Utimaco Adds Support for Windows Vista(TM) BitLocker(TM) into SafeGuard Enterprise

Utimaco Adds Support for Windows Vista(TM) BitLocker(TM) into SafeGuard Enterprise

February 08, 2007

    OBERURSEL, Germany, Feb. 8 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Utimaco -- The Data Security Company adds support for
Windows Vista BitLocker Drive Encryption with Utimaco's
security suite SafeGuard Enterprise [US-Version: at the RSA
Conference in San Francisco] [EU-Version: at CeBIT Fair in
Hanover, Germany]. Windows BitLocker is a full volume
encryption data-protection feature available in Windows
Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions. With SafeGuard
Enterprise this new feature can be used in combination with
other encryption methods while easily managed across
heterogeneous platforms.  

    Within the framework of the SecureIT Alliance,
Microsoft invited Utimaco and other security partners to
work with the Windows Vista product team to advance the
capabilities of Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption by
offering centralized policy based management using
SafeGuard Enterprise for a variety of encryption techniques
across heterogeneous IT environments.  Utimaco SafeGuard
Enterprise on Windows Vista supports encryption of non boot
media, such as additional hard disk partitions and various
types of removable media. The encryption functionality of
SafeGuard Enterprise eases administrative management by
supporting Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy to
help enforce an enterprise wide data protection policy,
including key management, key recovery requirements, and
emergency procedures. 

    "Microsoft has a strong relationship with Utimaco,
and we are excited about their next-generation introduction
of SafeGuard," said Gerry Albert, Director of SecureIT
Alliance for Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft worked closely
with Utimaco's development team to help optimize support
for innovative encryption technologies in Windows Vista and
other products within our portfolio -- advancing
state-of-the-art data protection to better guard mutual
customers' valuable information assets."  

    "Our longstanding strong relationship with
Microsoft is a major component to achieving our goal as The
Data Security Company to help protect valuable customer
data," explained Malte Pollmann, Vice President of
Utimaco. "By including support for Windows BitLocker,
we demonstrate how expanded technical cooperation increases
value to new and existing customers of SafeGuard
Enterprise.

    For more information, please contact:

    SecureIT Alliance: www.secureitalliance.org 

    Utimaco Safeware AG -					
    The Data Security Company.
    http://www.utimaco.com					
    Rieke Boenisch						
    Email: [e-mail]


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