Matthew Sarrel

LABS GALLERY: FaceTime USG 530 Brings Social Web Use Under Control by Matt Sarrel FaceTime USG 530 The FaceTime USG 530 is a 1U unified security gateway that monitors, logs, and blocks Wb use, social networking and IM. FaceTime Dashboard The USG dashboard is highly customizable. I could add reports and then drag and drop […]

Businesses of all sizes have embraced new communication tools as they have become available. The telephone, fax, mobile phone, e-mail, instant messaging, social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and Web 2.0 applications like wikis, blogs and intranet portals push business forward more efficiently than a series of runners carrying papyrus. We’ve got […]

There is no denying that virtualization is a hot topic in enterprise IT, but when it comes to adoption rates, not all types of virtualization are created equal. While it would be difficult to think of an enterprise that hasn’t embraced, or at least piloted, server virtualization, the same cannot be said for desktop virtualization. […]

Speedy BlockMaster SafeStick SuperSonic USB Devices Encrypt Data on the Move Speedy BlockMaster SafeStick SuperSonic USB Devices Encrypt Data on the MoveBy Matt Sarrel BlockMaster Intact The BlockMaster SpeedStick SuperSonic rugged USB key is available in 8GB and 4GB models. It is more than rugged enough for the average business user, but it is not […]

IronKey USB Drives Keep Data Safe and Sound No Title Setting up the SaaS based management features iseasily accomplished via a 10 step configuration wizard. From thisscreen, functionality, such as IronKey Identity Manager, can beenabled or disabled with a check box. No Title After the setup wizard guided me throughcreating an Enterprise management account and […]

BlockMaster, headquartered in Lund, Sweden, has been making rugged and encrypted USB removable storage for more than five years, and its take on the market is slightly different from that of Lexar and IronKey, whose devices we’ve recently reviewed. Weighing in at a svelte 9 grams, the SafeStick SuperSonic is much smaller and lighter than […]

IronKey has built its Enterprise D200 and S200 USB flash drives to withstand just about anything thrown at it. And I made it my goal to find out how much of a beating it could actually take. The USB flash drives are rugged, waterproof to MIL-STD-810F specifications and meet Security Level 3 of FIPS 140-2. […]

A lot of attention these days is being devoted to going green: Save the planet, buy a hybrid, recycle, put lights on timers, don’t waste paper and so on. All of these things will help the environment, but let’s come right out and say it: Going green makes sense when a business saves capital and […]

eEye Digital Security raises the standard in enterprise endpoint protection with a management console that could almost be called next generation. The chic new GUI, called Retina CS, allows the top-notch Blink client agent to be managed quickly and easily in large enterprise environments. Blink has a large installed base, and I’ve been impressed with […]

LABS GALLERY: eEye Digital Security Retina CS Provides Top-Notch Management for Blink LABS GALLERY: eEye Digital Security Retina CS Provides Top-Notch Management for BlinkBy Matthew D. Sarrel Granular Settings Retina CS offers extremely granular settings to control read, read/write or no access to various management components. Deploying Policy I copied the Default policy with a […]