Industry and Analyst Reports

Trends in Outbound Content Control
Every day organizations create more content, using more types of tools, and share or store that content in more ways than ever before. Content flows in and out of an organization in the form of millions of emails, instant messages, file transfers, and other Internet transactions. Proactively controlling outbound content mitigates the risk of disclosure and ensures that only appropriate information is sent out in the appropriate way.

Information Security Breaches Survey 2006
Identity and access management
Firms with online businesses increasingly have to manage user IDs for their customers as well as for their staff. The growing threat of identity theft and fraud requires businesses to adopt stronger identity and access management techniques.

Burton Group Report: Controlling Information with Network Content Filtering
Burton Group provides an in-depth report on Content Control or 'network content filtering' solutions. In response to customer information leaks, regulatory pressures, proprietary corporate information breaches, and other problems with controlling sensitive data, enterprises are expressing increased interest in filtering content at the network layer. The product space is clearly differentiating itself by providing inspection of multiple Internet Protocol (IP) protocols on the network (not just mail or web traffic), using sophisticated techniques for profiling data, and automating the process of discovering sensitive information in repositories across the network.

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IDC Product Flash:
This IDC Flash examines the Entrust IdentityGuard strong authentication solution; outlines how it has been optimized for remote access applications; and describes how this benefits organizations by securely identifying employees, customers, and partners in today's ever-expanding enterprise environments.

Industry Perspective: What To Look For In Consumer Strong Authentication Solutions
Online fraud and identity theft are growing plagues to eCommerce and are eroding consumers? trust in the Internet. In response, some organizations – especially financial institutions – are evaluating strong authentication solutions to protect customers? accounts and curb account hijacking. The key criteria when evaluating such solutions are ease of use, portability, cost, security, manageability, and cross-channel utility. No one solution will dominate adoption, as organizations will pick different options for different reasons. But Entrust IdentityGuard scores strongly across all criteria and emerges as an especially attractive option.

UK Department of Trade and Industry
2004 Information Security Breaches Survey - Technical Report
The 2004 DTI Information Security Breaches Survey is the most authoritative survey about this issue in the UK. It is part of the Department of Trade and Industry’s work with UK industry to understand the impact of information security breaches. It aims to raise awareness among UK companies and public sector organizations of the value of effective information security management. The survey was conducted between October 2003 and January 2004 and is based on 1,000 telephone interviews with organisations of all sizes across all areas of the UK, plus a series of face to face interviews. A consortium led by PriceWaterhouseCoopers managed the survey, with Entrust acting as one of the lead sponsors. An executive summary is also available.

Aberdeen Group
Aberdeen Group Spotlight on Entrust
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"Entrust's coverage is one of the more comprehensive in the industry. The multifunction support provided by Entrust should reduce cost compared with having to acquire and de-ploy multiple products from several different suppliers…Entrust is expanding its offering by partnering with Waveset Technologies. The partner-ship &emdash; focused on identity, management, and electronic transaction solutions &emdash; is a win-win for buyers."

The Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) of Entrust TruePass and Token-Based Authentication
Giga employed its Total Economic Impact (TEI) methodology to compare two types of strong authentication solutions: one two-factor authentication using token-based technology and one from Entrust Inc. using its Entrust TruePass product. Three scenarios were considered, examining the potential impact of each tehcnology on different security environments and vertical industries.