SafeGuard PortProtector
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 can not 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.
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 customized, granular security policies for all types of interfaces and external storage devices.
- Physical interfaces: USB, FireWire, PMCIA, Parallel, Serial, etc.
- Wireless interfaces: WiFi, Bluetooth, Infrared (IrDA)
- External storage devices: Removable Media, CD/DVD, Floppy Drives, etc.
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.
In addition to SafeGuard PortProtector the comprehensive tool SafeGuard PortAuditor helps administrators visualizing who is 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. Using 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.
Benefits
Enhanced Security
- SafeGuard PortProtector prevents data leakage and theft, enterprise penetration and introduction of malware
- Comprehensive reporting of security threats with SafeGuard PortAuditor
- Detects and restricts data transfer by device type, device model and unique serial number
- Inspects files for their type and controls the transfer of unauthorized file types to and from external storage devices
- Protects enterprise data in motion by encrypting data on external storage devices and tracking offline use
- Blocks both USB and PS/2 hardware key-loggers
Easy to manage
- Separate policies can be defined for any domain, group, computer or user
- Easier administration enabled by integration with Microsoft Active Directory® and Novell® eDirectoryTM
- Encrypted logs and alerts can be viewed in the management console for easy reporting and auditing or integrated with third-party software for comprehensive analysis
Easy to use
- SafeGuard PortProtector runs transparently in the background; no change in users working habits and no end user training is necessary
