Data Protection
In today's global, 24x7 business environment organizations need
real-time access to data - balancing this with the associated risks
is key to ensuring data is not lost / stolen and that business
productivity is not negatively impacted.
When developing your data protection posture in this
increasingly difficult environment, it is important to balance the
rewards of accessible data (and the collaboration / productivity it
enables) with the risks (and costs) of losing your data. The
primary component of Lumension Data Protection solution comes in
two flavors: the stand-alone Lumension® Device Control
version and the new Lumension® Device Control for System
Center version. With either, you can:
1. Discover: Unobtrusively survey
your entire network to collect information on all devices that are
now or have ever been connected to your endpoints; using a
"learning" mode allows you to collect the information without
disrupting business until you have developed your comprehensive
data protection policy.
2. Assess: Use a "whitelisting"
approach to set as many overarching rules as possible, with as few
exceptions as possible, to define rules at both default and
machine-specific levels for groups and individual users; this
"whitelisting" approach limits your burden to defining what is
allowed instead of trying to keep up with the ever changing list of
what is bad.
3. Implement: After getting buy-in
from all constituents you can then roll out your new data
protection policy enforcement solution; to achieve maximum
effectiveness and ensure users are clear on policy, plan to start
small, test, monitor and adjust. Enforce USB security and data
encryption policies to ensure sensitive information is secured.
4. Monitor: Monitor the
effectiveness of device and data management policies in real time
and identify potential security threats by logging all device
connections, recording all policy changes and administrator
activities, and tracking all file transfers by file name and
content type. You can even keep a copy of every file that is
transferred to or from a removable device using our patented,
bi-directional shadowing technology in order to prevent data
breaches from impacting your organization.
5. Report: Detailed forensic
reports and comprehensive auditing capabilities enable you to
demonstrate compliance with internal security policies and external
government and industry regulations. Generate a complete audit
trail that documents how your device and data management policies
prevent unauthorized users and devices from compromising critical
business information.
