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Private Equity Firm Terra Firma Selects ControlGuard's Endpoint Security Solution
ControlGuard Expands Financial Services Customer Base as More Firms Move to Protect Sensitive Data
| Source: ControlGuard
BRIDGEWATER, NJ -- (MARKET WIRE) -- October 16, 2006 --ControlGuard, a leading provider of endpoint
security solutions, today announced that Terra Firma, a leading
international private equity firm, has selected its flagship security
product, Endpoint Access Manager™. The firm chose ControlGuard's
solution as a proactive strategy to manage the secure use of removable
media and portable devices and protect against the risk of malware,
information leakage and data theft.
Like most financial institutions, Terra Firma commonly uses removable media
and portable devices, such as thumb drives, CDs, iPods and cell phones.
With data theft scandals on the rise, the company needed a way to mitigate
potential security risks.
Terra Firm chose ControlGuard's Endpoint Access Manager, because it allows
financial services organizations to easily prevent unauthorized use of
removable media and portable devices through policy enforcement and
real-time monitoring capabilities. It enables Terra Firma to centrally
control, monitor and record how data is uploaded and downloaded from
removable media and portable devices to desktop and laptop computers.
Unauthorized transactions are blocked, monitored and communicated in
real-time to the management console. The solution shields networks from
malware copied to endpoints and it secures networks from exposure to the
outside world through wireless modems, WiFi, Bluetooth and other
interfaces.
"The financial community is one of the first to acknowledge the need to
manage the secure use of portable devices and removable media," said Israel
Levy, CEO of ControlGuard. "Terra Firma's proactive approach to endpoint
security will help manage and protect its proprietary information and
provide an extra layer of security to meet compliance mandates."
About ControlGuard
ControlGuard is a leading provider of enterprise-grade security solutions
that protect, manage and secure enterprises from endpoint vulnerabilities
like information leakage and data theft. The company's flagship product,
Endpoint Access Manager, manages the secure use of removable media and
portable devices. ControlGuard works with market leaders in the financial
services, legal, healthcare and government sectors. The company can be
found on the Web at www.controlguard.com and reached by telephone at
908-203-4683.
About Terra Firma
Terra Firma is a leading European private equity firm, created in 2002 as
the independent successor to the Principal Financial Group, a division of
Nomura that was created in 1994. Terra Firma focuses on buyouts of large,
asset-rich and complex businesses in need of operational and/or strategic
change.
Since its inception in 1994, Terra Firma has invested over EUR 7 billion of
equity and has completed transactions with an aggregate transaction value
of over EUR 30 billion. Terra Firma has offices in London and Frankfurt.