Thursday, June 1, 2006
Geekzone Reviews Credant Mobile Guardian Enterprise Encryption Solution
Posted by Ekkie Tepsupornchai in "SOFTWARE" @ 12:00 PM
"Mobile devices are the perfect candidate for theft or for being left behind at the coffee cart or almost anywhere else you can take them. The problem with the loss of devices is not so much that the device itself is lost (although that’s never fun), but the security of data on the device, a generally critical concern for companies... The combined world of mobile technology and enterprise security is a young market with some reasonably mature organizations providing solutions. Credant has made itself at home in this market with a number of products aimed at bringing military grade security to mobile computing enterprises with the Credant Mobile Guardian Enterprise Edition (CMG)."
A few days ago, I posted on the Sentry2020 personal data encryption solution. Well if your IT organization is considering an enterprise class encryption solution, then Credant Mobile Guardian would become a much more viable solution. I can speak from a position of experience with Credant as I recently completed a pilot exercise with them. The primary difference between an enterprise and a personal solution is in its central management capabilities, especially with regards to encryption policy distribution and management.
Initially, vendors focused on laptop data but with the growing number of mobile devices being used today, companies like Credant has extended their product capabilities to cover both laptops and mobile devices. There are several other measures that can be (and often are) taken in conjunction such as biometric scanning, smartcards, TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chips, 3rd-party asset tracking, etc. Any IT managers out there care to share your experiences with enterprise security options?
A few days ago, I posted on the Sentry2020 personal data encryption solution. Well if your IT organization is considering an enterprise class encryption solution, then Credant Mobile Guardian would become a much more viable solution. I can speak from a position of experience with Credant as I recently completed a pilot exercise with them. The primary difference between an enterprise and a personal solution is in its central management capabilities, especially with regards to encryption policy distribution and management.
Initially, vendors focused on laptop data but with the growing number of mobile devices being used today, companies like Credant has extended their product capabilities to cover both laptops and mobile devices. There are several other measures that can be (and often are) taken in conjunction such as biometric scanning, smartcards, TPM (Trusted Platform Module) chips, 3rd-party asset tracking, etc. Any IT managers out there care to share your experiences with enterprise security options?
