Oosterhout, Netherlands, Dec. 1, 2008 / Utimaco – The Data Security Company, today announced the availability of
SafeGuard Enterprise 5.35, the first solution on the market that combines the Lenovo fingerprint logon with full disk encryption to ensure high security of data and ease of use. SafeGuard Enterprise 5.35 now provides fingerprint logon as an alternative to UID/password authentication, enabling users to log on with a simple finger swipe.
With the biometric sign-on, users can log on from power-on to Windows desktop, as well as from standby or lock-screen to Windows. This feature runs with
Lenovo notebooks featuring
UPEK and
AuthenTec (NASDAQ: AUTH) fingerprint sensors, as well as Lenovo desktop computers connected to external keyboards with UPEK or AuthenTec fingerprint sensors. Utimaco worked in close cooperation with Lenovo and its biometric partners to ensure optimal compatibility and develop this user friendly technology.
"The Lenovo partnership with Utimaco is another example of where Lenovo Innovation is leveraged by technology leaders like Utimaco to create unique value to our customers,” said Richard W. Cheston, executive director, distinguished engineer & master inventor, Lenovo International. “SafeGuard Enterprise's integration with our Client Security Software Fingerprint technology delivers maximum security and unparalleled ease of use.”
“The continuous cooperation and early exchange of roadmaps with Lenovo ignites innovation to the benefit of our joined customers,” said Malte Pollmann, chief product officer, Utimaco Safeware. “Utimaco will continue to work with strategic Alliance partners like Lenovo to set the bar for best of breed data security solutions.”
Increased Functionality with add-on for Microsoft’s SCOM 2007The optional SafeGuard Enterprise management pack for Microsoft’s System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 offers real-time monitoring of the health status of the SafeGuard Enterprise Management Center. It can also provide automated repair to failures or alert the administrator to take manual actions as problems arise. Especially in large IT environments such monitoring functions become inevitable and SafeGuard Enterprise supporting these concepts provides additional benefits to larger organizations which they may not find elsewhere.
Enhanced options to provide client status information to third party management consolesA new SafeGuard Enterprise client side information module in this latest version delivers comprehensive information on the encryption status of a SafeGuard Enterprise client and can also provide this status information to third party management consoles like Network Access Control (NAC) or Software Management Systems. This feature allows an organization to choose an output format favoring either human readability or easy automated parsing.
Additional Features and Improvements
- Extended smart card and card-reader support, including Gemalto .NET card, Kobil mIdentity reader, and Axalto Reflex 20V3 PCMCIA smartcard readers
- Improved hardware and operating system compatibility, including Windows 2008 Server support for SafeGuard Management Center and better synchronization for “non-standard” ActiveDirectory entries
- SafeGuard Portable has been optimized in SafeGuard Data Exchange module to enforce SafeGuard password rules when creating new keys
About SafeGuard EnterpriseUtimaco’s flagship
SafeGuard Enterprise which secures data on mobile and fixed computing devices, removable media and servers, received an overwhelming market reception as the first product to couple advanced encryption and data leakage prevention (DLP) in one suite and has more than tripled its deployment of customer seats in just six months.
SafeGuard Enterprise is comprised of the existing SafeGuard Management Center module, the SafeGuard Device Encryption, the Data Exchange as well as Partner Connect and SafeGuard Configuration Protection module. Further modules rounding off Utimaco's data security suite are to be added in later product versions: 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.
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About Utimaco Safeware AG – The Data Security Company.Celebrating 25 years in business,
Utimaco is a leading global provider of data security solutions, enabling mid- to large-size organizations to safeguard their data assets against intentional or accidental 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
www.utimaco.com.
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