Desktop encryption
There are several options available for Desktop based Data Security please see the following sections for a brief description of the products available:
PGP Desktop Email: Automatic email encryption for desktops and laptops
PGP Desktop Email provides enterprises with an automated, transparent set of encryption solutions to consistently secure confidential information in email. With PGP Desktop Email, organizations can protect the business and help meet partner and regulatory mandates for information security and privacy.
Powerful, End-to-End Data SecurityPGP Desktop Notifier PGP Desktop Email delivers all the encryption functionality necessary for protecting an organization’s email communications in a single easy-to-use and easy-to-manage solution. Secure email communications from the sender’s email client to the recipient’s—and all points in between—automatically, using centrally defined, policy-based encryption. PGP Desktop Email supports major email security standards and will interoperate seamlessly with most popular email security software solutions. For recipients without email security, senders can encrypt files using PGP Zip and send the protected information as a standard email attachment.
PGP Encryption Platform–Enabled The PGP Encryption Platform provides a strategic enterprise encryption framework for shared user management, policy, and provisioning automated across multiple, integrated encryption applications. As a PGP Encryption Platform–enabled application, PGP Desktop Email leverages existing PGP Universal Server policies, users, keys, and configurations, expediting deployment and policy enforcement. PGP Desktop Email can be used in combination with other PGP encryption solutions to provide multiple layers of security.
PGP Deskop Professional: Comprehensive encryption for desktops and laptops
PGP Desktop Professional provides a comprehensive set of encryption applications to protect sensitive data in email, instant messages, and on disk or removable media. This data is at risk of compromise: email and instant messages can be intercepted or misdirected, laptops are easily lost, and PCs are often targets for theft. PGP Desktop Professional secures confidential information wherever it exists, protecting the business and helping meet partner and regulatory mandates for information security and privacy.
Disk, Volume, & File Protection PGP Whole Disk Encryption Introduction PGP Desktop Professional includes PGP Whole Disk Encryption to lock down the entire contents of a laptop, desktop, external drive, or USB flash drive, including boot sectors, system, and swap files. Pre-boot authentication is enforced and the always-on encryption is transparent to the user, automatically protecting data. Volume and file encryption provides an added layer of security to protect sensitive data while the system is powered on.
PGP-Protected MessagingPGP Desktop Email Notifier PGP Desktop Professional provides email and instant messaging (IM) encryption between AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) users with PGP Desktop to enable confidential communications. Policy-based enforcement simplifies security, providing transparent operation with no additional user requirements.
Flexible Deployment Options PGP Desktop Professional can be rapidly deployed in standalone mode in smaller companies or to critical users within a larger enterprise. As security requirements evolve, organizations can easily migrate existing users to a centralized, managed architecture without changes to user behavior or credentials and add new encryption functionality to existing deployments, as needed.
PGP Encryption Platform–Enabled The PGP Encryption Platform provides a strategic enterprise encryption framework for shared user management, policy, and provisioning automated across multiple, integrated encryption applications. As a PGP Encryption Platform–enabled application, PGP Desktop Professional leverages PGP Universal Server users, keys, and configurations, expediting deployment and policy enforcement. PGP Desktop Professional can be used in combination with other PGP encryption solutions to provide multiple layers of security.