Data Loss PreventionDozens of major enterprises and government agencies have lost confidential information and customer private data through accidents and theft. As The Wall Street Journal warned its readers: "The biggest threats to information security often don't come from hackers. They come from a company's own employees." ["The Dangers Within", February 13, 2006, page R1]. Examples of corporate leakage of sensitive information range from stolen laptops to inadvertent email attachments and theft on portable USB drives. Managing the Insider Threat involves more than company policies. It requires an integrated security software suite able to prevent the unauthorized disclosure of confidential company information and private personal data by employees, contractors, and others with access to the company's IT network. Over 400 leading enterprises and government agencies trust CWAT to protect their organizations from the Insider Threat. CWAT provides a much welcomed addition to compliance monitoring and enforcement for Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, FISMA and Gramm-Leach-Bliley. CWAT (Cyber-crime Warning Alert Termination) detects & stops in real time the unauthorized transfer of digital assets, to protect intellectual property and non-public private information. CWAT comprises three integrated elements:
KEY FEATURES The CWAT software is unobtrusive, requires limited network bandwidth, and does not affect the daily work habits of business staff. It has robust policy-management capabilities which are time efficient for security administrators to manage in a central dashboard. Endpoint Monitoring and ControlThe CWAT host agent safeguards data on individual PCs, both desktops and laptops. The host agent, termed the Operation Defense Controller (OPDC), provides multi-layered security at the file, application and OS levels. The OPDC provides the following functions:
Protective FeaturesCWAT is a multidimensional security system that monitors and controls both networks and terminals for unauthorized moving of critical data or digital assets.
Network Access Control CWAT provides Network Access Control security through a Segment Defense Controller (SDC) or an Unknown terminal Defense Controller (UDC). The SDC or UDC locks down the endpoints of the network to prevent unregistered PCs from gaining network access, with protection against wired Ethernet and WiFi wireless access. Furthermore, the SDC/UDC prevents unauthorized access from handheld data devices such as Smartphones or PDAs. The SDC/UDC fulfills the following functions:
Dashboard The dashboard provides powerful policy-setting and reporting capabilities. The OM Standard Edition provides policy setting for up to 100 agents. The OM Enterprise Edition scales from a single Host to 10,000 or more. The software administrator can define groups of users - such as executive management, accounting, legal, operations, etc. - and apply standardized policies appropriate to each group. In the event of a policy breach, the security administrator receives not only an alert/audit log but also a screen shot of the user activity, to provide a quick and authoritative understanding of the activity that generated the CWAT alert. The OM Dashboard enables the following:
CWAT enables administrators to grant one-time temporary exceptions. For example, a user that has a business trip and needs to access critical files on a Sunday prior to a flight the following morning can be granted one-time access without disabling the standard policy. COMPONENTS CWAT consists of four parts, OM - Organization Monitor, SDC - Segment Defense Controller, OPDC - Operation Defense Controller, and UDC - Unknown terminal Defense Controller. Combining these features allows for more precise monitoring.
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