PGP Fortifies Data Protection Offerings

By Greg McNevin

August 28, 2008: Enterprise data protection specialist Pretty Good Privacy Corporation (PGP) has released new versions of its encryption software, further increasing its policy control and data protection capabilities.

The company says the latest version of its Encryption Platform, PGP NetShare 9.9, PGP Universal Server 2.9 and PGP Whole Disk Encryption 9.9 (including PGP Whole Disk Encryption for Mac OS X) offer enterprises and government organisations more policy control, more operating system support and more protection for data as it is created, edited and shared.

With these new versions PGP has added the ability to centrally manage and automate data security policies by application, as well as location.

PGP NetShare 9.9 for example enforces policy-based encryption by application (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat or custom in-house applications), regardless of whether the files are written locally, to a flash drive, or on file servers, while PGP Universal Server 2.9 enables offline policies to be implemented that protect data while users are not online.

“The need for encryption and stronger security measures is growing as the number of security incidents and breaches performed by well organised, global cyber crime organisations continue to grab the headlines,” said Phillip Dunkelberger, president and CEO of PGP Corporation.

“This is a huge problem — on many levels. Fortune 1000 companies, government organisations and other institutions can no longer approach their protection “one device” at a time—instead they need to address the data strategically, with centralised enterprise data protection that encrypts data across all devices, endpoints, and networks.”

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