CipherTrust IronNet - Multi-Protocol Policy, Compliance and Security

Preventing information from leaking outside of the company is becoming a top priority for organizations today. The age of electronic media and communications means that accidental, and sometimes intentional, distribution of confidential data is a mere keystroke away. In the past, e-mail has been the primary concern for data leakage; however with the growth of other business communications tools such as instant messaging, peer-to-peer, FTP and web mail, companies today have their hands full trying to maintain compliance with corporate and governmental regulations.

To combat the threats posed by outbound traffic, CipherTrust developed IronNet™. The CipherTrust IronNet appliance monitors all outbound internet traffic. Outbound traffic is reviewed for compliance violations and subject to enforcement of corporate policies regarding compliance violations.

Key Features:

Installation of the CipherTrust IronNet appliance is plug-and-play, requiring no significant changes to the network or user environment. Among highlighted features, CipherTrust IronNet:

• Unifies policy enforcement. IronNet offers a simple, easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI) for administrators to set and enforce defined corporate policies, and apply those policies across all messaging protocols company wide. When used with CipherTrust Central™, administrators can combine policies for all inbound and outbound messaging traffic, and access comprehensive reports illustrating usage, violations and trends.
• Prevents unauthorized protocol use. IronNet analyzes HTTP- and FTP-based activity including WebMail services such as MSN Hotmail™, Yahoo!® Mail and Google GMail™, message board and blog postings, peer-to-peer and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services such as Skype™, and FTP transmissions to prevent unauthorized protocol use before the infraction occurs.
• Blocks, quarantines and alerts. IronNet analyzes all outbound messaging traffic in real time, monitoring for confidential information, private customer or employee data such as private healthcare, financial, identity or other sensitive information, and enforces active responses such as blocking, quarantining or alerting administrators, compliance officers or other policy enforcement officers.
• Encrypts traffic. IronNet provides integrated, policy-driven encryption with support for multiple technologies—including gateway-to-gateway (SSL/TLS, SMIME, OpenPGP) and gateway-to-user (push, pull)—to automatically encrypt data without requiring end-user involvement.
• Archives. IronNet monitors and logs all outbound messaging traffic. Via its easy-to-use interface, administrators can set archiving policies and search for old content.
• Provides messaging traffic intelligence. IronNet administrators and company compliance officers can gain a complete understanding of compliance violations and enforcement actions taken through a complete set of easy-to-use and understand reports.