Data Security Software that Goes Beyond the Network
Today's corporate environments are more dynamic and mobile than ever before. 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, PDAs, smartphones, external storage devices and CD/DVD media. When sensitive corporate data is on the move, data encryption and data security protocols have to move with it.
With CREDANT Mobile Guardian (CMG) External Media Shield (EMS), users can access and update external media from any computer, without compromising data protection. Working with the CMG family of data security solutions, CMG EMS provides unique policy-based data encryption, centralized administration and reporting for endpoint data protection, both within the network and beyond.
Enforceable Data Encryption and Local Access Control
When a portable storage device connects to 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 and enforce password strength via security policies. Once the password is set, CMG automatically provisions the client with the CMG External Media Shield, providing secured data 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. Policies can also allow encrypted and non-encrypted data to coexist—a critical option because of the increasing number of devices containing both business and personal data.
Enhanced reporting with CMG Shield for External Media and CREDANT Compliance Reporter provide visibility into new data access events across all Windows-based external media. Media devices are uniquely identified and reporting information includes whether media was Shielded or not; authentication success or failure; and recovery information. Each event also shows contextual information such as originating host, originating user, date/time, event security, device description and device capacity. All CMG Shield for External Media events are available in the CREDANT Compliance Reporter.
CMG Shield for External Media Shield Benefits
CMG Shield for External Media Shield provides organizations with the following business-critical data security benefits:
- Data encryption on all portable mobile endpoints
- Policy-driven options to block all access, allow read-only access, or allow full read-write access to UnShielded media from protected corporate computers
- Flexible workflows when accessing Shielded media from protected corporate computers, unprotected home computers or even public kiosk computers
- Cost-effective, central administration of policies
- Enhanced reprting to support regulatory compliance, such as HIPAA
- Quick deployment and easy scalability
- Local enforcement of strong passwords
- Data security that is never compromised by operational processes
- Enhanced, easy-to-use dialogs and instructions for end-users
- Policies can be applied to the Enterprise, Domain, group or individual users
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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
- Support for Windows, Pocket PC and Smartphone devices and environments
- Scalability to any number of devices
- Automatic key escrow for easy data recovery from CMG Server
- Policy-driven options to block all access, allow read-only access, or allow full read-write access to UnShielded media from protected corporate computers
- Flexible workflows when accessing Shielded media from protected corporate computers, unprotected home computers or even public key kiosk computers
Helps Meet Regulatory Requirements
- Industry-standard data encryption
- Granular policies to define and enforce password strength
- Reporting of policy updates
- Visibility into new CMG External Media Shield events across all CMG Windows Shield clients
- All CMG Shield for External Media events viewable in the CREDANT Compliance Reporter
- Automatic policy updates
Prevents Data Leakage while Increasing Workforce Productivity
- Roaming security policies that ensures the security of your data even when exchanged among devices and users
- User-transparent data encryption
- Enhanced, easy-to-use dialogs and instructions for end-users
- Flexible security options:
- Allowing read-only access to un-shielded partner media
- Voluntary access option allows some users to choose which media to encrypt
- Allowing access to protected devices from unprotected and protected computers for exceptional portability
- Restricting data access on unprotected computers
- Option to leave personal video or audio files unencrypted
- Fail-safe options to prevent brute force attacks:
- Cool-down periods between access attempts
- Automatic deletion of encryption keys based on specified number of failed authentication attempts (keys can be recovered via the CMG Server if the media is reacquired)
- 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.
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