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The news is full of stories of privacy data loss due to stolen or lost laptops, desktops and data storage devices. Inevitably, in each of these data loss incidents two things always occur:
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No one seems to know what sensitive data was on the lost item.
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The data was not encrypted so as to reduce or eliminate the risk of compromise.
The difference between not knowing what data was compromised, or better yet, whether it was encrypted and can therefore not be compromised, is the difference between replacing a $5,000 laptop and facing a multi-million dollar lawsuit, regulatory fines, and job loss.
The Digital Guardian Difference
The Adaptive File Encryption (AFE) Module, like Adaptive Mail Encryption, extends Digital Guardian's comprehensive monitoring and control polices to perform on the fly, automated file encryption and capture the associated data usage and movement in a single integrated solution. AFE uses patented data encryption and simplified key management technology to flexibly apply encryption to protect content on local drives or copied/pasted to portable devices or file shares. AFE provides:
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Policy based automated encryption of non-operating or program files using 256-AES encryption
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Encryption protection for data copied to removable storage, network addressable storage (NAS) and Server storage
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Flexible encryption enforcement applying encryption to files only when needed
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Automated key management as part of the Digital Guardian secure architecture greatly simplifying system management
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Password based collaborative encryption designed to support mobile, joint venture, outsourcing and other partner related work environments
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Encryption capabilities that are integrated into the Digital Guardian Agent, and are totally transparent to the end-user of the protected device
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Protection to data stored on local drives, USB devices and other media if lost or stolen
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Visibility, auditing and reporting to understand what data maybe compromised with a system or device is lost or stolen
Adaptive File Encryption delivers the full benefits of encryption, without the drawbacks of single point of failure, all or nothing encryption model for files, OS and applications on the disk and the inability to support files loaded to portable devices.
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