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Pointsec announces first enterprise endpoint encryption solution for Linux news
Our Infotech Bureau
29 September 2005

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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Pointsec announces first enterprise endpoint encryption solution for Linux