Negligence is a major factor in 80% of the cases

Dubai, UAE - 16 June 2010 DeviceLock, Inc., a worldwide leader in endpoint data leak prevention software solutions, urges businesses in the Middle East to look closely at the dangers and costs of data loss on their bottom line. Certain industry sectors across the region have already started to seriously consider and take action when it comes to adopting endpoint security solutions and these include; finance, governmental organizations, the oil & gas industry, contracting, retail and manufacturing.

"Businesses need to comply with their corporate IT security policies, state regulations, and industry standards in the field of information security as this is one of the most effective ways to ensure their valuable corporate data is protected and their business and legal risks related to data security are properly managed," said Alexei Lesnykh, Business Development Manager, DeviceLock.

Companies need to protect their sensitive, confidential data from being uncontrollably leaked from corporate endpoint computers including desktops, laptops, and servers. The data may leak as a result of removable memory devices (like USB sticks or flash-memory cards) get lost or stolen. Sensitive data could get out of the company's control when users print documents to locally attached rogue printers, as well as when they connect personal smartphones or PDAs to the company's network and synchronize data over these connections. To protect themselves against data breaches at corporate computers, businesses need to seriously look into implementing an effective endpoint Data Leak Prevention (DLP) solution across the corporate IT environment.

"It is estimated that in the Middle East, besides impact on brand value, the revenue of the organisation is affected between 20 and 25% due to negligence and in 80% of the cases because of lack of data loss prevention polices," said Khazi Mohamed Akram, General Manager of RAS Infotech, DeviceLock's distributor for MENA & Indian subcontinent.

Another endpoint leakage channel is the misuse of mobile applications (like email and IM) caused by end user's negligence, accidental mistakes, simple curiosity, or deliberate actions. In addition, malware may infect endpoint computers when unidentified data are downloaded from removable memory-enabled devices like USB sticks.

"Over the last 3 years, we experienced an increase in demand for DeviceLock's data loss protection solutions - 40% growth rate year on year in the ME region," continued Khazi Mohamed Akram. "The demand had been mainly from government and financial sectors as they became increasingly aware of the need to have such systems in place to protect their valuable data." Devicelock has more than 400 Clients in the ME region - banking and finance, Government, Oil & Gas, Hospitality sectors and large corporations.

RAS Infotech represents Devicelock as its distributor for MENA and Indian subcontinent, whereby Devicelock DLP solutions are sold through more than 100 established resellers across the region. RAS Infotech also provides a comprehensive post-sales technical support service to DeviceLock customers and pre-sales support to regional resellers through their Helpdesk that handles different types of support calls.

DeviceLock solutions give administrators the ability to control which types of data are allowed to be synchronized between corporate computers and locally connected iPads, iPhones and iPods as well as USB devices. Besides, DeviceLock solutions increase employee's discipline with regard to the use of corporate data on endpoint computers and their transfers through input/output ports and peripherals. This is achieved by granting to users permissions to access only those data operations on peripheral devices and communications channels that correspond to user's business duties, while denying access to those operations that are outside of the scope of their jobs and roles in the organization. As a result, users won't be able to take action they are not supposed to take with corporate data. In addition, they will know that all their data leak-risky actions will be recorded for further compliance auditing and may be used as evidence should any security incident happen in relation with these actions.

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About DeviceLock, Inc.
Since its inception in 1996 as SmartLine, DeviceLock, Inc. has been providing endpoint device control software solutions to businesses of all sizes and industries. Protecting more than 4 million computers in over 60,000 organizations worldwide, DeviceLock has a vast range of corporate customers including financial institutions, state and federal government agencies, classified military networks, healthcare providers, telecommunications companies, and educational institutions. DeviceLock, Inc. is an international organization with offices in San Ramon (California, US), London (UK), Ratingen (Germany), Moscow (Russia) and Milan (Italy). 

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