Liquid Machines Announces New Role-based Enterprise Rights Management Policies and Compliance Reporting for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Unique Role-based ERM Policies Map Directly to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Permissions, Consolidating and Simplifying Policy Administration for Information Protection Initiatives; Detailed Reporting Enhances Compliance Programs

RSA Conference, Booth #1152, SAN FRANCISCO - April 20, 2009
At the 2009 RSA Conference, Liquid Machines today announced a major upgrade to the Liquid Machines Gateway for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server that delivers support for dynamic, role-based ERM policies with Microsoft Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS). ERM policies map directly to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 permission levels for document libraries, enable advanced enforcement options and application-level auditing, and dynamically synchronize policy updates that occur to files in use outside of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007.

 

The Gateway for SharePoint is tightly integrated with AD RMS and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to persistently protect files opened or downloaded from SharePoint. The Liquid Machines Gateway for SharePoint supports existing business processes and workflows by extending persistent information protection to a broader range of document and file types, and enabling advanced rights-managed workflows.

 

“Our new role-based policy support and advanced auditing makes it easier for our Office SharePoint Server 2007 customers to deploy and administer persistent information protection with AD RMS in support of compliance and governance initiatives,” said Ed Gaudet, senior vice president of corporate development and marketing. “With this release, Liquid Machines continues to raise the bar for enterprise rights management integration with industry-leading enterprise content management systems such as Microsoft SharePoint.”

 

“A long-standing Microsoft partner, Liquid Machines has enabled customers to extend AD RMS information protection to hundreds of file formats and devices within SharePoint environments,” said John “JG” Chirapurath, director in the Identity and Security Business Group at Microsoft. “With the addition of role-based policies and advanced auditing, our joint AD RMS and Liquid Machines customers benefit from increased protection and detailed compliance reporting of regulated information.”

 

“Properly securing an enterprise content management (ECM) system requires an information-centric (not device- or network centric) mindset for protecting content throughout its life cycle,” said Gartner Principal Research Analyst Adam Hils. “As part of an information-centric approach, enterprises should consider enterprise DRM solutions that integrate directly with the ECM so that the information rights management policy may be applied automatically as content is moved to and from an ECM document folder.”

 

Key features and benefits of the Liquid Machines Gateway for SharePoint include:

• Dynamic, role-based ERM Policies map directly to Office SharePoint Server 2007 permission levels for document libraries, enabling advanced enforcement options and application-level auditing. Users benefit from these unique role-based policies through the newly consolidated and simplified administration of policies. Owners of Office SharePoint Server 2007 document libraries can easily protect their file-based assets using ERM policies backed by Microsoft AD RMS. ERM policies are automatically applied to files that are in use or saved outside of Office SharePoint Server 2007, persistently protecting them regardless of where they travel.

 

• Advanced Auditing and Dynamic Policy Updates provide Microsoft AD RMS users with enhanced compliance reporting and controls. With the Gateway for SharePoint, organizations can take advantage of advanced enforcement capabilities such as an extended permission set and detailed user-level auditing. All permissions including print and offline-use can be varied by user or group. Changes to Office SharePoint Server 2007 permissions (i.e. ERM policies) are automatically synchronized, and policies on files in use outside of Office SharePoint Server 2007(i.e. downloaded to disk or checked-out) are dynamically updated and enforced in all respective documents that have been downloaded from protected document libraries.

 

• Enhanced Granularity of Usage Controls allow Office SharePoint Server 2007 document library owners the ability to set print and offline permissions by users or groups. With Liquid Machines, ERM policies are role-based, containing one or more roles (e.g. author, reviewer, approver, executive, auditor, compliance, etc.). Roles define those authorized users or groups that have access to information and their specific set of permissions, or usage rights (e.g. read only, edit, print, expiration, etc.).

 

• More Than 400 Files Types are supported by the Liquid Machines Gateway for SharePoint, which automatically protects files with Microsoft AD RMS. In addition to native applications (e.g. Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat and Reader, Microsoft Visio), Liquid Machines adds AD RMS protection to over 400 file types including text, graphic, word processing, spreadsheets, presentation, database, and email. Examples of supported file types include those from the following applications: Adobe Reader, FrameMaker, Lotus AMI Pro, Corel WordPerfect, StarOffice, WordStar, MacWrite, Paint Shop, Corel Draw, Photoshop, Illustrator, Micrografx, OpenOffice, Visio, Lotus 123, Access, Paradox, Outlook, and Yahoo IM.

 

Availability and Pricing

Liquid Machines Gateway for SharePoint is available now. For pricing and availability, please contact Liquid Machines at +1-781-693-3600 or +1-877-88LIQUID, or visit www.liquidmachines.com/sharepoint .

 

About Liquid Machines

Liquid Machines is the leading provider of enterprise rights management (ERM) solutions that prevent the misuse, modification, loss or theft of intellectual property and sensitive information. By applying access and usage controls to the data itself, electronic information is persistently protected while at rest, in transit and in use—empowering employees to securely collaborate and work with native file formats and applications. A Gold Certified Partner in the Microsoft Partner Program, Liquid Machines enables global companies in the financial services, government, manufacturing, retail and healthcare industries to protect intellectual property regardless of where it goes, generating detailed access and usage reports that demonstrate compliance with privacy and industry regulations. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Liquid Machines is privately held and is backed by Atlas Venture, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Goldman Sachs & Co, Masthead Venture Partners and RRE Ventures. For more information on the company and its vision for The Freedom of Security™,please visit www.liquidmachines.com.

 

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