Fortra DLP Fills the Windows Data Visibity Gap
Microsoft Windows® is the most widely deployed operating system in the world, and consequently the most vulnerable to security threats. Critical patches and security updates are issued frequently, but this reactive approach leaves you poorly equipped to defend your organization’s sensitive data against both insider and advanced threats.
The DG Windows Agent has been protecting data in the Windows operating system for more than ten years. It’s a kernel-level agent that automatically identifies, classifies, and protects your most sensitive data based on contextual awareness - what data is being accessed, by whom, and how it is being used. And since it’s software-based, you can install Fortra DLP on Windows desktops and laptops with a small memory footprint.
Unmatched Protection for Windows
Fortra DLP is the only data protection solution with:
Key Features for Windows
Fortra DLP takes full advantage of kernel-level and user-mode visibility to deliver:
Data Protection in Windows Case Studies
INSIDER THREAT PROTECTION
Jabil, a Fortune 200 manufacturer with over 60,000 employees needed to protect sensitive data and formula against data theft. Simply locking down the information would not work. The company’s competitive edge depended on ready access to this information to drive efficiency and collaboration. Fortra DLP was used to build actionable and risk-aware information usage policies and controls. Sensitive IP could reside only on Fortra DLP secured workstations, blocking the ability to transmit IP to any computer or server that lacked a Fortra DLP Agent. This created a virtual community of trust, and contained information by governing its use at the endpoint. Aggressive policies regarding device control (USB drives) and printing of confidential IP were also deployed. In less than three months, the team executed a full phase one deployment to safeguard corporate intellectual property.
CUSTOMER DATA PROTECTION
A multi-national financial services company, with over 50 million credit card customers worldwide, was subject to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS). Using Fortra DLP’s contextual data awareness and content inspection technology, Windows endpoint agents could identify and classify sensitive data, monitor all user actions and enforce controls - including automatically encrypting sensitive files when those files are moved to network file servers. Fortra DLP also prevented decryption of PCI PAN and social security data by unauthorized users, including system administrators with root privileges.
REMOVABLE MEDIA DATA PROTECTION
An international financial services company required users to move sensitive data to USB memory drives, but needed to ensure the security of those devices and the data stored on them. Fortra DLP Windows agents on the endpoints identified and classified all data, and automatically encrypted any sensitive data moved to removable drives. Fortra DLP also ensured that only approved removable drives were used. Fortra DLP’s granular controls allowed devices to be identified by brand, model, and serial number, to ensure that only company-approved devices were used to store protected data.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION
One of the world’s leading research based pharmaceutical and healthcare companies needed to more effectively monitor and control their IP without impeding the productivity of their users. Since Fortra DLP recognizes over 300 data types and 90 languages, it proved simple to automatically classified sensitive data from four discrete technical applications. DG Windows endpoint agents then tracked all use of the IP by employees, third party individuals and clinical research partners, preventing misuse based on corporate polices. This provided the organization with visibility into what R&D scientists were doing with sensitive data, protected data as it moved between users and applications, and enhanced worker productivity.