SafeGuard PrivateDisk
Your electronic safe - for protecting
confidential data on Notebooks, PCs and PDAs
Sensitive and valuable data needs protection! It is especially important in mobile
environments, where confidential information is at risk of being accessed by unauthorized personnel. Today,
many companies and organizations give their staff mobile devices to increase efficiency. Confidential in-house
information such as research results, management analysis or even customer data is stored on these Notebooks
and PDAs.
If this valuable information was on paper, the documents would be kept in locked filling
cabinets or safes to protect them from being stolen or read by the wrong people. SafeGuard PrivateDisk gives
electronic documents exactly the same protection.
SafeGuard PrivateDisk generates an encrypted "virtual" disk drive on the
device. This disk is a well-protected electronic safe: any critical, sensitive and valuable data (e-asset) can
be securely encrypted and stored safely on it.
You can store SafeGuard PrivateDisk`s electronic safe on local hard
disks, network directories, PDAs, and on mobile media such as USB and flash memory cards, CD-ROMs, DVDs and
diskettes. Two versions of SafeGuard PrivateDisk are available. The Personal Edition is designed for use in
small and medium-sized companies, while the Enterprise Edition, with its extended configuration and
distribution options, is designed to meet the needs of larger organizations. SafeGuard PrivateDisk`s strength
lies in its combination of well devised security mechanisms, user-friendly functions, and self-explanatory
procedures. Users do not notice any difference between using its "virtual" disk drive and a "normal" one. They
can create, save, move and copy files on it in exactly the same way as they have always done.
In addition, SafeGuard PrivateDisk Enterprise Edition provides
administration tools and interfaces that ensure easy and cost-effective integration into existing IT
environments. SafeGuard PrivateDisk can be used as a stand-alone security solution or can be integrated in an
existing PKI (Public Key Infrastructure). In company-wide rollouts, SafeGuard PrivateDisk also supports the
use of smartcards for strong authentication access to the file volume.
Key Features/ Functionality
Security
- Generates an automatically-encrypted virtual disk drive
- Fast and transparent encryption by simulating an additional
disk drive
- Protects data on hard disks, network drives and portable media
such as diskettes, CD-ROMs, DVDs, ZIP and JAZ drives,
MO disks, USB and flash memory cards
- User authentication via a password and/or X.509 certificates
- Supports smartcards and USB tokens
Windows pagefile can be deleted, if required, when the computer
is switched off
- Implements the most up-to-date, cutting-edge AES encryption
algorithm
System administration
- Central installation, configuration and administration with free
integrated Windows distribution tools
- Cost-effective, quickly-implemented solution with no need for extra
infrastructure or training
- Windows Installer (MSI)-based installation or installation using
other software management systems
- Central administration of security settings via Group Policy Objects
- Optional integration of Recovery Certificates so that encrypted
data can also be accessed in an emergency situation
Easy to use
- High level of user acceptance: no need for additional training
- Each user can use several PrivateDisks at one time
- Several authorized users can share one PrivateDisk to store
shared information securely
- Users can protect and store any kind of confidential file on their
PDA, Notebook and PC
- Seamless integration in Windows Explorer
System Requirements
Hardware
- PC with an Intel Pentium or compatible processor
- Pocket PC with an ARM or Xscale processor*
Operating system
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0
and
- Pocket PC 2002/ Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition
- Windows Mobile 2003 / Windows Mobile 2003 Phone Edition
*Pocket PCs need a full version of SafeGuard PDA to install
SafeGuard PrivateDisk. A desktop version of SafeGuard PrivateDisk cannot be installed on a Pocket
PC.
Certification
- FIPS 140-2 (undergoing evaluation)
- Aladdin eToken certified
Interoperability
- Microsoft Crypto API integration: the use of Cryptographic
Service Providers (CSPs) means that any RSA-enabled components
from third-party suppliers (such as smartcards or USB tokens) can be
implemented for user authentication
Interfaces
- Crypto API / CSP
- Scripting API for integration in automatic administration procedures
Standards/ Protocols
- Authentication: user authentication via X.509 certificates
- Encryption: AES 128-bit
- Hash: SHA-1
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