Utimaco Expands Reach into Data Leakage Prevention Market with Release of SafeGuard...

Utimaco Expands Reach into Data Leakage Prevention Market with Release of SafeGuard LeakProof

New DLP capabilities complement SafeGuard Enterprise suite with
added content awareness and data classification to prevent data
leakage from authorized users
OBERURSEL, Germany--(Business Wire)--Utimaco - The Data Security Company today announced the release of
SafeGuard LeakProof( TM)*, further expanding the company's
capabilities in data leakage prevention (DLP) and its reach into the
expanding information protection and control (IPC) market. Utimaco's
SafeGuard solutions provide 360 degree data protection through a broad
and robust product portfolio centered on the SafeGuard Enterprise
Suite. With the launch of SafeGuard LeakProof, Utimaco enhances the
company's growing focus on the business-driven solutions market and
its customers' ability to address data threats that cannot be managed
by encryption-based solutions alone.

Data security is of primary concern to organizations, with analyst
firm IDC forecasting worldwide revenue for the IPC market to grow to
$3.2 billion in 2011(1). While data encryption successfully combats
many of the risks associated with data theft, it addresses only part
of the problem. Data leakage prevention solutions ensure that users
are able to retain authorized access to data, but prevent that data
from leaving the company unprotected. SafeGuard LeakProof, the result
of a technology licensing agreement with Trend Micro, complements
existing Utimaco data encryption solutions. It was developed to
address the data threats associated with insiders that have legitimate
access to data but who may not realize that their actions are putting
data at risk.

"Worldwide organizations have benefited from the protection our
SafeGuard product portfolio provides against misuse by unauthorized
users," said Raphael Leiteritz, Head of Innovation and Business
Development, Utimaco. "With SafeGuard LeakProof, we have broadened our
data security capabilities to add content awareness and further
prevent data leakage from authorized users, for example if they
accidentally send out emails with sensitive information. Traditional
DLP solutions have been designed from a gateway perspective. Through
the strategic technology partnership with Trend Micro, we have added a
client-based DLP technology that enables Utimaco to deliver the
industry's first combined content monitoring and protection solution
for endpoints."

SafeGuard LeakProof is a stand-alone product scheduled to be
integrated into the SafeGuard Enterprise solution suite. It offers
client-based encryption and highly accurate, high performance content
filtering at the endpoint. SafeGuard LeakProof sits on a Windows
endpoint and scans all data operations in real time based on sensitive
keywords (such as "secret" or "confidential"), fingerprinted documents
(documents similar to known confidential documents) and data
structures (credit card numbers, customer data). SafeGuard LeakProof
also inspects file movements to USB devices, Bluetooth, Webmail, FTP,
HTTP, IM and others. When SafeGuard LeakProof captures a sensitive
document, it can notify the user, block the operation, log the
operation, allow the user justify the operation, or encrypt the
document.

"SafeGuard LeakProof marks a strong entry for Utimaco into the DLP
market," said Christian A. Christiansen, Program Vice President,
Security Products and Services, IDC. "DLP protection is most useful
when it is a key element of a strong overall security strategy. As
security threats for enterprises evolve, Utimaco is poised to meet the
next generation of security challenges by securing data at every
point."

Because it bundles the data protection technology that buyers
request most often, Utimaco's easy-to-understand SafeGuard Enterprise
product suite offers excellent data protection by strong encryption
and has the most comprehensive feature set available today. The broad
SafeGuard Enterprise product suite offers extensive choices for user
authentication. It includes strong cross-platform key management
offering management support for systems such as BitLocker.

For more information about Utimaco - The Data Security Company, go
to http://www.utimaco.com.

About SafeGuard Enterprise 5.2:

SafeGuard Enterprise 5.2 is comprised of the existing SafeGuard
Management Center module the SafeGuard Device Encryption as well as
the Data Exchange and Partner Connect module. Further modules rounding
off Utimaco's new data security suite are to be added in later product
versions: SafeGuard Configuration Protection offers central control
over all fixed and mobile computing devices and protects against
malware, inappropriate software use, and unauthorized configuration
changes. SafeGuard File & Folder Encryption secures user data that is
exchanged between working groups. In addition, it can be used to
encrypt both local disk drives and network servers at file and
directory level, and to assign them individual access rights. Further
information SafeGuard Enterprise, as well as image material can be
found at: www.utimaco.com/sgn and www.utimaco.com/picture-pool.

About Utimaco Safeware AG - The Data Security Company.

Utimaco is a leading global provider of data security solutions,
enabling mid- to large-size organizations to safeguard their data
assets against intentional or unintentional data loss, and to comply
with privacy laws. Utimaco's complete range of data security solutions
provide full 360 degree data protection for data at rest, data in
motion and data in use. Utimaco offers its customers comprehensive
on-site support via a world-wide network of certified partners and
subsidiaries. Utimaco Safeware AG, with headquarters in Oberursel,
near Frankfurt, Germany, is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
(ISIN DE0007572406). For more information please visit
http://www.utimaco.com.

*LeakProof is a registered trademark of Trend Micro.

(1)IDC, "Worldwide Information Protection and Control (IPC)
2007-2011 Forecast and Analysis: Securing the World's New Currency,"
Doc # 206750, May 2007

Utimaco Safeware AG - The Data Security Company
Rieke Bonisch, +49 (0)6171 88 - 12 10
rieke.boenisch@utimaco.de
http://www.utimaco.de/press
http://www.utimaco.com

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