Security Management Strategies for the CIOAccess "Portable device security: Safend's Safend Protector"
This article is part of the February 2006 issue of Best-of-breed: Security Products of the Year: 2006
Safend Protector Safend Price: $13-$32 per seat @exb Safend's Safend Protector Safend Protector restricts unauthorized use of removable storage and wireless devices to prevent information leakage. @exe Some call it the "iPod Problem": How can you stop employees with 60 gigabytes of portable storage in their shirt pockets from leaking sensitive information? Your company's most precious assets can walk out the door on USB memory drives, writable CDs and DVDs, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and smart phones, laptops and PDAs. Draconian measures--searching employees, requiring only company-owned devices be attached to the network, and ordering computers without USB ports or removable storage--carry a steep price in productivity. Or you can use security products like Safend Protector, which lets you define who can use USB ports and what those ports can be used for. It also allows you to specify who can use wireless connections and under what circumstances, and to control how removable storage is used and by whom. Safend Protector is a central solution for managing the security... Access >>>
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Stopping the Next Heist
Storage and backup systems are rife with vulnerabilities. Take seven steps to secure them, or risk unflattering headlines and legal problems.
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Secure Reads: Real Digital Forensics
Read a review of the security book Real Digital Forensics.
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Portable device security: Safend's Safend Protector
Read a security product review of Safend's Safend Protector.
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Recent Releases: Security product briefs, February 2006
Read about the security products released in February 2006.
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Game Over?
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Stopping the Next Heist
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Products of the Year 2006
Antispyware; Antivirus; Authentication; E-mail Security; Identity & Access Management; Intrusion Detection; Intrusion Prevention; Network Firewall; Remote Access; Network Security Management; Vulnerability Management; Wireless; Emerging Technologies
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Hot Pick: Stonesoft's StoneGate SG-4000
Stonesoft's StoneGate SG-4000
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E-mail Security: Barracuda Spam Firewall
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Barracuda Networks' Barracuda Spam Firewall
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Intrusion Prevention: Lucid Security's ipAngel 4.0
Lucid Security's ipAngel 4.0
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Products of the Year 2006
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On The Radar: Avoiding security upgrade disaster
Upgrade Agony
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Perspectives: Pwning the C-suite
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Ping: Yan Noblot
Yan Noblot
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Editor's Desk: When customers become victims of acquisitions
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On The Radar: Avoiding security upgrade disaster
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