Wave Systems Sign Agreement With Lenovo

Wave
Systems
Corp.
has signed a worldwide distribution agreement with
Lenovo, to offer Wave’s security solutions on a resale
basis and through its channel partners.

"Wave is honored to
continue and expand its relationship with Lenovo, one of the
pre-eminent PC manufacturers in the world." said Steven
Sprague, CEO of Wave Systems. "While Lenovo has long been one
of our supporting OEMs – for years procuring Wave software through
our distribution partners – this agreement gives Lenovo direct
access to the Wave portfolio."

The increased on trusted computing
is driving the security industry toward hardware-based security
technologies that offer improved access control, encryption, and
detection of malware. In particular, solid state Self-Encrypting
Drives (SEDs) and Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
security chips deliver security for end-users and protection for
their data. With this solutions, Lenovo customers are empowered to
secure endpoint data, protect data-in-motion and ensure that only
trusted devices gain access to the enterprise network.

"Gaining direct access to
Wave’s endpoint security solutions means Lenovo customers now have a
one-stop-shop to purchase PCs bundled with Wave’s robust security and
management solutions" said Wes Williams, director of
Ecosystems and Monetization Marketing Operations, Lenovo."This agreement greatly
simplifies the buying process for our customers who use Wave
solutions to activate and manage SEDs, along with TPMs for persistent
and unique identity, as well as the early detection of Advanced
Persistent Threats."

Wave is paving the way and
currently manages more SEDs than any other independent software
vendor in the world. The extended portfolio, which
now includes Safend’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
suite, empowers organizations to:

• Defend Data. Protecting
  data-in-motion, securing endpoint data or managing disk encryption
  across an enterprise, Wave’s portfolio gives enterprises the upper
  hand. Wave’s EMBASSY Remote Administration Server (ERAS) is a single
  console for managing SEDs,
  which are similar to standard HDD, except that with SEDs, encryption
  is embedded into the core processor chip. This makes them impervious
  to software attacks, while outperforming software encryption
  solutions. It enables drive initialization, user management, drive
  locking, user recovery and crypto erase for all Opal-based,
  proprietary and solid-state SEDs. Wave also provides the automated
  management of Microsoft native encryption on Win7 platforms; software
  encryption with Safend Encryptor and removable media encryption for
  encrypting data-in-motion on removable storage devices.

• Deter Unauthorized Users,
  Devices and Malware. With the lion’s share of corporate data residing
  on network endpoints, Safend Protector and Inspector can prevent data
  leakage through physical ports, wireless interfaces or removable
  media; restrict devices by type, model or serial number; inspect,
  classify and block data leakage via email and control the transfer of
  files.

• Detect Emerging Threats.
  Ensure that only trusted devices are given access to networks and
  services with ERAS by activating and managing the TPM security chips on your PCs. Endpoint
  Monitor can spot Advanced Persistent Threats by detecting
  unauthorized changes to the pre-boot environment as systems power on.

"Preventing data breaches
is priority number one for today’s enterprise organizations"
said Justin Sykes, GM of client SSDs at Micron Technology, Inc. "We’re
pleased to see Wave partner with a key customer of ours to bring
greater accessibility to flash-based SEDs, which offer the single
best combination of security and performance. With Wave, Lenovo
customers can deploy and manage an enterprise-wide installation of
Micron’s C400 SEDs in a fraction of the time it would take to deploy
software encryption."