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McAfee Encrypted USB (formerly SafeBoot for USB)
McAfee System Protection
Protect data stored on removable USB devices
USB drives are small, portable, and provide incredible amounts of storage space. They’re a dream for users—but a security nightmare for IT staff. McAfee Encrypted USB offers data protection in the form of powerful encryption technology combined with strong access controls, so that only authorized users can read the information stored on USB drives.
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Benefits and Features
Benefits:
- Mitigate your risk of a data loss disaster
Use McAfee Encrypted USB storage devices to help avoid brand damage, customer distrust, noncompliance penalties, competitive disadvantage, and financial losses - Protect data with powerful encryption
Protect data stored on McAfee Encrypted USB storage devices with automated, transparent encryption that requires no end-user interaction or training - Control data access with strong authentication
Use built-in user access control to restrict and authorize who can read data stored on McAfee Encrypted USB storage devices - Streamline device management
Use centralized management to deploy, track, and manage McAfee Encrypted USB storage devices on a company-wide scale, saving time, effort, and money - Achieve compliance goals
Implement and enforce company-wide security polices that ensure data stored on devices is protected if they are lost or stolen; use extensive auditing capabilities to prove the device was encrypted at the time that it was lost
Features:
- Standard secure USB flash storage
Protect sensitive information on McAfee Encrypted USB storage devices wherever it travels with built-in strong user access controls and data encryption that uses the AES-256 encryption algorithm; multiple users per device are supported - Driverless zero footprint technology
Gain maximum flexibility with encrypted USB storage devices that feature no client footprint; no software installation or administrator's rights are needed - Two-factor authentication
Require employees to use a password and a second form of identification, such as a fingerprint, to access their data on encrypted USB storage devices; a maximum number of authentication retries may be set to counter brute-force attacks - Secure token services
Keep identities secure while enabling McAfee Encrypted USB storage devices to provide corporate and personal credential validation and protection - Centralized management
Use centralized management to centrally implement and enforce company-wide security polices that ensure data stored on devices is protected if they are lost or stolen - Extensive auditing capabilities
Demonstrate compliance with industry and government regulations; prove that the device was encrypted at the time of a loss with extensive auditing capabilities
Description:
Small size and low costs combined with immense storage capacity make USB drives wonderfully useful, yet incredibly dangerous. Because they’re small, these devices are easy to lose or use for corporate espionage. Their huge storage capability increases the potential amount of data at risk.
In a McAfee-sponsored survey, 55 percent of respondents claimed that they regularly brought documents out of the workplace on a USB drive. Of those, 17 percent admitted they accidentally left their USB drive in a public place.
McAfee Encrypted USB protects data from leaving your company’s control through USB drives. McAfee Encrypted USB storage devices feature powerful encryption technology and strong access controls to ensure that information copied and stored on them is safe and can only be read by authorized persons.
Data is automatically encrypted “on the fly” with virtually no impact on performance. Because the encryption happens transparently to users, there is no interaction or training necessary.
Each Encrypted USB storage device is capable of supporting multiple end users. Users maintain their own secure, password-protected partitions. When users enter their passwords, it unlocks the device and grants users access to their data.
Administrators can also create an optional “public area” in which to store information that doesn’t need to be encrypted.
Centralized management enables you to centrally define and enforce securities policies to ensure data stored on devices remains protected in case they are lost or stolen. It also allows you to deploy and manage any number of Encrypted USB storage devices and users. In addition, you can leverage your existing Microsoft Active Directory implementation to match users and Encrypted USB devices.
Finally, Encrypted USB helps you meet your compliance goals with extensive auditing capabilities. For example, prove that a McAfee USB device was encrypted at the time it was lost.
System Requirements:
Note: System requirements vary depending on the devices chosen by your organization.
Standard secure USB flash storage
Operating systems
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows 2000
Hardware details
- Available sizes: 512 MB to 4 GB
Zero-footprint USB storage
Operating systems
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows 2000
Hardware details
- Sticks: Range from 512 MB to more than 8 GB
- Hard disks: Range from 80 GB to more than 100 GB
Centralized management
Operating systems
- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Windows XP
Server
- Microsoft SQL Server 2000 SP4 or higher
Browser
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher with Microsoft Windows 2003 Active Directory or higher
