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Product	IBM Key Protect by IBM View product	Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption by Salesforce View product
Overview
What it is	IBM Key Protect by IBM: key management, encryption and cryptography. Ideal for key lifecycle. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Key Management alternatives.	Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption delivers key rotation for BYOK Cryptography. Explore its Encryption capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.
Product type	Key management service	Platform-Wide Data Encryption & Key Control
Best for	Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology	Financial, Healthcare, Defense
Pricing
Pricing model	Contact Vendor	Contact Vendor
Free trial	Free trial: yes	Free trial: yes
Deployment
Deployment options	SaaSCloud	Cloud
Deployment details	SaaS; SaaS	Salesforce Security Feature; Native platform security feature
Data residency	Deployment and region dependent	Salesforce Data Centers (US, EU, APAC)
Key features
What it offers	IBM Cloud key management service for provisioning, controlling and governing encryption keys throughout their lifecycle. Key management Encryption Cryptography HSM BYOK Key lifecycle	Bring-your-own-key (BYOK) Cryptographic field encryption File attachment protection Key rotation Encryption Data Security Key Management BYOK Cryptography
Platform & access
API access	API access: yes	API access: yes
Single sign-on (SSO)	SSO: yes	SSO: yes
Role-based access (RBAC)	RBAC: yes	RBAC: yes
Multi-tenant	Multi-tenant: yes	Multi-tenant: yes
Mobile app	Mobile app: no	Mobile app: yes
Supported platforms	IBM Cloud	Salesforce CRMAWS KMSGoogle Cloud KMSHardware HSM
Compliance	FIPS HSM protection available by tier	FIPS 140-2PCI-DSSHIPAAGDPRSOC 2
Integrations & coverage
Integrations	IBM Cloud StandardDedicated	Salesforce ShieldAWS KMSLuna HSM
Industries	Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology	FinancialHealthcareDefense
Regions	Global	Global
Vendor
Company	IBM	Salesforce
Headquarters	Armonk, New York, USA	San Francisco, California, USA
Company size	250,000+	10,001+
Founded	1911	1999

IBM Key Protect

by IBM

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Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

by Salesforce

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Overview

What it is

IBM Key Protect

IBM Key Protect by IBM: key management, encryption and cryptography. Ideal for key lifecycle. Deployment: cloud. See how it compares with top Key Management alternatives.

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption delivers key rotation for BYOK Cryptography. Explore its Encryption capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.

Product type

IBM Key Protect

Key management service

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Platform-Wide Data Encryption & Key Control

Best for

IBM Key Protect

Financial Services, Healthcare, Government, Technology

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Financial, Healthcare, Defense

Pricing

Pricing model

IBM Key Protect

Contact Vendor

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Contact Vendor

Free trial

IBM Key Protect

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Deployment

Deployment options

IBM Key Protect

SaaSCloud

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Cloud

Deployment details

IBM Key Protect

SaaS; SaaS

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Salesforce Security Feature; Native platform security feature

Data residency

IBM Key Protect

Deployment and region dependent

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Salesforce Data Centers (US, EU, APAC)

Key features

What it offers

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud key management service for provisioning, controlling and governing encryption keys throughout their lifecycle.
Key management
Encryption
Cryptography
HSM
BYOK
Key lifecycle

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Bring-your-own-key (BYOK)
Cryptographic field encryption
File attachment protection
Key rotation
Encryption
Data Security
Key Management
BYOK Cryptography

Platform & access

API access

IBM Key Protect

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Single sign-on (SSO)

IBM Key Protect

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Role-based access (RBAC)

IBM Key Protect

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Multi-tenant

IBM Key Protect

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Mobile app

IBM Key Protect

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Supported platforms

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Salesforce CRMAWS KMSGoogle Cloud KMSHardware HSM

Compliance

IBM Key Protect

FIPS HSM protection available by tier

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

FIPS 140-2PCI-DSSHIPAAGDPRSOC 2

Integrations & coverage

Integrations

IBM Key Protect

IBM Cloud StandardDedicated

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Salesforce ShieldAWS KMSLuna HSM

Industries

IBM Key Protect

Financial ServicesHealthcareGovernmentTechnology

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

FinancialHealthcareDefense

Regions

IBM Key Protect

Global

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Global

Vendor

Company

IBM Key Protect

IBM

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

Salesforce

Headquarters

IBM Key Protect

Armonk, New York, USA

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

San Francisco, California, USA

Company size

IBM Key Protect

250,000+

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

10,001+

Founded

IBM Key Protect

1911

Salesforce Shield Platform Encryption

1999