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With the addition of ‘Sophos SafeGuard Disk Encryption for Mac’ to the SafeGuard family – which includes SafeGuard Enterprise and SafeGuard Easy – customers now have the ability to easily protect and enforce data protection on a single MacBook or a mix of tens of thousands of Macs and Windows PCs and laptops – enabling broader security coverage and better compliance with regulations.

Sophos SafeGuard Full-Disk Encryption for Mac features include:

– Sector-based encryption of disk volumes, including the Mac OS boot volume and data volumes, and strong, standardised AES 256-bit encryption algorithm, and optimised encryption/decryption algorithms for high performance.

– Sophos’s power-on user authentication (POA) which ensures that only authorised users are allowed access to encrypted data and multi-user POA provides security for shared Macs. Encrypted data cannot be accessed even if hard drives are removed from Macs.

– Authorised administrators can quickly view the status via the Mac-friendly graphical interface and authorised access can be automated via a simple scripting command for larger organisations.

– Advanced one-time credentials and alternate boot options allow authorised users who have lost or forgotten passwords to securely access the system and renew those passwords. Administrators can also create a recovery POA on a USB or CD to securely boot and access encrypted data on Macs in emergencies.

Sophos Endpoint Security and Data Protection customers can add Sophos SafeGuard Disk Encryption for Mac without additional licensing or cost.

A free trial of Sophos SafeGuard Disk Encryption for Mac is available for download at the Sophos website: http://www.sophos.com/products/enterprise/encryption/disk-encryption-for-mac/