deployed data centre space in Frankfurt to satisfy the EU data sovereignty demands of its customers.
The data storage facility in Frankfurt went live this week and “gives EU customers and channel partners more control over data location”, said the vendor and MSSP.
“Secureworks' business spans the globe, but customers in the EU, especially those in France and Germany, have always stated that their security telemetry data needs to be stored locally so that it complies with GDPR and other EU regulations,” said Secureworks.
“Customers need assurances that the data is secure while in transit and Secureworks quickly realised that its growth in the region could be curtailed if it was unable to provide customers with a local storage option,” added a spokesperson.
The facility supports the company's Taegis XDR (extended detection and response) cloud security service. “This investment reinforces Secureworks’ ongoing commitment to EU customers and partners, while enhancing Secureworks’ readiness to fulfil accelerated growth and meet rising demand in the region,” the company said.
Nasdaq-listed Secureworks supports EU customers from locations in London; Paris; a security operations centre in Edinburgh, Scotland; a “Security Center of Excellence” in Bucharest, Romania; and from Dell Technologies offices in Amsterdam and Dubai, UAE. The company is majority-owned by Dell.
This May, Tech Data signed a distribution deal with Secureworks to support resellers and MSP partners across Europe. This March, Arrow Electronics signed a pan-European distribution agreement with Secureworks, following the North America deal it signed last September.
Steve Fulton, chief product officer of Secureworks, said of the Frankfurt move: “Some organisations need more autonomy to control where their security telemetry data is stored, as well as safeguards for securing their data while in transit. We’re giving those customers and partners greater choice over where their data resides and, as a result, continuing to increase our investment in the EU region.”
