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Safend Protector
Safend Protector – Looming Concerns
IT administrators know that their employees love the
productivity benefits that convenient endpoint
connections like USB of WiFi bring to their
organisation. But security professionals have to
worry about the security implications of any
technological developments. IT organisations have
three fears of uncontrolled endpoints:
Data leakage – The majority of corporate data
is stored unprotected on desktops and laptops. With
portable devices, such as iPods, holding up to 60GB
of data, it’s far too easy for confidential data to
walk out of the building.
Targeted Attacks / Desktop as Gateway – Local
ports and interfaces have become a new favoured way
for malicious hackers to introduce viruses and
Trojans into enterprises, often turning a desktop
into a gateway to access an entire network. For
example, a recent corporate espionage case,
resulting in multiple arrests, centred on a Trojan
introduced via a presentation stored a CD.
Legal compliance –Recent legislation, such as
HIPAA or Sarbanes-Oxley, often specifically
mentioning technological standards, dramatically
increases data privacy and data control standards.
Organisations need reliable ways to guarantee that
they are safeguarding their data in legally
acceptable ways.
With these looming concerns, organisations need ways
to balance the productivity increases that new
endpoint technologies offer, while maintaining
robust information security.
The Solution – Safend Protector
Safend’s landmark Safend Protector offers granular
policy enforcement over enterprise endpoints,
controlling all local access by monitoring traffic
from ports and interfaces in real-time.
Administrators create endpoint security policies in
Safend Protector’s flexible management console and
can assign policies to any domain, group, computer,
or user in the organization. Safend Protector’s
client agent protects endpoints, operates at the
kernel-level, requires few computing resources, and
is virtually impossible to circumvent.
Safend Protector shuts down all potential means of
local-access data leakage or malware introduction,
and helps organisation comply with data privacy
standards. Safend Protector controls all
local-access interfaces, including:
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Physical
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Wireless
interfaces |
Removable storage |
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USB
FireWire
PCMCIA
Serial
Parallel |
WiFi
Bluetooth
Infra Red (IrDA) |
CD / DVDs
Flash Drives
Zip Drives
Floppy Drives
Tape Drives |
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Safend Protector Features
Safend Protector is the most comprehensive,
granular, easy-to-use, and tamper-proof endpoint
security product available today. Other features
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Intuitive Management |
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Seamlessly integrates into Active
Directory or any other network
management software
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Easy, intuitive process to
create and update policies
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Kernel-level driver
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- Policy
enforcement is completed via independent
real-time analysis of low-level port
traffic
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Redundant, multi-tiered anti-tampering |
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anti-tampering features prevents
attempts to circumvent security policy
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Features include advanced encryption,
hashed uninstall password, and
continuous enforcement of last-known
policy, even when disconnected
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Integrated auditing and visibility |
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Supplemented by Safend Auditor, which
audits all devices connected in last six
months; highlights exact network
vulnerabilities
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Granular Control |
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Detects and restricts devices by device
type, device model or unique serial
number
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Policy Flexibility |
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Separate policies can be defined for any
domain, group, computer, or user
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Storage Control |
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Safend Protector can block all storage
devices completely, permit read-only
mode, or even block devices above a
certain storage capacity.
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Hassle-free Deployment |
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Client agent and policies install at
endpoint on “silent” basis, no reboot
required
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Policies easily associated with Active
Directory Organizational Units (OUs) for
GPO update
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Traceability and Monitoring |
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Encrypted logs and alerts integrate with
third-party software for immediate
notification and forensic audit trails
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Highest Quality and Reliability |
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Safend’s unique automatic testing tools
provide unrivaled quality assurance
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Please contact us for more information, including
pricing, or for an evalutaion.
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