Mobile Devices

Data is becoming more and more mobile. Methods for transporting data are becoming less expensive and in far greater capacities than ever envisioned by organizations. End User adoption of these mobile storage devices for data sharing and back-up purposes has created huge security exposures and opportunities for data leakage for organizations to deal with. The need for air tight security on these mobile storage devices has increased dramatically in conjunction with their adoption and use by End Users along with the rise of incidents where data lost or stolen. Organizations need to exert control over the how and when the Organization’s data can be moved onto mobile storage devices. The way Organizations want to manage this is by creating and enforcing policies that determine what their End Users can do with regards to the data contained on their PCs and the movement of that data onto mobile storage devices. The management of those security policies needs to be granular enough so that the Organization can grant different security privileges to different types users and also to facilitate the appropriate levels collaboration within the organization.

The ideal security solution to address the risks associated with mobile storage devices must address the following key areas:

• Access Control The ability to control access to mobile storage devices and to enforce blocking of mobile storage devices when necessary.


• Confidentiality Encryption of data stored on mobile storage devices to prevent unauthorized disclosure.


• Authorization The ability of an organization to grant different security privileges to different users.


• Policy Enforcement The ability to establish a security policy and ensure that users’ access to mobile storage devices adheres to an appropriate policy for their job function.


• Ease of Use The ideal solution should be transparent to the user. Security solutions that impose too many steps in the user’s workflow often fail to achieve user acceptance.


• Ownership of Data The protection of confidential information belonging to an organization from being accessed outside the security boundaries of that organization, even by the creator or custodian of the data. The ability to access data stored on mobile storage devices by an organization even though the password of the user is not available.

Essentially the best solution would be one that empowers an organization to use mobile storage devices while maintaining data confidentiality and appropriate access control.

CryptoMill’s SEAhawk solution effectively mitigates the risks associated with mobile storage devices while facilitating the authorized use of such devices. SEAhawk enables the organization’s administrator to authorize mobile storage devices for designated personnel and specific computers. Encryption of data on the media can be enforced (using policies) to safeguard confidential information.

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