Secure your Lap top
Published May 2, 2008 at 2:55 pm · Filed under Comms / IT
ScanSafe add-on secures remote laptops
Businesses may be able to protect office PCs and networks from web-based threats, but what happens when employees leave the office? How can you protect the growing number of employees who access the internet from hotels, airports, remote offices or the home?
ScanSafe’s Anywhere+ provides an answer. The web security service for roaming employees provides real-time scanning and policy control of all users surfing the web regardless of their location, without affecting performance or increasing the administrative burden.
“Users who surf unprotected while ‘on the road’ often return with
malware-infected laptops that can expose the corporate network to data
theft,” explained Dan Nadir, ScanSafe vice president of product strategy. “Unfortunately, existing desktop and corporate-deployed solutions fall short of offering full protection. For example, there’s a prevailing misconception that a VPN always protects roaming users from Web threats. However, research shows that the majority of the time users do not use the VPN when surfing outside the office, opting instead to connect directly to the Internet.”
In a ScanSafe survey, 65% of respondents reported instances of
roaming workers tampering with or disabling security features on their
laptop when working remotely. Forty per cent reported they had been hit by
a security threat as a result of a roaming worker’s use of their laptop in
the last 12 months.
Unlike traditional remote security approaches, Anywhere+ is delivered as a
service. All inbound and outbound Web traffic is transparently redirected
to the nearest scanning datacentre in ScanSafe’s global network, where it is scanned, filtered and encrypted in real-time.
As a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution, Anywhere+ is activated through a lightweight driver. It doesn’t require a 50 MB download or constant updates; won’t rob the user of scarce resources including memory and CPU; can be can be managed centrally through a web portal; and is tamper-resistant.
Anywhere+ costs from £1 per user, per month.
www.scansafe.com/anywhereplus
