User Classification from TITUS Tops List of
Innovations in Verdasys Digital Guardian 6
Verdasys Extends Lead in Enterprise Information Protection,
Preventing Loss of Documents and other Intellectual Property
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 17, 2012 – Verdasys, the leader in Enterprise Information Protection (EIP) solutions for Global 2000 companies, today announced the release of Digital Guardian 6 (DG6), with an integrated module that allows users to manually classify sensitive documents and email. The User Classification Module complements other new and extended features available in DG6 for mobile platforms, policy federation, network and data forensics, and protection from targeted cyber attacks.
DG’s User Classification Modules are powered by technology from TITUS, a leading provider of security and compliance solutions for email and documents. A market-first for EIP solutions, User Classification enables employees to designate sensitive email messages, Office documents and desktop files within a predefined framework.
A recent Analyst Insight report from Aberdeen Group, entitled "Does Your Enterprise Classify Its Data?", found that classifying enterprise information helps to "ensure not only that the appropriate levels of policies, controls and resources are in place, but also that these investments are delivering an appropriate level of value to the business in return."
Aberdeen's research "has consistently shown that there are several general steps which are associated with top performance when it comes to protecting sensitive enterprise data," said Aberdeen Group Vice President and Research Fellow Derek Brink. "These include identification and classification of your data - because you can't protect what you don't manage, and you can't manage what you don't know about."
The User Classification Modules extend DG's core architecture to increase the accuracy and efficiency of data classification. This powerful complement to DG automated classification techniques allows companies to effectively increase their compliance with regulations protecting personal and export controlled data, and adds another auditable layer to support the secure sharing of intellectual property and trade secrets.
(NOTE to editors: see separate release about Digital Guardian 6.0)
"The incidents of unauthorized disclosure of data are too numerous to count, and many go unreported. Content-based DLP is often hampered by false positives, which can hobble a company's efficiency and raise undue suspicions; a solution like User Classification has long been a market requirement that Digital Guardian is the first to address," said Verdasys CEO Jim Ricotta. "With User Classification and its other advanced features, DG6 allows companies to manage the worst risks to their data in any scenario. It is unlike any other security offering on the market today."
About Verdasys
Verdasys provides Enterprise Information Protection (EIP) solutions that secure proprietary and sensitive data and the integrity of business processes essential for Global 2000 companies to successfully compete in today’s highly collaborative and mobile environments. Digital Guardian, recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s 2011 Magic Quadrant for Content-Aware Data Loss Prevention, is a proven technology platform that provides complete policy-based data lifecycle monitoring, classification, forensics, and control on endpoints and servers; virtual machines & enterprise applications; mobile devices; and cloud environments. Digital Guardian is offered as an in-house or managed service solution to protect IP and regulated data from compromise by privileged insiders, strategic partners, and targeted cyber attacks. Since 2003, millions of Digital Guardian agents have been deployed to protect critical data for global leaders in financial services, insurance, technology, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. Companies serious about information protection choose Verdasys.
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