SafeBoot - Whole Hard Disk Encryption

IT theft is a huge problem, and it's here to stay. Managers have to decide on measures to protect their equipment, and even more importantly, protect the data contained therein.

It's been estimated that the theft of a company laptop can cost upwards of 1500% of the retail price, when factoring in data loss, replacements, loss of productivity etc. Also, if data that is protected under legislation (such as the Data Protection Act) gets into the wrong hands, it could mean a lawsuit which costs the company much more - even a prison sentence.

It is this need that SafeBoot has been designed to handle. SafeBoot operates at a level below the operating system, encrypting all data sent to the hard disk. The user authenticates onto the PC or laptop, letting SafeBoot know that a genuine user has access to the computer. It is only after that stage that the operating system can load.

In this way SafeBoot protects against the numerous methods of resetting the Administrator password on Windows computers, through the use of a Linux-based boot disk.

Because SafeBoot encrypts all data to the disk, it also provides a level of protection that can't be had from EFS (the Windows Encrypted File System). For if the Administrator password can be reset, any data on that PC can be compromised. The SafeBoot password can be held on a USB key such as eToken, providing two-factor authentication.

Powerful encryption

For all supported devices, SafeBoot encrypts the data with very strong and proven algorithms like RC5-1024 and AES-256. Encryption and decryption is done transparently and on the fly with virtually no performance loss.

Centrally managed thus low TCO

SafeBoot Device Encryption offers unique powerful central management technologies such as central deployment, policy management, hot revocation, audit facilities, Active Directory/Novell/PKI synchronisation and safe central recovery.

Mandatory security

This Central Management system provides an administrator with the tools to easily set and enforce extensive mandatory security policies. Users have no control over the SafeBoot security policies as these are transparently enforced upon them. Laying down a mandatory policy upon your users has never been easier.

Secure recovery

Whether the user has forgotten his password or lost his token, or has left the organisation, SafeBoot’s tools safely recover the protected systems, without using an unsafe master password as a “backdoor”. Should a user forget a password, lose a token, recovery is only a phone call or a web page away. Just like the Windows central management recovery tool, the web based webHelpDesk recovery tool permits the Helpdesk to reset user passwords remotely after the user successfully passes a verbal challenge-response verification and authentication with the administrator helpdesk via telephone.

Award winning and proven technology

SafeBoot is FIPS certified. This certification assures you that SafeBoot employs true strong encryption and secure key management. The product is widely used within many organisations including banks, insurance companies, consultancy firms, governmental bodies and health care related organisations and has received multiple industry accolades.

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Exlayer are an Authorised Distributor of SafeBoot in UK, so contact us today on 020 7650 5966 or Email to safeboot@exlayer.co.uk for pricing information, or to arrange a demonstration for your technical team or management.

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