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Since the first wave of regulatory requirements swept across corporations in 2002, companies have spent millions of dollars putting in place processes and technologies to protect the privacy and security of information_and ensure regulatory compliance. According to AMR Research, compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), one of the best-known and widest-reaching regulations, will cost companies more than $32.2 billion through 2008. And SOX is just one piece of the regulatory puzzle: AMR estimates that SOX spending accounts for just 20 percent of the total amount companies spend on governance, risk management, and compliance programs.
One of the most common technologies used by companies to protect their information is encryption. By encrypting the data stored on corporate systems_from desktops to laptops to mobile devices_companies feel a sense of security that if the protected systems are stolen or misplaced. Their intellectual property and sensitive customer information will remain safe and secure from unauthorized access.
But simply encrypting this information doesn’t help you prove compliance with external regulations or internal controls during a financial audit or legal discovery process. In these cases, you must be able to present irrefutable proof of who, what, where, when, and how your information was protected_or face financial penalties, legal liabilities, brand damage, customer distrust, and more.
So how can you prove that your data was encrypted if it is accidentally lost or misplaced or maliciously stolen? Through comprehensive reporting and auditing capabilities provided by data protection solutions from McAfee®. With endpoint encryption and data loss prevention (DLP) integrated into our award-winning security management system, you gain complete oversight and control over your data security and the ability to provide proof of compliance with government and internal policies, all at your fingertips.
Encryption + Oversight = Secure Data
McAfee Total Protection (ToPS) for Data enables you to not only enforce your internal and external compliance policies but also prove the extent of that enforcement, making audit, legal discovery, and other regulatory processes pain-free and simple. Comprised of McAfee Endpoint Encryption, McAfee Encrypted USB, McAfee Host Data Loss Prevention, and McAfee Device Control_all centrally managed by McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator® (ePO™)_the McAfee ToPS for Data suite brings together network and system threat protection, physical and behavioral controls for sensitive data, and compliance management in a single, integrated solution. So you can prove compliance, not just enforce it.
Encrypt and Protect
Using McAfee encryption solutions, you can encrypt and protect the information stored on all your corporate systems and removable devices. Offering two forms of encryption to protect data from unauthorized access when stored or in transit, McAfee Endpoint Encryption provides robust, certified, standards-based physical protection for data on every system in your organization.
Full-disk encryption helps ensure that information remains secure when stored at-rest on desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices. And using McAfee’s patented Persistent Encryption Technology™, you can encrypt specific files and folders and ensure they remain encrypted regardless of where they are saved.
While the movement of easily transportable laptops and other mobile devices and the data they contain can be difficult to control, nothing is harder than monitoring pocket-sized USB drives. Offering tremendous storage flexibility and power, these so-called ‘thumb’ or ‘flash’ drives are less than three inches long and fit comfortably in someone’s pocket or enclosed fist, easily escaping detection. With McAfee Encrypted USB, you can prevent data on these tiny drives from being viewed by unauthorized individuals, either accidentally or maliciously. McAfee’s powerful encryption technology and strong access controls ensures that information copied and stored on USB storage devices is protected and can only be read by those authorized to do so.
Monitor and Control
Did you know that more than half the respondents to a McAfee-sponsored survey said they take confidential data out of the workplace on portable systems and storage devices at least once a week? Another 22 percent said they lend their system or mobile device, containing work documents, to colleagues on a regular basis. Each instance is an opportunity for sensitive and confidential data to be lost or stolen and you must find a way to protect your company from these data loss risks.
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