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READY INFORMATICA TO DISTRIBUTE
WINMAGIC’S MARKET-LEADING
SECUREDOC FULL-DISK ENCRYPTION SOLUTION IN ITALY
SecureDoc Transparently Integrates
With Smart Cards, Tokens, Biometric Devices, And PKI At Pre-Boot To
Encrypt All Data…Even On Easily-Stolen Laptops
Mississauga, Ontario: April 13, 2006
– WinMagic Inc, the innovative leader in full-disk encryption
solutions and a member of the Smart Card Alliance, today announced
that in response to the feedback it has received from its European
partners on the fast-expanding demand for its SecureDoc full-disk
encryption solution, it has selected Ready Informatica, Italy’s
leading distributor of IT software designed to provide users with
highly-secure anytime, anywhere data access from any device over any
connection, as a distribution partner. This latest expansion of
WinMagic’s partner network underscores the company’s commitment to
increase its market share in Europe.
Perfectly suited to Europe’s increasingly-mobile workforce,
WinMagic’s award-winning SecureDoc full-disk encryption solutions
encrypt a user’s entire hard disk at preboot to provide unmatched
protection for confidential and sensitive data on laptops, desktops,
and handheld devices. By providing full-disk encryption at preboot
(after the BIOS (basic input/output system) loads, but before the
computer’s operating system boots up) SecureDoc makes it simple to
protect data without complicating the log-on process – the SecureDoc
log-on screen simply replaces the Windows GINA to make the solution
virtually transparent to the user. Seamless integration at preboot
also makes it simple to combine SecureDoc full-disk encryption with
multi-factor authentication, such as smart card, token, biometric,
and PKI authentication technologies
“As Italy’s leading distributor of IT security software, Ready
Informatica is ideally qualified to increase WinMagic’s market reach
in Europe,” explained Thi Nguyen-Huu, President & CEO,
WinMagic. “Ready Informatica understands it is impossible to
guarantee the security of internal, partner, or customer data
without encrypting the entire hard drive – especially on
easily-stolen mobile devices – and by seamlessly integrating with
increasingly-popular smart card, token, biometric, and PKI
authentication technologies right at pre-boot, SecureDoc makes it
simple for organizations to incorporate full-disk encryption within
a complete security system without adversely affecting laptop
performance or complicating user logon.”
“Ready Informatica prides itself in offering only
the best available technology to its resellers, and SecureDoc is
unquestionably the ideal full-disk encryption solution for Italy’s
dynamic e-business market,” commented Marco Lorefice, TITLE,
Ready Informatica. “With today’s workforce becoming
increasingly mobile, SecureDoc makes it simple for organizations to
protect all data, including data on easily-lost or stolen laptops
and handheld devices.”
Designed for today’s highly-dispersed European
business environment, the SecureDoc Enterprise Server integrates
with Active Directory, LDAP and PKI servers to let administrators
install, encrypt, and configure user machines centrally, and enables
secure, yet flexible creation and distribution of keys and key
files, as well as assignment of access privileges to users.
Administrators can customize password rules for the entire network,
as well as recover lost passwords through a secure one-time
challenge and response online engine. Most importantly, the unique
design of the SecureDoc Enterprise Server Key file management
eliminates all the vulnerabilities associated with the ‘Master
Password’ concept so commonly used by other encryption software.
Recent SecureDoc upgrades include support for larger
drives to enable an unlimited number of partitions to be encrypted
with different keys; a new encryption header, which enables
SecureDoc to encrypt files with more flexibility; and support for
multiple languages. Additionally, SecureDoc now performs an
integrity check at pre-boot – making it simple to control/update all
existing profiles from the SecureDoc Enterprise Server and enabling
an administrator to centrally change user passwords or password rule
settings for all client machines at any time.
Built on the PKCS#11 standards, and featuring the
AES 256-bit encryption algorithm, SecureDoc’s encryption design has
achieved validations for Common Criteria and FIPS 140-1 Level 2,
among others.
About WinMagic
WinMagic Inc., is a Canadian company based in Mississauga, Ontario.
Its SecureDoc line of products ensures protection of sensitive
information stored on desktops, laptops and PDA’s by employing
authentication through passwords to hardware tokens, biometrics, and
PKI commencing right at pre-boot time. WinMagic’s award winning
products fulfill the requirements of even the most security
conscious users by focusing on concrete security features,
nevertheless still offering unparalleled flexibility. For more
information concerning WinMagic’s products or services, please
call 1-888-879-5879 (toll free North America), +1 905 502-7000
(worldwide), or email
info@winmagic.com.
About Ready Informatica
Ready Informatica is Italy’s leading distributor of IT
software and services specifically designed to provide users with
highly-secure anytime, anywhere application and data access from any
device over any connection. For more information, please visit
www.ready.it.
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