Biodata helps to close the data leakage gaps with Utimaco

Local Utimaco distributor Biodata is assisting companies in eliminating potential security threats within the corporate data network with the SafeGuard PortProtector solutions.

Industry statistics consistently show that the most significant threat to the organisation comes from within. With over 70% of corporate data residing on endpoints, pure gateway security solutions and written security policies alone cannot mitigate the risks of information leakage.

"Growing numbers of removable storage devices, physical and wireless interfaces and users with access to sensitive data have made information leakage via endpoints, both accidental and malicious, a real enterprise threat," says Chris Runte, director of Biodata IT.

SafeGuard PortProtector detects and allows restrictions of device type, model or even specific serial number. For storage devices SafeGuard PortProtector enables administrators to block all storage devices completely, permit read-only or encrypt all data on devices. In addition, administrators can monitor, block and/or log files that are written to or read from these devices.

It is simply too easy to connect a USB stick, digital camera or iPod to an endpoint at an organisation and walk away with sensitive material. It is just as easy to use WiFi, Bluetooth or a 3G modem to bridge classified internal networks to open external networks.

These are exactly the security risks that SafeGuard PortProtector is designed to manage. It controls every endpoint and every device over every interface and guarantees easy-to-use and flexible information leakage prevention. SafeGuard PortProtector monitors real-time traffic and applies customised, granular security policies for all types of interfaces and external storage devices.

Unsecure devices may include:

Physical interfaces: USB, FireWire, PMCIA, Parallel, Serial, etc Wireless interfaces: WiFi, Bluetooth, Infrared (IrDA) External storage devices: Removable Media, CD/DVD, Floppy Drives, etc

In addition to SafeGuard PortProtector, the comprehensive tool SafeGuard PortAuditor helps administrators with visualising who are connecting to corporate endpoints. With SafeGuard PortAuditor, administrators can distinguish between secure productivity enhancers, such as authentication tokens, and potential security threats, such as mass-storage MP3 players. With the use of this report data, IT management can enforce granular security policies that exactly meet the business needs.

Comprehensive information leakage prevention, easy administration, and ease of use make SafeGuard PortProtector the solution of choice.

Ends Runte: "The main benefits of SafeGuard PortProtector is that is assists in preventing data leakage and theft, enterprise penetration and introduction of malware. It also enables managers to be able to better define business policies for a any domain, group, computer or user, and it also ensures easier administration through its integration with Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory. It is a security must for customers who have a large number of users to manage."