Fortanix Armor
Overview
Fortanix Armor is a unified data security platform that bundles key and secrets management, identity and access management, and security visibility into a single offering. Built on Fortanix’s Runtime Encryption technology using trusted execution environments, Armor is positioned as a comprehensive data security layer supporting zero-trust architectures, AI data protection, and regulatory compliance across multicloud estates.
Unsung implements Armor for UK customers seeking a consolidated approach to data security that reduces the number of separate tools required for key management, secrets management, and data protection policy enforcement across hybrid and multicloud environments.
The Challenge
Organisations often accumulate multiple, overlapping data security tools — separate products for key management, secrets vaults, access control, and encryption — each with its own policies, interfaces, and compliance evidence. This tool sprawl creates operational complexity, inconsistent security policies, and gaps in visibility that make it difficult to understand the organisation’s overall data security posture.
The growth of AI and analytics workloads introduces additional data protection requirements, as sensitive data used for model training and inference needs protection throughout the processing lifecycle. Organisations need a platform approach that consolidates data security capabilities and provides consistent policy enforcement across all environments and workload types.
What It Does
Armor consolidates data security capabilities that are typically delivered by separate products into a single platform. Key and secrets management provides centralised control of encryption keys and application secrets. Identity and access management enforces who can access which data and under what conditions. Visibility capabilities provide dashboards and reporting on data security posture across the estate.
The platform’s Runtime Encryption foundation ensures that cryptographic operations and key material are protected within trusted execution environments, providing hardware-backed security without requiring separate HSM infrastructure. Armor supports use cases including multicloud key management, DevOps secrets, database encryption, AI data protection, and regulatory compliance reporting across GDPR, PCI DSS, and other frameworks.
How Unsung Helps
Unsung helps clients assess whether a consolidated data security platform approach addresses their requirements, and implements Armor integrated with their existing cloud and on-premises infrastructure. Our PKI Consultancy service provides independent guidance on data security architecture and how platforms such as Armor complement the organisation’s existing PKI and cryptographic infrastructure.
Related Unsung Services
PKI Consultancy — Advisory on data security strategy and cryptographic platform architecture.
Hardware Security Modules — HSM strategy and integration within data security platforms.
PKI Design & Build — Design and implementation of enterprise data security architectures.
