Data Security Beyond the Network

Today’s corporate environments are more dynamic and portable than ever before – and that means users need fast, flexible data access from a variety of remote locations—airports, coffee shops, restaurants and home offices – while using a variety of devices such as laptops, PDA’s, smartphones, external storage devices and CD/DVD media.

With CREDANT Mobile Guardian (CMG) Shield for External Media, users can access and update external media from any computer, anywhere, without compromising their data. Working with the CMG family of solutions, CMG Shield for External Media provides a unique policy-based encryption and centralized administration for data protection, both within the network and beyond.

Enforceable Data Encryption and Local Access Control

When a portable storage device is inserted into a CMG-protected desktop, laptop, smartphone or PDA for the first time, CMG detects the device and prompts the user to set a password for future access to it. Administrators can centrally define password strength via policy. Once the password is set, CMG automatically provisions the client for CMG Shield for External Media, providing secured encryption keys and policies to the device.

From this point forward, the device is password protected and all data added to it is automatically scanned and encrypted per policy. Administrative policies can require that all data be encrypted or even allow encrypted and non-encrypted data to coexist—a critical option because of the increasing number of devices containing both business and personal data.

CMG Shield for External Media Benefits

CMG Shield for External Media provides organizations with the following business-critical benefits:

• Data encryption on all portable mobile endpoints
• Cost-effective, central administration of policies
• Quick deployment and easy scalability
• Local enforcement of strong passwords
• Security that is never compromised by operational processes
• Flexible policy options for security on unprotected computers

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Key Advantages with CMG Shield for External Media

Cost-Effective to Manage and Deploy

• Centralized management
• Quick and easy deployment
• Support for all portable devices without compromising existing operations
• Scalability to any number of devices
• Automatic key escrow for easy data recovery from CMG Server

Helps Meet Regulatory Requirements

• Industry-standard encryption
• Granular policies to define and enforce password strength
• Reporting of policy updates

Prevents Data Leakage while Increasing Workforce Productivity

• Roaming security policies that ensure data remains protected when exchanged among devices and users
• User-transparent encryption
• Flexible security options:
  • Allowing read-only access to Un-shielded partner media
  • Allowing access to protected devices from unprotected and protected computers for exceptional portability
  • Restricting data access on unprotected computers
  • Option to not encrypt personal video or audio files
• Fail-safe options:
  • Cool-down periods between access attempts
  • Automatic deletion of encryption keys based on specified number of failed authentication attempts
• Help desk support for easy password recovery from any location, even without network connectivity

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CMG Shield for External Media provides a unique policy-based encryption and centralized administration for data protection, both within the network and beyond.