DEVICELOCK MITIGATES DATA LEAKAGE VIA IPHONE AND BLACKBERRY LOCAL SYNCS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) November 4, 2009 -- DeviceLock®, version 6.4.1 software delivers highly granular, interface-independent control over local data synchronizations between iPhone® and iPod® touch mobile devices and corporate endpoint computers like employee desktops and laptops.

DeviceLock 6.4.1 also adds phase-one BlackBerry® device type support including device presence detection, access control and logging. With iPhone and BlackBerry support, DeviceLock delivers an unprecedented level of completeness and quality of local synchronization control between DeviceLock-protected computers and most popular business-level smartphones including Windows Mobile®, Palm®, iPhone, and BlackBerry platforms.

“There are many legitimate reasons for an employee to connect a smartphone to their office PC and run a local synchronization for data transfer,” said Ashot Oganesyan, DeviceLock CTO and Founder. “However, anyone with an illegitimate purpose in mind, like data theft, knows that such transfers completely bypass the corporate network and cannot be controlled by any network-based security solutions.”

Featuring a patent-pending local synchronization filtering technology, DeviceLock gives security administrators the ability to centrally control which types of data specified users or their groups are allowed to synchronize between corporate computers and locally connected mobile devices including Windows Mobile, Palm, iPhone, and iPod. In addition, BlackBerry® smartphones are supported including device presence detection, access control and event logging.

For Windows ActiveSync®, Windows Mobile Device Center, HotSync® and iTunes® protocols, DeviceLock can recognize and filter numerous data object types, thus empowering administrators to selectively allow or block synchronization of files, emails, email attachments and accounts, contacts, tasks, notes, calendar items, bookmarks, and various media types. For Windows Mobile devices, permissions can also be defined for remote installation and execution of applications.

Time or schedule-based policies, as well as data flow direction control can also be enforced for local synchronizations to allow corporate security policies to be more flexible, precise and dynamic. DeviceLock detects the presence of any supported mobile device regardless of its connection interface. Smartphones that connect through a USB interface can be identified and white-listed with fine granularity, up to a unique device.

For organizations of any size and industry, DeviceLock software proactively protects endpoint computers against local data leaks and malware infiltration resulting from insider negligence, accidental mistakes or malicious actions. It enables IT security personnel to precisely control, log, shadow-copy and audit end-user access to all types of local ports and peripheral devices, including personal mobile devices, as well as local and network printers.

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