Safend - Safend Data Protection Solution

Abstract

Safend’s Data Protection portfolio of endpoint software security products are designed to protect an organisation’s confidential information from loss and theft by monitoring, detecting, and restricting data transfers to or from Windows-based computers. Any and every digital file type is potentially susceptible to loss or theft as a result of either benign or malignant behaviour. Although Microsoft has introduced some functionality in Windows Vista to address information-security management issues, these facilities generally lack any kind of granularity or operational flexibility, and Windows XP still requires third-party products. Safend Protector, in conjunction with Safend Auditor, Safend Encryptor, and Safend Reporter, addresses a range of security challenges in a cohesive and integrated manner without introducing any unnecessary overhead for the IT department or end user. Safend’s products are for Microsoft Windows-based PCs only, and so organisations will have to look elsewhere for Mac OS X and Linux endpoint security solutions. All companies and institutions should evaluate Safend’s offerings. Those organisations operating under tight regulation and control will find the Safend Solution especially useful in meeting compliance requirements.

Key Findings

Strength

• Tamper-resistant code ensures the strongest possible protection.
• Extensive testing ensures high levels of interoperability with other applications.
• Information security policies can be enforced at a very granular level.
• Safend’s advanced technology is well supported by strong management features.

Information

• Integrates well with enterprise VPN solutions.
• Policies can be deployed through Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory.

Weakness

• Only computers running Microsoft Windows are supported.
• No support for 64-bit editions of Windows Vista.

Look Ahead

Safend Encryptor 2.1 will be introduced in Q1, 2009 and offers a Windows Single Sign On feature. In 2009, Safend will introduce Safend Inspector, which is a content-based inspection solution to prevent data leakage through e-mail, IM, Web, external storage, and printers.

Read the full Technology Audit on the Butler Group Web site.