Monday February 06 , 2012
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Data Protection


The Challenge

As the business grows, information within an organization grows as well. Data breaches impacts organizations from tarnished brand reputation and loss of customer confidence to incompliance of regulatory or industry standards.

The primary risk of data loss is the misuse or unauthorized disclosure of confidential data. Data protection starts with monitoring the flow of data. These data in-motion could potentially increase the risk of the business and risk of data loss:

  1. Who is sending the data?
  2. What data has been sent?
  3. Where has the data been sent to?
  4. How is the data being sent?

risk_level_of_data_at_rest_versus_in_motion

Figure 1. Risk level of Data at Rest versus in Motion

The Solution

We provide solution to protect and control data, thus preventing unnecessary data loss. This is done with built-in policy enforcement to secure who and what go where and how based on users, data, destinations, channels, and regulations to protect data at rest, in use, and in motion. Risk can be mitigated in real-time with configurable remediation efforts upon noticing a violation.

The data protection solution offers:

  1. Automated, policy-based enforcement options
  2. Unrivalled visibility and control of data
  3. Accurate identification of confidential information
  4. Extensible and powerful policy framework
  5. Flexibility in architecture, thus lowering deployment costs

visibility and control with destination awareness

Figure 2. Visibility and Control with Destination Awareness

The solution to automate enforcement of data security can be deployed as a stand-alone module or deployed as part of the fully integrated “Data Loss Prevention” solution suite.

The Benefit The solution gives organizations the following advantages with granular data protection policies in place.
  • Comprehensive network monitoring for both internal and external communications
  • Reduction of policy violations
  • Real-time destination awareness and user details for Web traffic
  • Effective detection with reduced false positives
  • Comprehensive incident management and reporting capability
  • Real-time enforcement of confidentiality