Their options are effectively limited to:

• Ignore the risk and allow the services to run unchecked;
• Eliminate the risk by completely locking down the environment; or
• Manage the risk by implementing a security solution that allows the services to run while maintaining the appropriate level of protection.

A balanced implementation can prevent the costly exposure to the ever-increasing threats of data leakage and information theft. SkyRecon’s TradeShield endpoint security solution helps organizations get the most out of their Bloomberg trading platform services without negating their information security policies.

“A number of highly visible and respected financial institutions have adopted SkyRecon’s TradeShield financial platform security solution,” says Ravy Truchot, CEO, SkyRecon Systems. “With their centrally-managed implementation of TradeShield on their Windows laptops, desktops, and servers, each of the institutions have successfully achieved high levels of functionality with the financial services platform while keeping their enterprise secure and their sensitive data protected in line with the IT security policies.”

 

A complement to the widely-deployed traditional anti-virus and firewall solutions – such as Microsoft Forefront – TradeShield is the only available solution designed to protect environments using the Bloomberg services. Organizations have come to recognize the value of a unified, multi-layered endpoint protection solution such as SkyRecon’s TradeShield as it provides the necessary layers of integrated protection required to protect the business from attack, data theft, and the unauthorized use of systems, removable devices, applications, and information. Utilizing TradeShield’s multiple protection layers, organizations can:

 

Prevent Data Leakage: TradeShield provides complete protection against unauthorized use of non-compliant mail systems, instant messaging tools, and other communication-oriented applications – all of which could be used to send critical business data via covert channels.

Prevent Data Theft: TradeShield protects against data theft by restricting access to financial files traditionally associated with Bloomberg Professional so that the Bloomberg system is the only application capable of performing operations on these files, hence protecting them against careless or malicious use.

Prevent Successful Attacks: Using its integrated intrusion prevention and system/application protection capabilities, TradeShield safeguards the servers, desktops and laptops against potential network loopholes (such as unprotected ports) created by the deployment of financial collaboration platforms such as Bloomberg Professional.

 

A recent finalist of the SC Magazine Reader Trust Award, SkyRecon’s solutions deliver proven and valuable tools that help organizations manage their business in support of their internal and regulatory policies. TradeShield supports laptops, desktops, and servers running the Windows operating system. A natural complement to Microsoft Forefront, TradeShield rounds out the protection for networked environments that utilize SQL Server and/or leverage Microsoft NAP. The centralized policy management provided by the SkyRecon Console is provided via integration with Windows .NET technology.

 

As a Microsoft Gold Certified partner and an active member of the Microsoft-led SecureIT Alliance, SkyRecon is dedicated to delivering endpoint security solutions that meet the financial market’s current and future needs for protecting their financial business processes and sensitive information through the most comprehensive system and data protection solution available.

 

With headquarters in Paris, France and San Jose, California, SkyRecon® Systems provides Windows-based endpoint security solutions to financial businesses and institutions across the globe. For more information, visit http://www.SkyRecon.com.