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Minimize data leaks by limiting data access to only authorized users, accommodate data access needs of today’s more mobile workforce, and ensure compliance with data protection and privacy laws and regulations.Customer goals: Minimize data leaks by limiting data access to only authorized users, accommodate data access needs of today’s more mobile workforce, and ensure compliance with data protection and privacy laws and regulations.
Project brief: With data theft on the rise and hackers using socially engineered tricks to gain access to corporate networks, there is a greater urgency to secure and guard access to customer and corporate data. At the same time, organizations find they must meet a growing list of industry, state, and Federal data privacy and protection laws and regulations.
Microsoft integrated solution: Policy-based access control, secure connectivity, robust authentication techniques, and data encryption solutions from Microsoft can be leveraged to help protect systems and data, while making the process of access control easier for the user and the IT staff. These solutions are essential in the fight against today’s cyber-threats. Furthermore, the capabilities afforded by these solutions can be leveraged to help organizations comply with data protection and privacy rules and regulations.
In particular, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 provides directory services, identity and access solutions, and security and policy enforcement technology to help create and manage classes of user privileges, authenticate users, and allow only authorized users to access data. Additionally, built-in BitLocker encryption technology protects data on server drives, and DirectAccess allows Windows 7 users to seamlessly and securely connect to their corporate network any time they have Internet access.
Microsoft Forefront complements and extends the many security and compliance features of Windows Server 2008 R2. Specifically, Microsoft Forefront delivers comprehensive, end-to-end solutions to help protect data assets wherever they reside and enable secure access virtually anywhere. With Microsoft Forefront, you can be assured of secure communications, secure data, and tightly controlled access.
Result: Policy-based security and access control to protect data and meet compliance regulations.
Additional Resources/Testimonials
Finding your solution/Making the business case:
Case Study: Florida Gives Teachers Secure Online Access to Terabytes of Student Data
Learn how the Florida Department of Education used Windows Server 2008’s Active Directory Federation Services to provide easy, secure access to student data. CLICK HERE
Case Study: Microsoft IT Strengthens Security with Data Loss Prevention Solution
Read how Microsoft IT Security uses Windows Server 2008’s Active Directory Rights Management Services to automatically apply targeted and persistent protection according to industry best practices for improved regulatory compliance. CLICK HERE
Day-to-day operations:
Blog: Transparent Corporate Network Access via DirectAccess
This blog discusses the benefits of using Windows Server 2008’s DirectAccess to provide transparent user access to corporate networks. CLICK HERE
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Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2008 enables IT professionals to increase the reliability and flexibility of their server infrastructures. Security and user privileges management features help organizations protect systems and associated data from cyber-attacks and data access by unauthorized users. New virtualization tools, Web resources, management enhancements, and seamless Windows 7 integration help save time, reduce costs, and provide a platform for a dynamic and efficiently managed data center.
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Microsoft Forefront
Forefront security products deliver data protection, network access, and management solutions, built around user identity and are integrated with a highly secure, interoperable platform. Security is more friendly for the end-user, and more tightly integrated and easy to manage for IT administrators.