GuardianEdge Full Disk Encryption & Data Protection Platform

Strong encryption provides the only sure way to protect your organization’s critical information from falling into the wrong hands. It also provides a “safe harbour” from disclosure requirements in the event a machine containing legally protected data is lost or stolen.

• GuardianEdge Hard Disk Encryption has a Common Criteria Certification of EAL 4
• Preferred solution for laptop hard drive encryption by Australian and New Zealand government departments and agencies.
• Preferred solution for major banks and financial institutions in Australia, New Zealand and worldwide
• Preferred solution for defence and law enforcement
• Preferred solution for law firms, corporations and SMEs

GuardianEdge Hard Disk Encryption reduces management, implementation and deployment costs for this protection by allowing organizations to make maximum use of existing IT infrastructure. This includes the industry’s only native integration with Microsoft® Active Directory®. It also combines single console support for Active Directory, Novell eDirectory™ and non-domain endpoints with management for other GuardianEdge data protection products to make endpoint data protection across the entire organization simple and easily accessible for administrators.

KEY FEATURES

Client Environment

• No additional log-in required (integrated with Microsoft and Novell Single Sign-On)
• High performance encryption
• Secure client/server communications
• Power failure protection for computers without a battery or backup power source during initial encryption

Pre-boot Authentication

• Microsoft and Novell Single Sign-on integration
• Password authentication (multi-factor authentication available with GuardianEdge Advanced Authentication)
• Secure Wake on LAN capability for seamless operation with enterprise patch and update management tools
• Lockout on maximum time-since-last-check-in exceeded (configurable)
• Password entry delay on failed password attempt threshold (configurable)
• Multiple user and administrator accounts (up to 1000 each)

Encryption

• Full disk or multi-partition including: master boot record, OS and system files, swap/hibernation files
• 256 AES (Australian and New Zealand Government standard)
• FIPS 140-2 validated cryptographic library, Common Criteria EAL4

Administrative Tools

• Remotely disable authentication of a targeted user
• Hard drive access tool to allow OS repair
• Integrated with forensic data recovery tools to retrieve data from crashed or evidential hard drives (Guidance EnCase Forensics)
• Remote, one-time password capability
• Integration with enterprise-grade deployment tools such as SMS, Tivoli, Altiris
• Real-time audit logging: policy changes, user actions (succeeded/failed authentication, attempts to uninstall the product, password recovery, change of password)

The GuardianEdge Data Protection Platform

• Native Microsoft Active directory integration
• Support for Novell eDirectory and for non-domain computers
• Single console for Active Directory, eDirectory and other computers
• Common administration and management with other GuardianEdge endpoint data protection products
• Shared security and management services across data protection applications
• Unified auditing and reporting environment
• Single sign-on integration. Secure client/server communications. Minimal intrusion into existing user workflows and operation

The Only Native Active Directory Integration

• Deploy and manage with existing infrastructure
• Low training and support costs, fast rollouts
• GPO based policy deployment
• MMC snap-in architecture
• Role based policy administration
• Detailed auditing and reporting

Recovery from Lost Passwords

• Simple and secure access to encrypted PCs in the event of lost passwords with self-service or admin-assisted recovery

Client Computers

• Microsoft Windows XP Pro SP2 and SP3, Windows XP Tablet Edition, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Vista; Business, Enterprise and Unlimited; Windows 7

GuardianEdge Management Server

• Microsoft Server 2003 Standard or Enterprise

Database - Microsoft SQL Server 2005

• Express Edition with Advanced Services, Standard or Enterprise

Two-factor authentication

• When used with GuardianEdge Advanced Authentication. supports an extensive set of authentication tokens, and token readers

GuardianEdge Advanced Authentication Integration

• Extend data protection with certificate based user authentication by adding GuardianEdge Advanced Authentication to Hard Disk Encryption
• Pre-boot environment multi-factor authentication
• Smartcard/Common Access Card (CAC) support
• Extensive support for readers and tokens
• PKI environment support

GuardianEdge Altiris Connector Integration

• Integrates GuardianEdge Hard Disk and Removable Storage Encryption controls with the Altiris Notification Server
• Manage Removable Storage Encryption and Hard Disk Encryption from a common management environment with asset, configuration, patch and update
• Easily identify systems without protection
• Remediate immediately from the Altiris Notification Server

GuardianEdge has been implemented by numerous government and corporate enterprises in Australia, New Zealand and other countries.

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