Oberursel, 29 november 2006 – Utimaco, leverancier van data beveiligingsoplossingen, heeft de opdracht gekregen om de data van British American Tobacco te beveiligen. De data van ’s werelds meest internationale tabaksorganisatie worden in de toekomst veilig gesteld met SafeGuard Easy van Utimaco. De invoering van SafeGuard Easy staat gepland voor 2007.
Commerciële informatie wordt van steeds groter belang voor organisaties. Gezien de hevige concurrentie in de FMCG sector is het belangrijk deze informatie goed te beveiligen. Met SafeGuard Easy is de beveiliging van alle data van British American Tobacco gegarandeerd. “Zijn gegevens niet goed beveiligd, dan is het risico groot dat deze in verkeerde handen vallen. Dit risico wil het management van British American Tobacco niet nemen,” aldus Jackie Groves, managing director Utimaco Safeware UK.
SafeGuard Easy is gemakkelijk te implementeren en past binnen het IT beveiligingsbeleid van British American Tobacco. De informatie wordt afgeschermd, waardoor het voor oneigenlijke gebruikers onmogelijk is toegang te krijgen tot laptops of data. Ook is het voor hen niet mogelijk via een laptop het netwerk van de organisatie te betreden, zelfs als de harddisk wordt verwijderd. SafeGuard Easy opereert op de achtergrond waardoor gebruikers geen enkele hinder ondervinden van de beveiliging.
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When Out and About, Utimaco Shields British American Tobacco
• British American Tobacco (BAT) encrypts company notebooks with SafeGuard Easy
• Worldwide roll-out of SafeGuard Easy planned in 2007
Oberursel, November 29, 2006 - British American Tobacco, the world's most international tobacco group, with brands sold in 180 markets around the world, has selected SafeGuard Easy from Utimaco – The Data Security Company to provide hard disk encryption to protect its mobile data. SafeGuard Easy will be deployed on a worldwide basis during 2007.
“We recognise that the value of a lost laptop isn’t restricted to the device, which can after all be insured," said Gareth Lindahl-Wise, Head of Global IT Security. "Far more valuable to the company is the data on the laptops themselves. As with many other FMCG’s, we operate in a competitive environment where certain types of data must be kept confidential to us and our partners in order to achieve the desired results. Add to this the increasingly stringent legislation regarding protecting personnel and commercial data, it becomes easy to see why we took the decision to choose a product which guarantees the confidentiality of data on our laptops".
Data is one of the most valuable assets that organisations have and it is the management team which is responsible for its protection. By deploying SafeGuard Easy this protection is guaranteed. It allows easy implementation and enforcement of an organisation’s IT security policy. Through complete encryption of the entire hard disk combined with a user authentication procedure that runs before the operating system boots, secure protection is ensured. Unauthorised users are unable to access the device, read data or use it as a tool to enter the company network, even if the hard disk is removed. It operates transparently in the background, so end users don’t need to undergo training or alter their work behaviour.
“Mobile devices are ever smaller by design and, by their very nature, are often misplaced or stolen,” said Jackie Groves, managing director Utimaco Safeware. “If data is left unprotected, there is a strong risk that it will fall in to the wrong hands. This is a risk which the management of British American Tobacco is not willing to take”.
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Utimaco Solution Portfolio
The comprehensive SafeGuard Solution Portfolio from Utimaco provides the full spectrum of data confidentiality and integrity wherever you are, whatever you do.
SafeGuard Shield protects data on end devices and in networks (data at rest)
SafeGuard Easy: Hard disk encryption and pre-boot authentication
SafeGuard PDA: Secure authentication and data encryption on PDAs and smartphones
SafeGuard PrivateDisk: Easy and powerful encryption of files and folders in virtual drives
SafeGuard LAN Crypt: Group-based and transparent multi-user encryption
SafeGuard CryptoServer: Hardware Security Module for master key protection and electronic processes
SafeGuard Transit secures data during transmission (data in motion)
SafeGuard Mail Gateway: Encryption appliance for central e-mail security
SafeGuard PushMail: E-mail security for push mail services
SafeGuard RemovableMedia: Wechselmedienverschlüsselung
SafeGuard PrivateCrypto: Security-To-Go protection for all removable media
SafeGuard SignatureServer: Security solution for generating qualified digital signatures
SafeGuard Process secures data during processing (data in use)
SafeGuard CryptoServer: Hardware Security Module for master key protection and electronic processes
SafeGuard Signatur Server: Security solution for generating qualified digital signatures
About British American Tobacco:
British American Tobacco is the world’s second largest quoted tobacco group by global market share, with brands sold in 180 markets. With more than 300 brands in our portfolio, we make the cigarette chosen by one in seven of the world’s one billion adult smokers. We hold robust market positions in each of our regions and have leadership in more than 50 markets. The Group's subsidiary companies have 64 cigarette factories in 54 countries producing some 678 billion cigarettes (including the make-your-own cigarette 'stix') and 7 factories in 6 countries manufacturing cigars, roll-your-own and pipe tobacco. The Group's associate companies have 14 cigarette factories in 7 countries producing some 232 billion cigarettes. Our companies, including associates, employ almost 97,000 people worldwide. Our business enables governments worldwide to gather over £15 billion a year in taxes, including excise duty on our products, over 8 times the Group’s profit after tax.
Utimaco Safeware AG – The Data Security Company.
Utimaco is a world leading producer of professional solutions that secure data within companies and government agencies. The solutions, which have won multiple awards, protect data against unauthorized access and manipulation no matter where it’s stored – on mobile personal devices, PCs or on networks or is being transferred to business partners or processed in business applications. SafeGuard Easy, with more than three million installations, is the best selling worldwide solution for protecting data on notebooks and PCs. Utimaco is also a leader in electronic transaction protections. In Germany, for example, Utimaco solutions secure over 90 percent of all card-based payment systems. Utimaco offers its customers comprehensive on site support via a worldwide network of partners and subsidiaries in Europe, the USA and Asia. Utimaco Safeware AG, with headquarters in Oberursel, near Frankfurt, Germany, is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN DE0007572406). For more information, visit our website at
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