Reconnex is introducing Reconnex 5.0 of its iGuard 3600 appliance,

which can detect risk to corporate information at each stage of

exposure: before exposure occurs, while it happens, and even after

exposure has already taken place.

Defending against threats at each stage of risk exposure is

challenging. An information protection system must be able to

secure sensitive data at rest, before a threat becomes real; protect

it during transmission, when the risk of abuse or misuse is highest;

and help IT identify and address unforeseen threats after they

occur.

The protection of intellectual property (IP) is emerging as a market

requirement; simply protecting private or confidential data is no

longer sufficient.

While protecting fixed-format data such as Social Security and

credit card numbers is straightforward, intellectual property (IP)

such as source code, which is complex and does not have a fixed

format, cannot be protected by simple techniques.

The value of protected information can be enormous; IP such as

source code, legal documents, or drug formulations can be worth

millions of dollars.