Zettaset

About Zettaset

Zettaset operated as a software-defined encryption provider, focusing on protecting enterprise data from theft. The company was established in 2009 under the name GOTO Metrics and rebranded as Zettaset in 2011. PitchBook data indicates the company ceased operations in April 2024.

Under the leadership of President and CEO Jim Vogt, an executive with a background in electrical engineering and an MBA, the firm concentrated on the enterprise software sector, particularly in networking, security, and storage. His prior experience includes leading Ingrian Networks, a data security firm focused on encryption. The management team also included COO Tim Reilly, a certified public accountant with extensive financial and operational experience in the technology industry.

Zettaset's business model centered on providing a software-only, cost-effective data protection solution that could be transparently deployed across physical and virtual environments, from on-premise servers to the cloud. The company's core product evolved over time. Initially, it developed Orchestrator, a management platform designed to automate, secure, and accelerate Hadoop deployments. As the big data market matured, Zettaset shifted its focus to offer its security features, like data encryption and access control, as standalone applications. This allowed clients to integrate Zettaset's security modules into their existing IT frameworks. The product suite included the XCrypt Object encryption module and a Virtual Enterprise Key Manager, providing client-side encryption for users with regulatory compliance needs or those requiring greater control over cryptographic operations in public cloud environments like AWS. In 2021, the company launched the Zettaset Encryption Management Console, a platform designed to unify an organization's various encryption solutions into a single interface for monitoring and management.