Controlling the Endpoint
Enterprises today face security risks associated with endpoint devices such as User Workstations and/or Laptop computers. Protecting the core network infrastructure is no longer sufficient as threats introduced by Endpoint users continue to proliferate. Through endpoints sensitive information can be corrupted or leaked off-site as well as malicious code introduced into the internal network potentially resulting in the disruption of business operations.
NetSieben's Endpoint technology is the industry's first security solution to focus on enforcing computer usage policies and provide a centralized management portal for administrators. The application is able to deliver the solution by assigning different security levels to Users and/or Groups within the organization.
Each User and/or Group is restricted to certain local and network activities based on their security level. For example a new employee can be denied the ability to copy anything onto a removable media such as USB "Thumb drives" or floppy disks, while a senior manager may be allowed to copy any file to any removable media, if they so choose.
In addition to data control, NetSieben's Endpoint technology has a variety of additional features that can monitor and control downloads, IM & P2P traffic, ability to post to Web forms and other user activity. It also detects new machines as they connect to the internal network. All functionality is managed through a centralized dashboard interface.
The organization can now control security sensitive employee computing activities; enforce security policies on the group or individual level and have a record of how the sensitive information is stored and transferred. This flexibility of control, and centralized view into the current security state of the Endpoint activities provides the security control organizations have been seeking.
