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Discover, protect, and manage confidential data throughout your business with a comprehensive solution integrated with the computing platform and applications

Information Protection

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Information Protection Video

Information Protection Video

The benefits of deploying Microsoft technologies for Information Protection can be best viewed through three core principles:

  • Help Protect Virtually Everywhere and Access Virtually Anywhere

    • Automatically discover, classify and protect data wherever it resides.

    • Preserve the confidentiality and integrity of critical data wherever it goes.

    • Help secure endpoints to reduce risk of information loss through BitLocker technology in Windows 7.

  • Integrate and Extend Security Across the Enterprise

    • Maximize existing investments with information protection technology built into the platform.

    • Help securely extend confidential communication and collaboration to business partners.

  • Simplify the Security Experience and Manage Compliance

    • Simplify security with automatic discovery and classification of data.

    • Enable compliance through persistent, embedded usage policies.

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Use the resources below to learn more about the Information Protection solution.

Case Studies

Dow Corning
Dow Corning

Dow Corning Uses Enterprise Rights Management to Help Protect Intellectual Property

Windrush Frozen Foods Ltd
Windrush Frozen Foods Ltd

Food Distributor Deploys Enterprise Rights Management to Help Protect Sensitive Data

Try It

Intelligent Application Gateway 2007


Expires July 13, 2010.

Forefront Unified Access Gateway

Trial Software

Windows Server 2008 R2

Active Directory Rights Management Services


Free for 180 days.

 

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