InfoWatch, Р В° leading developer of internal information monitoring and protection solutions, and Lumension, a global leader in operational endpoint security, announce the launch of integrated InfoWatch Traffic Monitor and Lumension Device Control solution for enterprise-level sensitive data protection. The solution features total inspection of corporate information flow combined with centralized control over portable devices and removable storage media. The integration was implemented with the assistance of Headtechnology, IT-solutions distributor and Lumension partner in Eastern Europe and Asia.
The problem of confidential data loss and the ever increasing incident clean-up costs ($6.75 Million in 2009 according to Phonemon Institute research) make enterprises seriously consider their information protection efforts .To help enterprises fully address the issue, InfoWatch and Lumension have collaborated to provide an integrated solution that monitors and analyzes information leaving corporate network via corporate e-mail system, web, IM, printed or copied to portable devices and removable media. The solution can be used in both monitoring and blocking mode, preventing restricted employees’ actions. All intercepted information is centrally stored in a unified unchangeable archive for further retrospective analysis and evidence gathering, in particular for forensic analysis.
Natalya Kaspersky, CEO, InfoWatch: “Today Lumension Device Control is the most functional and popular endpoint security software with 5000+ enterprise customers using it worldwide. The integrated InfoWatch and Lumension solution provides information protection at both end-point and gateway level. The intercepted information is stored categorized which facilitates investigations. The unique competitive advantage of the solution is its feature of blocking sensitive information transfer in case of security policy violation and InfoWatch-optimized linguistic analysis technology, used to detect this information in corporate information flow”.
«The integrated solution is a great step towards the needs of our customers in Eastern Europe. The companies made a commitment to provide high-quality support and further enhance the solution, to help existing and potential customers fully meet their goals. I’m pleased collaborating with InfoWatch. This company is the undisputable leader in Russian and CIS internal information monitoring and protection market,” said Thomas Vendrich, Business Development Director, Lumension Security, Eastern Europe.
In addition to securing enterprise data, the integrated InfoWatch Traffic Monitor and Lumension Device Control solution helps companies ensure compliance with local and international data protection and privacy requirements. Product scalability and flexible deployment options provide for low implementation cost.
More information about the solution is available here
