Sophos announced the release of version 5.50 of Sophos Safeguard Easy and Sophos Safeguard Enterprise that ought to provide customers with comprehensive security and data protection at reduced costs and complexity. In the 2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Mobile Data Protection, the analyst firm noted: “Every company must include mobile data protection in its IT operations plan.”
Sophos Safeguard Enterprise 5.50, an advanced, multi-layered endpoint data security encryption and data leakage prevention (DLP) solution, ought to provide Sophos’ central policy management capabilities and the ability to secure desktops, laptops, removable media and other portable devices. The Safeguard Enterprise engine complies with most recent standards and modern platforms to optimally support customers infrastructure.
For customers primarily addressing regulatory requirements such as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) Sophos Safeguard Easy 5.50 ought to be an ideal, simplified full disk encryption solution for laptops and PCs. According to Sophos Safeguard Easy customers can seamlessly upgrade to Safeguard Enterprise without the need to re-encrypt the company’s endpoints.
New capabilities of Sophos Safeguard versions:
- Forgotten full disk encryption passwords can now be securely recovered with the Local Self Help functionality.
- New Server Installation Wizard enables administrators to install the Sophos Safeguard Enterprise server and client components, and required Microsoft server components, faster with accurate configuration settings.
- Administrator Accounts enhancements allow administrators to audit and perform essential tasks on PCs during encryption rollouts. Managing security officer roles and groups has also been made easier especially for large deployments.
- New administrator access options and updated policy controls provide a variety of deployment alternatives for both centrally- and non-centrally- managed environments from a few PCs in remote offices to over 100,000 PCs including those in service provider type deployments.
- The latest Sophos Safeguard solutions fully support Windows 7 64-bit — including Sophos Safeguard Enterprise modules: Device Encryption, Partner Connect, and Management Center. Safeguard Enterprise Management Center and Server also support Windows Server 2008R2 (64-bit).
All existing Sophos Safeguard Enterprise and Sophos Safeguard Easy customers who are covered by the maintenance contract and have the appropriate license are entitled to receive the latest version at no additional cost. (Source: Sophos/GST)