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nexTier Networks Mitigates SMBs' Data Security Risks With New, Affordable Data Leak Prevention Appliances
New Compliance Enforcer Appliance Safeguards Sensitive Data by Automatically Monitoring and Blocking Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Data in Transmission to Prevent Theft and Misuse
| Source: nexTier Networks
SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - July 21, 2009) - nexTier Networks, the company redefining
data leak prevention (DLP) with semantic analysis, today announced the
immediate availability of a new class of DLP products designed to help
small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) mitigate data security risks. The new
Compliance Enforcer 100 and 200 appliances leverage nexTier's powerful DLP
algorithms with semantic DNA analysis for advanced accuracy, automated
security policy management and compliance reporting in a single,
centralized administrator's console. As a result, companies can reduce data
security and compliance administration and enforcement from weeks to just
minutes while minimizing data breaches and internal malicious threats.
According to a recent study by IDC, 60 percent of all corporate data is
accessed via an endpoint. As the perimeter of SMB endpoints continues to
expand, encryption is no longer a viable protection option for company
data. The nexTier solution delivers data security far beyond encryption and
protects companies against both inadvertent and malicious attacks while
complying with government and regulatory mandates. Using a unique DLP
approach with a highly defensible, patented technology for data leak
prevention, nexTier safeguards both structured and unstructured data with
rapid deployment and minimal human intervention.
One of the biggest challenges for companies today is protecting
ever-increasing amounts of sensitive data, and that data is increasingly
unstructured and harder to discover. Access to sensitive documents needs to
be tightly controlled. nexTier's Compliance Enforcer solution enables
organizations to identify and protect their information no matter where it
is located in the enterprise by automatically discovering sensitive
information and applying semantic intelligence to determine what the
document's content is, who can access what data, and where it can and
cannot be sent to enforce business policies and compliance.
The result is increased visibility into all information across the business
and greater control and protection of that information. Additionally,
nexTier's language-independent algorithms interpret and correlate the
unique DNA of data to determine and apply security policies in real-time.
Highly resistant to evasion, nexTier's algorithm can determine the origin
of information even if data has been retyped into a brand new document, or
rearranged and reworded in an evasive or subversive manner -- minimizing
internal threats and malicious intent.
"Recent trends clearly show that enterprises are taking serious interest in
implementing technologies that could aid in securing sensitive enterprise
data from being extruded and used with malicious intent," said Frost &
Sullivan Research Analyst, Achyuthanandan Sampath. "nexTier Networks'
unique approach to DLP could comprehensively secure data leaks by
automatically identifying sensitive information and preventing leakage by
applying security policies in real-time. In a short time span, the company
has emerged into a leading innovator in the DLP domain."
Aimed at enabling small businesses to address increased security threats in
the face of budgetary pressures and stringent data compliance regulations,
nexTier's Compliance Enforcer is now available as a 1U or 2U rack-mountable
server appliance. The appliances proactively protect information at the
gateway, departmental level or across the enterprise, delivering a simple,
plug and play approach to DLP. Built from the ground up to significantly
reduce deployment time to less than an hour, Compliance Enforcer cuts
configuration and initial set-up time to minutes and eliminates the
requirement of on-going manual pre-tagging and pre-processing of sensitive
data. This reduces both short and long-term total cost of ownership.
Using nexTier's patented advanced identity and role-based contextual DLP
paradigm, the Compliance Enforcer leverages existing enterprise directories
(LDAP, Active Directory, RADIUS, Human Resources databases) and other
information repositories for fast and consistent policy deployment. An
advanced DLP Policy Synthesis Engine eliminates laborious policy setting
processes further by automatically applying technology to achieve the
highest granularity found in DLP solutions. Once installed, security
personnel may use nexTier's Conceptual-Contextual Policy settings to
monitor and control who can access and send what information to whom and
through what protocol or application.
"Enterprises of all sizes are increasingly being required to meet the
mounting demands of regulatory compliance, putting the SMB at a distinct
disadvantage in terms of cost and personnel," said Tarique Mustafa, CEO and
founder of nexTier Networks. "nexTier's Compliance Enforcer appliances give
small businesses an affordable, easy-to-deploy DLP solution that protects
data in real-time, while identifying threats and performing remediation
activities with recommended actions. nexTier's DLP technology also
addresses the significant limitations of other DLP products by greatly
reducing deployment time and keeping data storage requirements to a
minimum."
Pricing & Availability
nexTier Networks' Compliance Enforcer products are now shipping as
pre-built and pre-configured appliances. Compliance Enforcer is easily
customizable and starts at US $30,000 for 100 users. With its Compliance
Enforcer product, nexTier offers the most affordable DLP with unprecedented
accuracy and real-time analysis, providing best return on investment to
meet compliance and security needs. For more information contact:
info@nextiernetworks.com.
About nexTier Networks
Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley USA, nexTier Networks
introduced the industry's first semantically-aware data leak prevention
technology. nexTier's DLP protects data based on its contextual and
conceptual meaning, using a powerful correlation engine and security
algorithms to identify, classify and protect large volumes of information
in real-time, with unprecedented accuracy. nexTier was named IDG's Network
World "10 IT Security Companies To Watch" List and was awarded Frost &
Sullivan's 2009 North American Network Security Infrastructure Protection
Excellence in Technology of the Year Award, recognizing the company's
achievement in creating innovative technology. The company was founded by
Silicon Valley security veteran Tarique Mustafa and is backed by a team,
board and advisors that include leading authorities from companies like
Symantec, McAfee, VeriSign, Cisco, Juniper, GreenBorder, Sygate and
Securify. For more information, see http://nextiernetworks.com/.