Workshare Launches First Unified Content Protection (UCP) Suite
Workshare UCP Suite 6 Combines Mobile Data Protection with Information Leak Prevention, Unifying a Framework of Tools Using Centrally Managed Policies Integrated with Business Applications
San Francisco - October 23, 2007 - Workshare, a global leader in information protection and control, today released Workshare UCP Suite™ 6, the security industry’s first Unified Content Protection (UCP) solution. Workshare UCP Suite 6 delivers endpoint, gateway and management system modules, and a framework of tools that include full disk encryption, USB security, secure PDF, data discovery, fingerprinting and more. Centralized policies control egress points using advanced detection technologies that analyze content risk. The solution interacts with users of business applications including Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, and most Document Management Systems (DMS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems.
The secure perimeter has evolved into a perimeter-less world that requires collaboration between business entities to stay competitive. As a result, sensitive customer information, intellectual property, and confidential corporate data are spreading outside of an organization via email, portals, on laptops and USB drives and smart phones. Driven by breach notification laws and regulations, enterprises are under pressure to control content in use, in flight and at rest to reduce the risk of a data breach. De-perimeterization requires a security strategy that controls and protects information, not just networks, and at every point of egress across endpoints and gateways. The device has become the perimeter.
“Our business relies on making the right data available, in the right form, to our staff in branches, head offices and in the field, so they can be more competitive and responsive as they service prospective and existing customers' financial needs. That means we can no longer restrict the data to just the old style, centrally stored application databases. However, to satisfy regulators and meet our customers' expectations for security, we have to be sure that all data content is assessed and suitably controlled each time it is created, moved or changed, and you have to provide for information discovery to be sure you know where all the data is,” stated John Meakin, group head of information security, Standard Chartered Bank. “We selected Workshare to help us solve this problem for our 60,000 employees spread across 57 countries. With the Workshare content protection solution deployed, we can automatically interact with the user as they create, move and modify documents, securing data appropriately, and thereby satisfying regulators and most importantly, keeping our customers' trust and confidence.”
Unified Content Protection Built to Meet Today’s Needs and Grow with your Future
Workshare UCP Suite 6 delivers a security strategy for a perimeter-less world that controls and protects information while ensuring that protection begins with the creation of data and remains intact throughout the entire content lifecycle. A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of Workshare titled “Information Leak Prevention” found that respondents would prefer automatically applying policy to just-created documents or warning document creators of policy implications over scanning already existing data for policy violations.
Workshare’s UCP Suite 6 leverages Workshare’s experience with 6,000 existing customers, and its Microsoft relationship (Microsoft ISV Partner of the Year for 2007.) Working individually, or as a whole, tools within the suite help organizations of all sizes, from small and medium business, to global enterprises, conform to information security policies and assure compliance with government and industry regulations such as the Heath Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Graham-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security, plus US State, EU and Japan Privacy Acts.
Before Workshare UCP Suite 6, organizations were faced with purchasing and supporting disjoint products and policy systems. Workshare’s open, extensible platform enables ISV and channel partners to integrate their applications and provide value-added services within Workshare’s unified policy and detection framework. This approach enables customers to leverage best of breed Workshare and third-party tools without the cost, time and inaccuracy when marrying policies across various point products.
Workshare Protect Premium 6: Unsurpassed Computer and Mobile Device Protection
Workshare Protect Premium 6 is a desktop and laptop software solution that integrates with Microsoft Office Systems and Lotus Notes making it seamless to enforce content protection policies in documents and email. Workshare Protect Premium 6 allows organizations to manage risk for unstructured data contained in hundreds of thousands of documents created daily to prevent accidental disclosure of intellectual property and personally identifiable information.
Workshare Protect Premium 6 compelling new features include:
- Full disk encryption technology to deliver safe harbor compliance
- Document hidden data discovery and removal using new Lightspeed™ binary context engine
- Content-aware data encryption policies on storage and removable media to protect data at rest
- Content-aware policies for emails triggering third-party actions from Microsoft, IBM, EMC, RPost, GigaTrust, Cryptzone, PGP, Utimaco, Voltage and others to secure data in flight
- Content-aware policies for Microsoft Rights Management ensures documents have access privileges attached to them so they remain secure even after they leave the enterprise
- Integration and support for Microsoft Vista and the Microsoft 2007 Office System
Workshare Protect Network 6: Comprehensive Gateway and Mobile Email Protection
From a Workshare appliance, Workshare Protect Network delivers content monitoring, analysis and remediation that simplifies the enforcement of content protection for all data moving across an organization’s network. Workshare Protect Network enables organizations to extend security to un-managed network clients by monitoring channels including SMTP, HTTP, Webmail, Instant Messaging and FTP, and is cost effective and scalable for all organizations. In addition, this module includes separate policy and detection controls for the ubiquitous Blackberry device channel.
Workshare Protect Network 6 powerful new functionality includes:
- New protocol inspection – Hotmail via Outlook Express, Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Webmail, AOL Mail, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, Windows Live Messenger
- Advanced keyword and expression analysis using document structures, called ContextMatch™
- Fingerprinted data detection of advanced policy violations using patent-pending algorithms for unstructured data, called LinguisticMatch™
- Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) for Microsoft Exchange to remediate via quarantine or blocking
- Blackberry channel monitoring and/or quarantining of emails that fail identity or risk policies
- Privileged user self-remediation of quarantined or blocked emails to lower business disruption, capturing auditable events while not creating false-positive incident breaches
- Document hidden data discovery using new Lightspeed™ binary context engine
- Incident log archiving to support forensics and eDiscovery
- Flexible deployment options include deployment at network egress points or at data repositories
Workshare Management System 6: Unified Policy Design, Auditing and Incident Workflow
From a Workshare appliance, the Workshare Management System manages and distributes content policies for every point of use: during creation at endpoints, at rest on file stores, or in flight across removable drives and gateways while auditing content policy to assure compliance. Dashboards track key metrics and trends to observe and measure the effectiveness of policy enforcement and privileged user entitlement. Incident workflow enables compliance officers to take action when policy violations trigger incidents, and report them to the dashboard for review. Data discovery and classification enables organizations to scan repositories of documents, fingerprint them and, based on policy, prevent them from leaving the organization over most communication channels.
New capabilities of the Workshare Management System 6 include:
- Unified policy management for managed and unmanaged clients
- Term-licensed subscription to Workshare’s ongoing creation of standard policy packs
- Full disk encryption key management and help desk software
- Expanded case management with integrated incident logs using .NET 3.0 Windows Workflow
- New user interface to schedule discovery, perform fingerprinting and classify content for Microsoft, PDF and industry standard graphical formats plus over 370 additional content types
- Comprehensive reporting interface to SQL Reporting Services for developing customized reports
- Seamless integration with Microsoft MOSS and Windows Server for advanced security
- Powershell scripting to automate management processes
Availability and Pricing
Workshare UCP Suite 6 is now available from Workshare resellers globally. Protect Premium 6 is offered at US $49.95/user/year and Protect Network 6 is offered at US $19.95/user/year, before volume discounts. Workshare Appliances starts at US $5,000.00 for a single processor model. Current subscribers to Workshare Protect may purchase Protect Premium 6 with Management System 6 for US $20.00/user/year.
About Workshare
Workshare, an information security company delivers Information Protection & Control solutions to over 6,000 organizations worldwide. Workshare solutions uniquely combine policy enforcement, management control and user entitlement to ensure safe information exchange without business disruption. Its products include Workshare Protect, Workshare Professional, Compare Service and TRACE! Workshare’s customer base spans small to large organizations in every industry segment with more than 60 percent of the Fortune 1000 and 85 percent of the ProServices 250. Over one million professionals in 65 countries use Workshare software. The company has offices in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Washington DC, London, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Paris and Sydney. Workshare is the sponsor of www.metadatarisk.org, the definitive source for content security. For more information, visit www.workshare.com.
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