Enhancing security for distributed data through automated data encryption and destruction
The risks to mobile data are significant and growing, and compliance requirements are increasingly stringent. Yet sensitive data has never been more broadly dispersed. To remain productive while on the move, users routinely store high-value information - such as intellectual property, financial information, or medical data - on their mobile systems.

Relying too much on the end user
Often, that information is completely unprotected, or thinly guarded by a password that can be easily guessed or stolen. Even when more stringent data protection policies are in place, they put the burden of enforcement on end users. For example, encryption solutions typically require the user to save sensitive data in specified, encrypted folders. In all these scenarios, lax procedures can lead to data loss and the devastating results, such as negative publicity, lost customers, legal liability and non-compliance penalties.

DataDefense: Returning control to the IT organization
DataDefense enhances protection for distributed data by shifting control away from the end user and back to the IT group, enabling them to enforce data protection policies automatically and consistently across all distributed systems. .

DataDefense provides automatic, intelligent encryption of all sensitive PC data, without requiring any special action by the end user and regardless of whether a system is online or offline. When a system is reported lost or stolen - or PC DataDefense detects behaviors that are inconsistent with authorized use - sensitive data is automatically eliminated and the PC is disabled, rendering the data useless to thieves.

Simplified administration enables quick deployment, remote "silent" installation, and community-level policy enforcement.

The Iron Mountain Advantage

• Low-cost solution greatly enhances PC data protection, supporting risk management and compliance requirements.
• Centralizes and automates enforcement of security for distributed data.
• Enables streamlined deployment, monitoring and control.
• Ensures quick acceptance with a solution that's transparent to end users.

Service Features

• Available as a subscription service, hosted and managed by Iron Mountain, or as a licensed software solution.
• Provides enforced, intelligent encryption of sensitive data and automatic destruction of data when a PC is lost or stolen.
• Requires minimal administrative resources.