Zlock gives IT departments full control over computer ports, peripherals and pluggable devices by enforcing customized device access policies. Organizations can prevent leaks of confidential and sensitive data easily and cost-effectively with Zecurion. Take a look at this list of 12 reasons that describe why Zlock is the solution IT admins have been looking for to protect data and restrict access to peripherals and removeable storage without hindering productivity.
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12 Reasons Why Zlock is the Ultimate Endpoint Security Solution
Tuesday, September 28th, 2010Zlock Rewrites the Rules
Monday, May 10th, 2010ChannelWeb’s Edward Moltzen took a detailed look at Zecurion’s Zlock and praised the product in his article titled Zecurion’s Zlock Rewrites the Rules.
Moltzen begins by explaining the issue faced by organizations “Even well-meaning and well-trained employees can put data at risk on a network, and even heightened network firewalls can’t keep all data from walking out the door. Having data on a network means it could become available for download onto DVDs, floppy drives or thumb drives. Sensitive data could even be errantly left on a printer’s hard drive or cache–allowing anyone with the know-how to steal it.”
The conclusion Moltzen arrives at after seeing Zlock in action: “That’s why we think the approach taken by emerging security vendor Zecurion makes so much sense. Zecurion’s Zlock application provides a straightforward approach to securing and managing a network’s potential open doors and breaches, and it’s an approach that it makes too much sense to ignore.”
Moltzen adds “We think Zecurion could be on the way to becoming one of the stronger players in the data security space, and the company is a strong alternative for VARs to consider when looking at solutions for small or midsize businesses or workgroups.”
Read the complete article for more from ChannelWeb. To learn more about Zlock, click here.
So Much Data, So Easy to Lose
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009USB thumb drives are very convenient. It was only about ten years ago that 3.5″ floppy disks that could only hold 1.44 megabytes of data were the norm. It was revolutionary when Iomega introduced the Zip disk that could hold 100 megabytes in the same amount of space. A lot changes in a decade.
Now there are flash drives the size of your thumb that can hold 128 gigabytes of information. That is the equivalent of more than 90,000 3.5″ floppy disks and it fits nicely in your pocket, or attached to a key chain. The same features that make them useful and convenient, though, also make them easy to lose or steal and make them a significant risk to data security.
In Canada recently a USB thumb drive containing personal information such as name, address, phone number, date of birth, health card number, doctor’s name and other health information for over 83,000 patients was lost. Companies and organizations need to realize the risk posed by storing gigabytes of sensitive, unencrypted data on a device the size of your thumb.
Policies should be defined and enforced to provide guidance regarding what data is allowed to be stored on portable media like USB thumb drives. Zecurion’s Zlock can provide the tools necessary to enforce that policy–providing controls to restrict access to external devices, including printers. For data that is allowed to be stored on USB flash drives, Zlock can create a shadow copy providing an audit trail detailing the data that was transferred.
Additionally, organizations should use secure USB flash drives like Ironkey or SafeStick, and/or protect the data using tools like Microsoft’s BitLocker-to-Go encryption to ensure that any data contained on the drive is protected even if the device is lost or stolen.
