The Data Security Company, today announced the availability of
SafeGuard Enterprise 5.35, the first solution on the market
that combines the Lenovo fingerprint logon with full disk
encryption to ensure high security of data and ease of use.
SafeGuard Enterprise 5.35 now provides fingerprint logon as an
alternative to UID/password authentication, enabling users to log
on with a simple finger swipe.
With the biometric sign-on, users can log on from power-on to
Windows desktop, as well as from standby or lock-screen to Windows.
This feature runs with Lenovo
notebooks featuring UPEK and AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH) fingerprint
sensors, as well as Lenovo desktop computers connected to external
keyboards with UPEK or AuthenTec fingerprint sensors. Utimaco
worked in close cooperation with Lenovo and its biometric partners
to ensure optimal compatibility and develop this user friendly
technology.
"The Lenovo partnership with Utimaco is another example of where
Lenovo Innovation is leveraged by technology leaders like Utimaco
to create unique value to our customers," said Richard W. Cheston,
executive director, distinguished engineer & master inventor,
Lenovo International. "SafeGuard Enterprise's integration with our
Client Security Software Fingerprint technology delivers maximum
security and unparalleled ease of use."
"The continuous cooperation and early exchange of roadmaps with
Lenovo ignites innovation to the benefit of our joined customers,"
said Malte Pollmann, chief product officer, Utimaco Safeware.
"Utimaco will continue to work with strategic Alliance partners
like Lenovo to set the bar for best of breed data security
solutions."
Increased Functionality with add-on for Microsoft's SCOM
2007
The optional SafeGuard Enterprise management pack for Microsoft's
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 offers real-time
monitoring of the health status of the SafeGuard Enterprise
Management Center. It can also provide automated repair to failures
or alert the administrator to take manual actions as problems
arise. Especially in large IT environments such monitoring
functions become inevitable and SafeGuard Enterprise supporting
these concepts provides additional benefits to larger organizations
which they may not find elsewhere.
Enhanced options to provide client status information to
third party management consoles
A new SafeGuard Enterprise client side information module in this
latest version delivers comprehensive information on the encryption
status of a SafeGuard Enterprise client and can also provide this
status information to third party management consoles like Network
Access Control (NAC) or Software Management Systems. This feature
allows an organization to choose an output format favoring either
human readability or easy automated parsing.
Additional Features and Improvements
- Extended smart card and card-reader support, including Gemalto
.NET card, Kobil mIdentity reader, and Axalto Reflex 20V3 PCMCIA
smartcard readers
- Improved hardware and operating system compatibility, including
Windows 2008 Server support for SafeGuard Management Center and
better synchronization for "non-standard" ActiveDirectory
entries
- SafeGuard Portable has been optimized in SafeGuard Data
Exchange module to enforce SafeGuard password rules when creating
new keys
Upcoming Microsoft Seminar Series: Reducing corporate
security risk
The announcement of SafeGuard Enterprise 5.35 dovetails with the
ongoing security-themed Microsoft Seminar Series that Utimaco is
undertaking. Utimaco security experts will deliver a series of
presentations for customers in late 2008 and into 2009 that will
help them:
- Secure mobile data across the enterprise
- Leverage advanced identity and security technologies to maximum
advantage
- Understand how Lenovo, Microsoft and Utimaco solutions combine
to offer the world's best device security
The Seminar Series will begin in Massachusetts and stretch
across the country into 2009. The schedule for Seminars is as
follows:
- Waltham, Mass. - Dec. 4, 2008
- Malvern, Penn. - Feb. 4, 2009
- Chicago - TBD see the events web site for
updates
- Toronto, Canada - Jan. 28, 2009
- Southfield, Mich. - Jan. 29, 2009
- Nashville, Tenn. - Feb. 12, 2009
- Austin, Texas - Feb. 5, 2009
- San Francisco - Feb. 12, 2009
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