Blue Ridge/Secure EdgeGuard™
Enterprise Computer Protection, Control, and Audit
EdgeGuard is centrally managed client security software that protects enterprise computers from sophisticated malware infestations and empowers Administrators with visibility and control to lower data loss risks and IT operations costs.
Control Reduces Exposure of PCs, their Data, and their Networks to Compromise |
Audit Reports Based on Digitally Signed Event Logs |
Protect
Stops What Anti-Virus/Spyware Software Miss when PC Users:
- Browse Hacked Websites
- Open Malicious Email Attachments
- Insert Infected USB Drives
- Open Tainted Documents (pdf, xls, doc, etc.)
- Play Spiked Multimedia Files (jpg, avi, etc.)
- Use Software Requiring Security Patches
EdgeGuard Offers the Easiest Protection from Zero-Day (i.e., unknown) Malware for End-users and Policy Makers
Control
Assesses and Enforces PC Policy Compliance On and Off Enterprise
- Plug Removable Media Data Leaks
- Prevent Unauthorized Software Usage
- Quarantine At-Risk PCs with EdgeGuard Agent from Threats
- Quarantine At-Risk PCs with EdgeGuard Agent from Enterprise Network
- Quarantine PCs without EdgeGuard Agent from Enterprise Network (Microsoft NAP required)
- Monitor and Remediate your existing Anti-Virus/Spyware, Personal Firewall Software
- Monitor and Remediate Microsoft Patches
- Reduce Insider Mistakes and Risk Exposure by Locking-Down PC Settings
- Cut Help Desk Costs by Over 50% for Users Running Computers with Admin Rights
- Implement Urgent Configuration Tweaks/Queries in an Hour for PCs Worldwide
- Monitor and Enforce Policies on non-Domain Computers
- Employ Custom Policy Assessment/Enforcement Scripts
- Lock-Down Application Preference Files (e.g., Firefox), even from users with Admin Rights
- Remotely Destroy Data on Lost/Stolen Laptop Computers
EdgeGuard Agent can enforce policies that override an end-user’s admin rights, curbing many of the associated risks!
Audit
Delivers Timely, Global Endpoint Awareness
- Visibility into PCs Located Anywhere
- Report Compliance or Non-Compliance of All PCs Everywhere
- All Protection and Control Logs Are Centrally Archived in a Database
- Scales to 100,000’s of PCs
Each EdgeGuard Agent uniquely digitally signs its event logs to facilitate irrefutable reporting!
EdgeGuard Protection Uses Appguard Technology View White Paper
Added to Any Anti-Virus/Spyware (AV/AS) Boosts Protection to Over 90%
- Any AV/AS Stops ‘Old’ Malware
- EdgeGuard Stops ‘New’ Malware
- EdgeGuard Plus Low-Cost AV/AS More Effective than Expensive Name-Brands
- EdgeGuard Plus Low-Cost AV/AS Yields Over 50% Cost Savings, Better Protection
- Best AntiVirus Software Solution for Virus, Worms, Trojan, USB, and other Malware
Quiet, Lean Protection
- Protects Without User-Questions
- Spares Users from Techno-Babble
- Uses Extremely Little CPU
- Very Small Footprint
- Unusually Non-Invasive to PC Software
- Requires No Signatures, it’s Always Up-to-Date
Simple Deployment and Administration
- Protection Policies Defined in Minutes
- Administrators Need Not be Malware Experts
- More Effective Protection than Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) Products
- HIPS Products Are Vastly Underutilized Due to Their Complexity
- EdgeGuard is Easily Fully Utilized by Administrators with Ordinary Skills
Supported operating systems:
- Windows XP SP2/SP3 32-bit
- Windows Vista SP0/SP1 32-bit
- Windows 7, 32-bit (when production version is released)
Microsoft® NAP Integration with EdgeGuard
Blue Ridge Networks has partnered with Microsoft to provide administrators with a comprehensive set of health checks that assess the security risks corporate and guest PCs pose to an organization’s information assets before they are granted access to the network.
- Rapidly Deploy Out-of-the-Box Health Checks with Auto Remediation
- Keep Off-Enterprise PCs Secure
- Secure PCs from End-users with Admin Rights
- Stop Malware that Legacy AntiVirus Misses
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Blue Ridge Endpoint Security Offerings
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| All Policies Supersede User Admin Rights | |
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| Application Control (system-wide) | |
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| Assess/Remediate Microsoft Patches | |
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| Assess/Remediate PC Configuration Settings | |
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| Lock / Update 3rd Party Software Preference Files | |
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| Self-Quarantine of Non-Compliant PC | |
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| Network Access Protection (NAP): Policy Driven Trigger of Network-based Quarantine | |
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| Location Aware Policies | |
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| Audit, Compliance, and Remediation Event Logs | |
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| Near Real-time Central Management | |
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| Central Management Database | |
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