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Easy Guide to Comprehensive IT Security Strategies for SMBs
High-End Endpoint Security, Data Loss Prevention and Portable Device Management at a Reduced Scale
July 2008

In a study conducted by the institute, 76% of companies surveyed reported losing one or more laptops each year, of which 22% were due to theft or other criminal mischief.

The wide spread of hardware loss is not only common in private sector companies. An audit performed in May 2008 at the US State Department has revealed the loss of over 1,000 laptops. The timeframe for the loss was not clearly determined, nor the conditions in which the losses occurred.

Dozens of other such breaches and losses are reported every week. There are sites such as Attrition.org Data Loss Archive and Database specialized in monitoring and reporting on such events. And it happens within infrastructures that we imagine as being fully secured, such as the military.

In 2006 flash drives containing classified US military secrets turned up for sale at a marketplace in Afghanistan, Bagram. In the same year, the Dutch army lost classified data in similar circumstances not once, but twice. To further exemplify, early in 2008, a USB stick containing classified NATO information was found in a library in Sweden. The stick in question contained sensitive details on NATO’s ISAF peace-keeping force in Afghanistan and an intelligence report on the attempted assassination targeting Lebanon’s defense minister and the murder of Sri Lanka’s foreign minister.

Standard Compliance - Added Value of Endpoint Security

Endpoint security is regarded as a rather new niche of the IT security field. Yet its importance in overall wellbeing of both customers and companies is recognized by both laws and debated standards. Complying with international standards such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI or GLBA, as well as with country specific data breach and private records protection laws it easily achieved by implementing the right endpoint security system and integrating it in your overall security policy.

A Solution to Emerging Security Risks - CoSoSys Endpoint Protector 2008

Endpoint Protector 2008 is a complete endpoint security solution that can protect your company from all threats that come with portable devices and inside liabilities, while allowing you and your employees to take advantage of all the benefits of modern technology.

The solution is designed to protect your company’s PCs from threats posed by removable portable storage and endpoint devices such as USB Flash Drives, MP3 Players, iPods, CD/DVD recorders and digital cameras. These and other devices could be accidentally or intentionally used to leak, steal, or lose data. Endpoint Protector 2008 as a Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is eliminating these risks. Even the introduction of viruses or malware from infected removable storage devices is prevented. Furthermore self-executing devices like a USB Flash Drive with a CD-ROM autorun feature such as U3 Drives will now be controlled and thereby pose no threats.

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