File Encryption and Laptop Protection

As workforces get increasingly mobile and data-transfer technologies make corporate data ever more accessible, the risk of data loss or theft and of illegal access to sensitive information exists:

• When a person copies files containing your product specifications, financial transactions or price lists to a simple USB key
• When a sales manager downloads from his or her hotel the latest presentation of your company strategy
• When a sub-contractor obtains from a web meeting the latest R&D plans for a sensitive project
• When a doctor copies a patient’s healthcare information to his or her mobile workstation via a Wi-Fi connection

In all cases, the real cost is the value of the lost information. This cost can be very high if this sensitive data ends up with a competitor.

To increase the productivity of its workforce, a company must make information easier to share and transfer between employees (e.g. sales managers, R&D, engineers, marketing people), and between employees and external partners (e.g. consultants, suppliers, resellers).

However, the resulting productivity gains and cost savings should not be obtained to the detriment of security. This white paper describes the main features of the Evidian Laptop Protection and File Encryption products.