Utimaco - The Data Security Company, today announced that an
Aberdeen Group survey of senior-level, enterprise IT and security
executives revealed that organizations with top performance in
protecting their sensitive data experienced 92 percent fewer data
loss incidents than the industry average, through a combination of
data discovery and classification, data monitoring and filtering,
and endpoint data protection. The Aberdeen report, entitled Data
Loss Prevention: Little Leaks Sink the Ship, published on June 19,
validates Utimaco's vision for a multi-layered security
architecture centered on industry-leading DLP and encryption
technologies.
According to the report, organizations with Best-in-Class
performance experienced 27 percent fewer data loss incidents than
the Industry Average from trusted internal users and a stunning 92
percent fewer data loss incidents attributed to malicious
outsiders. The risk of data loss comes from all types of data, from
innumerable "channels" for potential leakage (e.g., USB sticks,
iPods, email, etc.), and from end user behavior ranging from
inadvertent to well-intentioned to malicious. Aberdeen's research
indicates that strategies for protecting against data loss in only
one channel can never be effective and that organizations should
take an information-centric approach to protecting sensitive data,
using a combination of network-based and endpoint-based solutions
to prevent data loss.
Utimaco, with a twenty-five year history of providing
best-in-class DLP solutions for global enterprise customers across
the vertical market spectrum, launched SafeGuard Enterprise 5.3
earlier this year, the only solution on the market that combines
the critical port and device control, encryption and DLP that
Aberdeen's research identifies as essential for organizations of
all sizes to realize a true, multi-layered security solution.
"While the vast majority of data loss incidents are the result
of simple human error, they can still be incredibly costly and
expose organizations to undue levels of risk and non-compliance,"
said Derek E. Brink, vice president and research fellow for IT
Security, Aberdeen. "The highest levels of data protection result
from a combination of enabling technologies that include data
leakage protection and encryption, and security providers such as
Utimaco that offer both functions in one solution are aligning with
what we see as a more comprehensive, Best-in-Class approach to
preventing data loss."
SafeGuard Enterprise 5.3 is comprised of the existing SafeGuard
Management Center module the SafeGuard Device Encryption, the Data
Exchange as well as Partner Connect and SafeGuard Configuration
Protection module. Further modules rounding off Utimaco's data
security suite are to be added in later product versions: SafeGuard
File & Folder Encryption secures user data that is exchanged
between working groups. In addition, it can be used to encrypt both
local disk drives and network servers at file and directory level,
and to assign them individual access rights.
"We're pleased to see that the results of this Aberdeen Group
survey are in synch with our vision for optimal device security
that encompasses critical DLP and encryption functions," said Deb
Symons, Vice President, Marketing, Americas, Utimaco. "We look
forward to furthering Utimaco's long and successful track record of
helping customers across all verticals safeguard their critical
data by continuing to anticipate and react to the changing IT
security landscape with solutions that meet our customers'
needs."
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