Venafi Client Encryption Manager :: Managed Windows EFS

In 2006, several organizations had laptops containing regulated data stolen. In today's political climate where nearly half of US States have enacted breach notification legislation, what was once a couple thousand dollar fixed asset loss, today has a catastrophic impact on an organization.

As a result, many organizations are looking for ways to ensure their data is safe. One of the most common projects in medium-to-large IT organizations is a Client Data Protection or Client Encryption project. The two most common approaches to encrypting data on client devices are encrypting the file system using the functionality built into Microsoft Windows, (called Encrypting File System or EFS), and using a full-disk encryption solution.

As Venafi has discussed this issue with world-leading companies, many share the view that Microsoft Windows EFS does not sufficiently meet their requirements for Client Data Protection. After additional research, Venafi discovered that nearly every reason companies cite as reasons not to deploy EFS could be solved with the right set of management capabilities and tools.

Venafi Managed Windows® EFS delivers the Systems Management for Encryption capabilities necessary to turn on EFS while maintaining best-in-class standards for protecting critical data. And because you're enabling technology you've already paid for, your out-of-pocket cost to meet this important business need is much lower.

Venafi can show you how you can meet these and other requirements in your Client Data Protection in a way that leverages the money you have already spent to license the encryption technology built into Windows.