Utimaco Expands Reach into Data Leakage Prevention Market with Release of SafeGuard LeakProof

New DLP capabilities complement SafeGuard Enterprise suite with added content awareness and data classification to prevent data leakage from authorized users

Oberursel, Jan. 15, 2008 / Utimaco – The Data Security Company today announced the release of SafeGuard LeakProof TM*, further expanding the company’s capabilities in data leakage prevention (DLP) and its reach into the expanding information protection and control (IPC) market. Utimaco’s SafeGuard solutions provide 360 degree data protection through a broad and robust product portfolio centered on the SafeGuard Enterprise Suite. With the launch of SafeGuard LeakProof, Utimaco enhances the company’s growing focus on the business-driven solutions market and its customers’ ability to address data threats that cannot be managed by encryption-based solutions alone.

Data security is of primary concern to organizations, with analyst firm IDC forecasting worldwide revenue for the IPC market to grow to $3.2 billion in 2011 . While data encryption successfully combats many of the risks associated with data theft, it addresses only part of the problem. Data leakage prevention solutions ensure that users are able to retain authorized access to data, but prevent that data from leaving the company unprotected. SafeGuard LeakProof, the result of a technology licensing agreement with Trend Micro, complements existing Utimaco data encryption solutions. It was developed to address the data threats associated with insiders that have legitimate access to data but who may not realize that their actions are putting data at risk.

“Worldwide organizations have benefited from the protection our SafeGuard product portfolio provides against misuse by unauthorized users,” said Raphael Leiteritz, Head of Innovation and Business Development, Utimaco. “With SafeGuard LeakProof, we have broadened our data security capabilities to add content awareness and further prevent data leakage from authorized users, for example if they accidentally send out emails with sensitive information. Traditional DLP solutions have been designed from a gateway perspective. Through the strategic technology partnership with Trend Micro, we have added a client-based DLP technology that enables Utimaco to deliver the industry’s first combined content monitoring and protection solution for endpoints.”

SafeGuard LeakProof is a stand-alone product scheduled to be integrated into the SafeGuard Enterprise solution suite. It offers client-based encryption and highly accurate, high performance content filtering at the endpoint. SafeGuard LeakProof sits on a Windows endpoint and scans all data operations in real time based on sensitive keywords (such as “secret” or “confidential”), fingerprinted documents (documents similar to known confidential documents) and data structures (credit card numbers, customer data). SafeGuard LeakProof also inspects file movements to USB devices, Bluetooth, Webmail, FTP, HTTP, IM and others. When SafeGuard LeakProof captures a sensitive document, it can notify the user, block the operation, log the operation, allow the user justify the operation, or encrypt the document.

"SafeGuard LeakProof marks a strong entry for Utimaco into the DLP market,” said Christian A. Christiansen, Program Vice President, Security Products and Services, IDC. “DLP protection is most useful when it is a key element of a strong overall security strategy. As security threats for enterprises evolve, Utimaco is poised to meet the next generation of security challenges by securing data at every point.”

Because it bundles the data protection technology that buyers request most often, Utimaco's easy-to-understand SafeGuard Enterprise product suite offers excellent data protection by strong encryption and has the most comprehensive feature set available today. The broad SafeGuard Enterprise product suite offers extensive choices for user authentication. It includes strong cross-platform key management offering management support for systems such as BitLocker.

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About SafeGuard Enterprise 5.2:
SafeGuard Enterprise 5.2 is comprised of the existing SafeGuard Management Center module the SafeGuard Device Encryption as well as the Data Exchange and Partner Connect module.
Further modules rounding off Utimaco's new data security suite are to be added in later product versions: SafeGuard Configuration Protection offers central control over all fixed and mobile computing devices and protects against malware, inappropriate software use, and unauthorized configuration changes. SafeGuard File & Folder Encryption secures user data that is exchanged between working groups. In addition, it can be used to encrypt both local disk drives and network servers at file and directory level, and to assign them individual access rights. Further information SafeGuard Enterprise, as well as image material can be found at: www.utimaco.com/sgn and www.utimaco.com/picture-pool.

About Utimaco Safeware AG – The Data Security Company.
Utimaco is a leading global provider of data security solutions, enabling mid- to large-size organizations to safeguard their data assets against intentional or unintentional data loss, and to comply with privacy laws. Utimaco’s complete range of data security solutions provide full 360 degree data protection for data at rest, data in motion and data in use. Utimaco offers its customers comprehensive on-site support via a world-wide network of certified partners and subsidiaries. Utimaco Safeware AG, with headquarters in Oberursel, near Frankfurt, Germany, is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE0007572406). For more information please visit http://www.utimaco.com.

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