Iron Mountain Joins Cloud Security Alliance
Enterprise Cloud Storage Provider to Advocate Security Best Practices for the Cloud

Boston (Dec. 17, 2009) – Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), a leader in information management services, and its Japan branch, Iron Mountain Digital K.K. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Garth Ramsey) today announced that it has joined the Cloud Security Alliance to help promote and establish security best practices for enterprise-level cloud solutions and services.

As a corporate member, Iron Mountain will offer its expertise in enterprise Storage-as-a-Service and other industry-leading cloud solutions spanning information protection and recovery, and electronic discovery to help the Cloud Security Alliance promote best practices for all types of data stored in the cloud. Additionally, Iron Mountain will help develop and implement security standards for a range of cloud services.

“Our membership in this important organization is another way in which we are educating and reassuring the Japanese market that we are committed to bringing secure cloud computing solutions to market. Having been in the cloud storage and services business for more than a decade, Iron Mountain understands the importance of security when it comes to protecting corporate information in the cloud,” said Garth Ramsey, managing director of Iron Mountain Digital K.K., the company’s Japanese subsidiary. “We look forward to working together with other Cloud Security Alliance members to ensure that the future of cloud services includes standards to better protect organizations and individuals.”

With Iron Mountain Digital’s enterprise cloud storage services, companies can deploy cost-effective information management and storage with enterprise-grade security to reduce the risk, cost and complexity of managing digital information. Iron Mountain’s Storage-as-a-Service solutions add the levels of security, scale, control and access needed to help organizations store, fully protect and manage their information for disaster recovery, business continuity and compliance.

In Japan the company’s cloud storage portfolio includes the LiveVault® server backup service for server and its PC Backup solution.

“As a trusted partner in helping thousands of organizations around the world protect and store their most precious information assets for decades, Iron Mountain’s security and enterprise cloud expertise will be a great addition to the Cloud Security Alliance,” said Jim Reavis, founder of the Cloud Security Alliance. “Iron Mountain’s expertise will be extremely beneficial as we look to developing security standards to protect users of cloud services, today and in the future.”

For more information about Iron Mountain’s Storage-as-a-Service portfolio, visit http://www.ironmountain.jp


About the Cloud Security Alliance

The Cloud Security Alliance is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing, and to provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing. The Cloud Security Alliance is led by industry practitioners and supported by founding charter companies PGP Corporation, Qualys, Inc. and Zscaler, Inc. For further information, the Cloud Security Alliance Web site is www.cloudsecurityalliance.org.

Iron Mountain Digital, the technology arm of Iron Mountain Incorporated, offers a comprehensive suite of data protection, archiving and intellectual property management solutions to thousands of companies around the world, directly and through a worldwide network of channel partners. Incorporated in 2007, Iron Mountain Digital K.K. is the Japanese subsidiary of Iron Mountain Digital. Iron Mountain Digital is based in Southborough, Mass. with European headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany, and an established KK in Japan. For more information, please visit the company web site at http://www.ironmountain.jp

Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE:IRM) helps organizations around the world reduce the costs and risks associated with information protection and storage. The Company offers comprehensive records management and data protection solutions, along with the expertise and experience to address complex information challenges such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain is a trusted partner to more than 140,000 corporate clients throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.ironmountain.com.