DeviceLock 6.4 Retooled With New Content Processing Engine: Better Detects and Deters...

DeviceLock 6.4 Retooled With New Content Processing Engine: Better Detects and
Deters Insider Data Thieves

Latest data detection and network-awareness capabilities strengthen
DeviceLock's oversight of peripheral port and device communications at
corporate endpoints.

SAN RAMON, Calif., April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- DeviceLock, Inc., a worldwide
leader in endpoint device control, today announced the release of DeviceLock
6.4. With this release DeviceLock adds true file type detection and
filtering--the first deep data analysis feature built atop its new content
processing engine. DeviceLock 6.4 can intercept peripheral device read/write
operations, perform analysis of the entire digital content in real-time and
enforce applicable file-type-based security policies. This is just one more
control that DeviceLock customers can establish to cost-effectively maintain
complete management over the context of local communications on their
corporate endpoints. In addition, true file types can now be used as a
parameter for DeviceLock data shadowing policies, thus increasing the level of
granularity and flexibility of controls.

"DeviceLock 6.4 with its new content processing engine is a big step forward,"
explains David Matthiesen, Director of Sales-Americas. "In contrast to
alternate approaches, such as detecting file types using easy-to-forge file
extensions or checking just a limited number of bytes from file headers,
DeviceLock accurately identifies file types from their binary signatures by
analyzing the entire set of data contained in the file. This method is not
vulnerable to file encapsulation and other concealment techniques that defeat
competitive approaches."

DeviceLock's true file type detection and filtering capability currently
detects around 3800 known file types and is extensible to add new types as
requested by customers. It is also not limited to file filtering operations
within just Windows Explorer. If permission for a given file type is set to
'block' for managed device types, no files of that type can be moved from a
user's computer to removable media, regardless of which application or process
initiated the request.

Another new feature implemented in DeviceLock 6.4 is network-awareness
support, with automatic policy mode switching. It is now possible to centrally
define a separate set of permissions to be applied when a computer is
disconnected from the corporate network. Such an off-line policy exists as a
complement to the regular "online" policy. DeviceLock recognizes the network
mode of the computer, and applies the correct policy automatically.
Network-awareness support provides security administrators with one more
dimension of flexibility by allowing them to take into account whether the
user is working from the protected corporate network, or from a much less safe
and predictable Internet environment.

DeviceLock 6.4 incorporates a number of additional enhancements including the
ability to automatically generate graphical reports based on DeviceLock audit
and shadow logs.

More on DeviceLock 6.4
DeviceLock software solutions proactively protect organizations of all sizes
across all industry sectors against data leakage and help prevent the
infiltration of corporate networks by malware through local PC ports.
DeviceLock significantly reduces business risks that result from data leakage
due to insider negligence, errors, accidental loss or intentional malicious
actions. DeviceLock software is designed for Microsoft Windows operating
systems and includes traditional central consoles for management along with a
unique DeviceLock Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that is natively
integrated with Microsoft Active Directory(R) Group Policy. DeviceLock's MMC
enables Windows AD administrators to precisely and dynamically control, log,
shadow-copy and audit end-user access to ports and peripheral devices,
including local, network and virtual printers, as well as docked Windows
Mobile(R) and Palm(R) OS based personal mobile devices with the most familiar
of interfaces, the Group Policy Management Console (GPMC). In addition,
DeviceLock detects, alerts, audits, and blocks operations of USB and PS/2
hardware keyloggers.

Pricing and Availability
DeviceLock 6.4 is available as of April 20, 2009. A free, fully functional
demo is available for download at www.devicelock.com. For more information,
current or prospective customers should contact DeviceLock sales at +1
925.231.4400 or e-mail us.sales@devicelock.com. DeviceLock will be discussing
its latest software technology at this week's RSA Conference in San Francisco
in booth #2627.

About DeviceLock, Inc.
Since its inception in 1996 as SmartLine, DeviceLock, Inc. has been providing
endpoint device control software solutions to businesses of all sizes and
industries. Protecting more than 4 million computers in over 58,000
organizations worldwide, DeviceLock has a vast range of corporate customers
including financial institutions, state and federal government agencies,
classified military networks, healthcare providers, telecommunications
companies, and educational institutions. DeviceLock, Inc. is an international
organization with offices in San Ramon (California, US), London (UK), Ratingen
(Germany), Moscow (Russia) and Milan (Italy).

COPYRIGHT (C)2009 DeviceLock, Inc. All rights reserved. DeviceLock(R) and the
DeviceLock logo are registered trademarks of DeviceLock, Inc. All other
product names, service marks, and trademarks mentioned herein are trademarks
of their respective owners.

SOURCE DeviceLock, Inc.

Julie Parayno, jp@dovetailpr.com or Corey Oiesen, coreyo@dovetailpr.com, both
of Dovetail Public Relations, +1-408-395-3600, for DeviceLock, Inc.