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Securing Sensitive IP in Manufacturing VDI Environments

To address the urgent challenge of IP exfiltration in VDI, this manufacturing company implemented a solution to secure sensitive design files by managing print and screen actions.

Securing Sensitive IP in Manufacturing VDI Environments

Challenges

A manufacturing company relies heavily on its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to provide employees with remote access to design files, manufacturing processes, and other sensitive intellectual property (IP). This distributed access creates a significant security risk, as employees could potentially leak sensitive data through unauthorized printing or screen captures. The company needs to maintain strict control over its IP to prevent competitive disadvantage and ensure regulatory compliance, while also enabling employee productivity within the VDI environment. Traditional VDI security often lacks granular control over actions like printing and screen capture, leaving vulnerabilities.

Solutions

The manufacturing company implemented a data-centric security layer within its VDI environment by deploying Fasoo’s endpoint protection solutions, providing granular control over sensitive data and actively preventing unauthorized data exfiltration through both printing and screen captures. This was achieved by enforcing strict policies defining access, print, and view permissions for sensitive information, controlling output by applying watermarks and security markings to documents and screens, blocking unauthorized actions such as screen captures, recordings, and printing to unapproved devices, and providing comprehensive audits that log all printing and screen activity for tracking and compliance. This integrated approach secures sensitive IP by managing its handling and viewing within the VDI, effectively mitigating data leakage risks. Fasoo Smart Print and Fasoo Smart Screen work together to create a comprehensive data-centric security layer within the VDI, ensuring sensitive IP protection regardless of employee access location.

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Benefits

  • Enhanced IP Protection: Significantly reduces the risk of data leakage through unauthorized printing and screen captures, safeguarding valuable intellectual property.
  • Improved Regulatory Compliance: Helps the company meet industry regulations by demonstrating robust data protection measures.
  • Increased Security Awareness: Promotes a culture of security awareness among employees by reinforcing the importance of data protection.
  • Granular Control: Provides administrators with granular control over printing and screen capture activities, allowing them to tailor security policies to specific needs.
  • Auditable Activity: Detailed logging and auditing capabilities provide a clear record of all printing and screen capture activities, enabling forensic analysis and compliance reporting.
  • Minimized Insider Threat: significantly reduces the risk of data exfiltration from malicious or negligent insiders.
  • Maintained Productivity: Allows employees to work efficiently within the VDI environment while ensuring that security measures do not hinder their productivity.

 

Fasoo Smart Print enforces secure printing policies within the VDI environment. It allows administrators to:

  • Control who can print specific documents.
  • Apply watermarks and other security markings to printed output.
  • Log and audit all printing activity.
  • Block printing of sensitive data.

 

Fasoo Smart Screen prevents unauthorized screen captures and recordings within the VDI sessions. It enables:

  • Blocking screen capture tools and built-in operating system screen capture functions.
  • Applying dynamic watermarks to the displayed screen, making captured images less useful.
  • Logging all attempted screen captures.
  • Detecting and preventing screen recording.

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