Mumbai:
Pointsec Mobile Technologies, provider of the de facto
standard for enterprise security software for laptop and
desktop PCs, PDAs and smartphones, has announced the general
availability of its endpoint encryption solution for Linux-based
operating systems.
By
extending its full-disk encryption solution to Linux desktops
and laptops, Pointsec can better address the needs of
the growing number of Linux enterprise users. Large technology
and telecommunications corporations needing to protect
intellectual property stored on laptop and desktop computers
represent a significant portion of Pointsec's customer
base and are some of the fastest growing markets adopting
the Linux operating system.
"We
are seeing an increasing global demand for encryption
of endpoint equipment, such as notebook PCs, across many
industries as companies realise the threat to their confidential
information posed by lost or stolen computers," said
Peter Larsson. "By extending our support to Linux,
we are meeting the needs of current customers and expanding
our reach into enterprise Linux environments," he
adds.
Pointsec
for Linux includes out-of-the box support for standard
Linux kernels, ensuring that all or selected parts of
a hard drive's
data can be encrypted in real time and can only be accessed
by an authenticated user. It offers plug-and-play support
for Linux kernel versions 2.6.x and newer
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