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SafeGuard Disk Encryption For Mac v5.50

SafeGuard Disk Encryption For Mac v5.50 -
What's New

For Sophos Internal and Partners

Data Protection Product Management/Marketing

July 2010

SafeGuard Disk Encryption for Mac v5.50

Full-disk encryption for Macs

General Availability (GA): 1st week of August

Available with:

                Endpoint Security & Data Protection (ESDP)

                SafeGuard Enterprise (SGN)

                SafeGuard Easy (SGE)

Currently standalone management - integration with ESDP, SGN on roadmap

Before

More Macs in businesses - contain confidential data, PII, PHI, financial data...

Inadequate data security - lost or stolen Macs cause data breaches

Existing security - usernames/passwords, Mac File Vault not sufficient

Negative Consequences

Non-compliance with regulations: fines, prosecution, ...

Bad press, loss of customers, competitive advantage

IT says no to Macs

 

Value Driver: Enable data protection & Ensure compliance

PBO J

-Protect confidential company information

-Provide encryption "safe harbor" from data breach notifications

MRC:

-Full disk encryption for Macs with secure authentication

-Confirmation of encryption status

Metric:

-Encryption algorithm type

-Types of event logs

-Number of unique users supported

How we do it:

-Full disk encryption for Macs

-Encrypt MacOS boot volume, page files, and data volumes

-Strong, standard AES 256-bit encryption algorithm

-Power on authentication

-Easy confirmation of encryption status via UI/scripts, local/remote

...better:

-Best security for Macs: Sophos Endpoint Security & Data Protection

-Separate POA user & admin accounts for proper access control

 

Value Driver: Higher end user productivity

 

PBO J

-Increased employee satisfaction and productivity

MRC:

-Transparent security

-Recovery of forgotten passwords or data in emergencies

Metric:

-Performance of encrypted Macs

-Time to recover from emergency scenarios

How we do it:

-Fast, transparent, on-the-fly encryption/decryption

-Recovery: Password recovery credentials, alternate boot options

...better:

-Native Mac look-and- feel graphical user interface

-Easy to use, feature-rich, power on authentication

-Automated user account setup

-Fast initial encryption, short boot times, highly responsive on-the-fly encryption

for uninterrupted work

 

Power On Authentication (POA)

a

User Interface

a

            a

 

User & Disk Management

aa

 

Proof Points

a

Discovery Questions

How are you currently protecting data on your Windows PCs, Macs?

What would happen if your company trade secrets fell into the wrong hands?

What data protection regulations does your business have to comply with?

What would be the compliance related consequences if you suffered a data breach?

What would the impact be to your company (your department, your job) if an unprotected Mac falls into the wrong hands?

If a Mac was lost or stolen how do you prove that the data was not breached?

What would your business partners do if your company lost their confidential data?

 

Trap-setting Questions

How difficult is it to manage data security on your Macs today?

If users forget passwords or have issues what recovery options would you consider?

How important is it for end-users to have high-performing Macs?

How do you ensure user and admin access to Macs are separated?

How important is it for you to easily rollout and deploy encryption on Macs?

How much would it help if you were able to protect your Macs and PCs from threats and data breaches with a single license?

Resources

Partner Portal:

                Updated information, datasheets

www.sophos.com:

New page: SafeGuard Disk Encryption for Mac

Updated page: ESDP Disk Encryption to include Mac

Trial download available

Roadmap

Broader hardware support  (EFI 32 bit) (Service Release, 4Q2010)

SGN /SGE 5.60 for MacOS  (2011)

Manageability through SafeGuard Console

Visibility / Reporting

Recovery  (C/R)

Policy rollout / updating

Password policies

Manageability trough Sophos integrated console (ESDP) (2012)

 

 

 


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