Industry statistics consistently show that the most significant security threat to the organization comes from within. With over 60% of confidential data residing on the endpoints , over 70% of security breaches originating from within , and data losses accounting for some $50 billion in damage to US companies last year alone  – both malicious and accidental internal threats must be dealt with head-on.

Enterprises today are making internal security – and especially internal access to network resources - their highest priority, even above gateway solutions like antivirus and firewalls. Today's greatest enterprise security challenge is - how to provide access to key information without exposing it to risk? How to trust internal users – but retain enough control over their actions to verify their reliability?

The Goal - Endpoint Connectivity without Fear

In a world of never-ending connectivity, the struggle for data security has moved from the gateway to the endpoint. Enterprise endpoints are swamped with new connectivity options - PDAs, USB drives, CD/DVD-RW and iPods, as well as more advanced technologies based on WiFi, Bluetooth, and IrDA - all can connect seamlessly and instantaneously to the organizational network. The result – increased productivity, with a corresponding increase in the danger of information leakage and data theft.