UHY Advisors Selects GuardianEdge

UHY Advisors, Inc. has selected GuardianEdge, in endpoint data protection, to secure information on all laptops and portable media devices.

The tax and business advisory firm will deploy GuardianEdge Hard Disk Encryption and GuardianEdge Device Control throughout the organization. The deployment will ensure that sensitive client and business information on lost or stolen computers and removable media devices is no longer at risk of being discovered.

"As a professional services firm, our clients expect that any data they entrust to us will be held confidential. In some states encryption is even required by law," said John Neall, chief information officer at UHY Advisors. "We selected GuardianEdge because of their platform’s integration with Microsoft Active Directory. GuardianEdge solutions will allow us to easily recover forgotten passwords or assign a password manually to an external drive so that it can be decrypted by client computers. A centrally managed console will be invaluable for our organization, providing a smooth deployment and optimal performance."

UHY Advisors and its wholly owned subsidiary entities have more than 1,200 professionals providing services from 19 offices across the United States. The company has traditionally provided tax, risk management, forensic and litigation support consulting services to middle-market clients. UHY Advisors’ services lines include technology assurance and advisory services, which address comprehensive information technology-related enterprise risk, such as security vulnerability assessments.

UHY Advisors evaluated several products in the data protection space before selecting GuardianEdge. The firm’s selection criteria included Active Directory integration, central management and the ability to secure flash drives. They also emphasized password recovery options – important in an organization with a widely dispersed workforce. The use of GuardianEdge solutions helps to eliminate IT staff visits to individual offices to help employees who forget their identification and password. At consultancy organizations like UHY Advisors, the billable time of each employee is extremely valuable, and IT solutions must provide an ease of deployment and ongoing use that does not impact productivity.