Blue Ridge/Secure Managed EdgeGuard™

Managed Security Service: Computer Protection, Control, and Audit

Protect all PCs immediately from zero-day virus, worms, Trojans, and other malware. Progressively gain more visibility and more control over your PCs on and off the enterprise to further reduce risks to their data, the servers they touch, end-user productivity, and your IT budget.

Managed EdgeGuard is a security service that charges a flat monthly rate per computer. Customers install centrally managed EdgeGuard Agent software on each computer. Blue Ridge handles the day to day operations of policy based enterprise endpoint protection, control, and audit.

Protect
Boosts Computer Protection from Average 45% to Over 90%

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
Monitor and Enforce Policies on non-Domain 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
Monthly Compliance / Non-Compliance Reports on All PCs Everywhere
Monthly State of Computers Reports
Reports and data exports provided electronically, monthly

Each EdgeGuard Agent uniquely digitally signs its event logs to facilitate irrefutable reporting!

Managed EdgeGuard

The Customer Experience

Free Pilot Deployment

Conference call explores customers needs and goals
Blue Ridge delivers EdgeGuard Agent with ‘getting started’ policy next day
Customer installs EdgeGuard Agent on multiple machines
Customer evaluates many policy iterations until goals achieved

Initial Deployment

Customer and Blue Ridge define user-groups and ‘getting started’ policies
Blue Ridge delivers EdgeGuard Agent software installation files next day
Customer installs EdgeGuard Agent for one user-group
Later, customer installs one or more additional user-groups
Blue Ridge delivers audit and compliance reports

Life-Cycle

End-user incident occurs, customer’s designated point of contact opens trouble ticket with Blue Ridge (24 x 7 x 365)
Blue Ridge works with customer’s point of contact until trouble ticket closed
Customer reviews reports and requests modifications and/or additions to policies
Blue Ridge implements policy changes
Customer requests additional reports and/or data exports
Blue Ridge delivers new reports or data exports when available
The cycle continues, eventually implementing all endpoint security best practices appropriate for customer, and adapting to changing environments and risks as needed

Managed 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)

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Blue Ridge Endpoint Security Offerings

	AppGuard	AppGuard Enterprise	Managed EdgeGuard	EdgeGuard
Protection Against
Vulnerable Software Applications
Infected USB Devices
Drive-by Download Attacks
Set-Up Protection in Minutes
NEW Master Boot Record (MBR) Attacks (separate install)
Control
User-Space White List Application Control
All Policies Supersede User Admin Rights
Application Control (system-wide)
USB Drive Read/Write Control
Assess/Remediate 3rd Party Security Software AntiVirus Anti-Spyware Personal Firewall Disk Encryption
Assess/Remediate Microsoft Patches
Assess/Remediate PC Configuration Settings
Lock / Update 3rd Party Software Preference Files
Self-Quarantine of Non-Compliant PC
Network Access Protection (NAP): Policy Driven Trigger of Network-based Quarantine
Location Aware Policies
Custom Script (Assess or Modify PC)
Audit
Protection Event Logs
Policy Event Logs
Audit, Compliance, and Remediation Event Logs
Central Management
Centralized Policy Management
Secure, Automated, Remote Agent Policy Updates
Secure, Automated, Remote Agent Software Updates
Centralized Event Database
Managed Security Service

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