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Device Management: Pointsec Protector software review
Issue: Oct 2007
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EffectivenessB  
Protector enforces all policies and offers a high level of control and auditing over offline devices. Even with local admin rights, we were prevented from disabling or uninstalling the client software from our test laptop thanks to anti-tampering controls.

The encryption feature works transparently when the user is logged on to the network. For offline machines and mobile devices, users simply drag and drop files on or off of the encrypted device through a password or challenge/response.

Protector la...



cks centralized control for Linux and Mac, and doesn't have data shadowing, meaning administrators could record all information sent to a particular device or port.


Verdict
Pointsec Protector is an affordable and scalable solution that will work well in both SMB and enterprise environments.


Testing methodology: The testing environment included Windows clients, AD and SQL Server. We tested the use of portable storage devices, including USB flash drives, FireWire external hard drives, CD-RW drives and floppy disk drives.

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