Tuesday, 14 May 2013

How to protect your data – The best data protection services


One of the major concerns for most of the companies is the data security. But in today’s world there are number of quality service providers who ensure the complete protection of their clients’ data. These service providers encrypt the data files of their clients by using their own technology where the data file is locked along with the option of data security control option. This makes the data file highly secured as those files locked in such fashion can only be viewed or opened with the help of a hardware key or software key. This also helps the owner of the data file to assign the controlled right to their clients.
What kind of data files can be protected?
These service providers offer total data protection on different types of data files. These dataprotection services help the customers to protect their intellectual properties from being used illegally. These applications protect all types of data files even the software. The following files can be protected by using these services:
  • Any types of audio or video files, such as mp3, avi, wav, wmv etc
  • Animation files
  • All types of documents such as, xls, doc, ppt, pdf etc
  • These can protect image files also
  • Different help contents
  • They can even protect htm or html based internet pages
How long the security for the files will stay
The data files once made secured will remain secured forever. No unauthorized person will be able to access these files. These files can be accessed only on the basis of the security control right which has been assigned by its owner or controller. The protected data files can only be accessed or viewed by using the assigned hardware or software key.
The places where the data security will be valid
The data security remains valid forever irrespective of the current location of the concerned data file. The data files can be made secured almost everywhere and anywhere. The data file which has been sent as an attachment will remain secured even after the mail along with the attachment is sent. The files which are stored on a portable storage device can also be protected. The files on the file transfer protocol can also be protected. The efficiency of these services is mostly felt on the files that had been shared on the networks. The services offer security to such a level that even a system administrator on a network system cannot open an encrypted or protected data file.
Support and required system configuration
There are different types of support packages offered in these data protection services. But all the customers get the online support and support through mails easily. These services can be used in any kind of systems. The following are the basic requirements:
  • Processor needs to be more than or equal to 133 MHz
  • It is recommended to use minimum RAM of 64 MB
  • Minimum hard disc requirement is 2 GB but free space should be available there for at least 650 MB
  • This can be used in all types of windows environment Windows 2003, 7, Vista, XP etc