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BridgeHead inks new with 3ami
20/01/05
BridgeHead Software has announced an OEM agreement with security
specialist 3ami, which will see BridgeHead's storage management
expertise incorporated into a radical 3ami application that monitors
and records every action performed at any PC in any organization.
BridgeHead's storage management technology is crucial in providing
auditable, legally-admissible evidence of wrong-doing or other
unapproved activity.
3ami's Monitoring, Audit & Security (MAS) application logs every
keystroke and action, in any application, including all email clients,
enabling management to identify and prove all instances of illegal,
unapproved or time-wasting activities that can occur, including:
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theft of data files, including by emailing to a third party, by
copying, printing or deleting, by saving to CD, disk, USB memory stick
or flash card
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theft by copying applications for personal use
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upload or download of confidential files, applications, adult content
or even illegal images
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use of racist, libelous, sexist, discriminatory, bullying or abusive
language
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installation or use of unapproved software
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time-wasting such as game-playing, unproductive use of email, use of
chat rooms, use of instant messaging applications
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access to inappropriate web-sites, such as file-sharing services
Using password or other identification/authentication techniques such
as fingerprint log-on, the culprit can also be identified. However,
MAS generates huge volumes of data. This needs not only to be stored
but, to be truly useful, easily searchable so relevant information can
be retrieved. Crucially, however, BridgeHead's technology prevents
anyone from tampering with the stored activity record - ensuring that
the evidence it contains is legally admissible if required.
While such applications typically provoke cries of "Big Brother!", the
facts support its use. In 2003, NOP research for the National Hi-Tech
Crime Unit (NHTCU) suggested that more than 80% of medium and large
companies experienced hi-tech crime in 2003, and that acts of sabotage
(at 53%) and data theft (56%) were most often committed from within an
organization. Also, more than a third of incidences of financial
fraud were either wholly, or partially, perpetrated by employees.
3ami's MAS, together with the standard of proof afforded by
BridgeHead's storage technology, at least gives organizations a means
to respond.
Tony Cotterill, CEO at BridgeHead Software, said: "By focusing on
forthcoming compliance and regulatory legislation, at BridgeHead we've
effectively developed the technology needed to provide 'proof'. 3ami
has thought about where else, apart from compliance, that 'proof' is
useful, and has artfully applied the concept to another area that
weighs heavily on the minds of both IT and senior managers: how can I
know for sure what my staff members are doing at their computers?"
Tim
Ellsmore, Managing Director of 3ami, said: "Firewalls and virus
protection will only get a company so far - about halfway there,
according to the research. What we have here is a way to take another
big step towards good IT security.”
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2005
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