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Discover, protect, and manage confidential data throughout your business with a comprehensive solution integrated with the computing platform and applications
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.
Use the resources below to learn more about the Information Protection solution.
Webcasts
Microsoft Information Protection Solution
TechNet Webcast, Level 200Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:00 PM Pacific Time
Case Studies
Dow Corning Uses Enterprise Rights Management to Help Protect Intellectual Property
Food Distributor Deploys Enterprise Rights Management to Help Protect Sensitive Data
Expires July 13, 2010.
System Requirements
Trial Software
Active Directory Rights Management Services
Free for 180 days.
Evaluate the Current Product
Windows Identity Foundation
Windows Identity Foundation helps .NET developers build claims-aware applications that externalize user authentication from the application, improving developer productivity, enhancing application security, and enabling interoperability.
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Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 and Windows CardSpace 2.0
Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services 2.0 helps IT professionals efficiently deploy and manage new applications by reducing custom implementation work, helping establish a consistent security model, and facilitating seamless collaboration between organizations with automated federation tools. Windows CardSpace 2.0 helps users navigate access decisions and helps developers build customer authentication experiences for users.
Management
Protection & Access
Protection
Identity Based Access
Platform Technologies