Munich, 26 May 2021 – DriveLock, a leading global provider of IT and data security solutions, today announced that it has appointed Axel Kettenring as its new CEO and successor to Anton Kreuzer.

Munich, Germany – DriveLock's Device Control and Application Control solutions received Common Criteria certification from the independent Swedish CSEC authority.

The Evaluation Assurance Level 3+ certification, based on a specified set of configurations, attests to the high trustworthiness of DriveLock Agent 2019.2. The certification is recognized by the German Federal Office for Information Technology BSI, as well as government institutions, authorities, and critical infrastructures required to use certified security solutions.

Anton Kreuzer, CEO of DriveLock: "The Common Criteria EAL3+ certification for our DriveLock Agent 2019.2 makes us proud and proves the high security standards we set for our products and their development. The certification confirms that we meet the requirements of public authorities and critical infrastructures, and sets us apart in international competition."

DriveLock maintains the high standards across its products when developing further versions. This is proven by DriveLock's continuous development of DiskEncrypt which is approved by BSI for VS-NFD/NATO RESTRICTED workstations.

The evaluation
The DriveLock Agent 2019.2 software ( Device Control and Application Control), Service Pack 1 and the associated documentation were examined for use on workstation PCs with Windows 10 operating system. Their main functions are:

• Blocking unwanted devices, preventing unwanted data import/export and possible system compromise by malicious devices.
• Blocking the execution of unwanted applications, preventing system degradation and other undesirable effects that could be caused by these applications.
• Auditing events triggering the above-mentioned security functions.
  
  atsec information security AB in Sweden performed the evaluation in accordance with the requirements of Common Criteria, version 3.1 release 5. atsec information security AB is a licensed evaluation facility for Common Criteria under the Swedish Common Criteria Evaluation and Certification Scheme and accredited by the Swedish Accreditation Body to ISO/IEC 17025 for Common Criteria.

Please find here: certificate and report.

IT and data security specialist achieves top results in user survey.

 

Updated features include early threat detection, application control, the DriveLock Operations Center and more

Munich, Germany.  February 19th 2021 – DriveLock, a leading global provider of IT and data security solutions, announced its new Release 2020.2 with multiple additions and enhancements to its Zero Trust platform. In this way, DriveLock is offering comprehensive protection against today’s cyber-security challenges. The company has also implemented a variety of requests and enhancements suggested by customers in order to make the new version even more user-friendly.

Prevention Solutions ISG Provider Lens™ lauds zero-trust approach, solution features and lack of backdoor in a country with extremely demanding data security regulations

Updates in vulnerability scanner, self-service portal for users, pre-boot authentication and much more

Munich, Germany. 01.07.2020 – DriveLock today unveiled its new Release 2020.1 that offers a wide range of enhancements and extensions. The new features include the DriveLock vulnerability scanner; network-enabled DriveLock pre-boot authentication with direct login via Active Directory; the self-service portal for users, such as for password resets; and the full management of Microsoft Defender Antivirus within DriveLock. Additional protection functions and automatic configuration options increase IT security while reducing the administrative workload, as the system automatically learns application behaviour. Further enhancements include significantly better usability with new views, reports and management functions in the DriveLock Operations Center.

“It was important to us to make the everyday use of DriveLock even simpler and more intuitive to help users complete their tasks quickly and easily,” says Anton Kreuzer, CEO of DriveLock. “That’s why we’ve implemented multiple customer requests in Release 2020.1 and implemented detailed enhancements that further boost IT security and the usability of the DriveLock Zero Trust Platform.”

The leading German Endpoint Protection provider expands in ANZ with a new Channel Sales Manager

DriveLock Wins in Next Gen Data Leakage Protection category at 8^th Annual InfoSec Awards at #RSAC 2020

SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) FEBRUARY 25, 2020 – DriveLock, a leading global provider of IT and data security solutions, announced today that Cyber Defense Magazine (CDM), the industry’s leading electronic information security magazine, named it as an InfoSec 2020 award winner in the category of next-generation data leakage protection. The InfoSec awards were presented on 24 February in a ceremony at the RSA Conference 2020 in San Francisco.

Updates to application control, usability, DriveLock Operations Center, Microsoft BitLocker, EDR and much more

DriveLock, a leading global provider of IT and data security solutions, today announced its new Release 2019.2 with a wide range of extensions and enhancements. The new additions include optimized malware defense functions, a new DriveLock Pre-Boot Authentication (PBA) for BitLocker, and BitLocker To Go for the mandatory encryption of external USB storage media.

 

The German IT security specialist supports the paradigm shift in IT security with its fully integrated Zero Trust Platform

Munich, Germany. 28 October 2019 – DriveLock, a leading global provider of IT and data security solutions, protects over 3000 companies around the world from cyberthreats with its Zero Trust Platform. The company has now announced, its new release version 2019.2 (release date fall 2019) will be aligned with the Zero Trust security approach known as “never trust, always verify”.

GITEX is one of the largest regional IT Exhibitions and conferences in the MENA and South Asia region that takes place annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates at the Dubai World Trade Centre, showcasing the latest trends and product innovations from across the world.

Singapore, August 2019 - DriveLock, as an active member of the cybersecurity community and an endpoint protection provider, exhibited at the RSA Conference APJ 2019 on the 16th -18th July. DriveLock actively engaged partners and customers during the event and developed greater relations and understanding of the cybersecurity challenges the region is facing. 

Updates concern: Security, ease of use, DriveLock Operations Center, Microsoft BitLocker and more

German cyber security leader strengthens Endpoint Protection products through advancement of its Zero Trust platform

Singapore, July 15, 2019 - DriveLock, a leading global provider of endpoint protection solution, has been advancing its growth in Asia with three key strategies. DriveLock implements a holistic approach against increasingly sophisticated cyber-security threats by introducing a comprehensive Zero Trust platform. This approach will be driven by the new Asia Regional Sales Leader and will be introduced to the market in the RSA Conference APJ 2019. 

German security expert acquires smart card specialists from Munich

CSD will manage the distribution of DriveLock security software to North America

Munich, Germany & Monument, Colo., June 28, 2018 – DriveLock SE, a leading Endpoint Protection Platform software vendor, today announces its exclusive distributorship deal with CyberSoftwareDistributors (CSD). As part of the deal, CSD will provide distribution of DriveLock’s endpoint security software in the North American market.

left to right: Andreas Fuchs (Product Director IIot & AI, DriveLock), Ranga Yogeshwar (Mentor TOP100), Martin Mangold (Director Cloud Operations, DriveLock) | Picture Credit: KD Busch, compamedia 

 

Überlingen - For the 25th time, the TOP 100 Competition is honoring Germany’s most innovative medium-sized companies. This year, one of these innovation leaders is DriveLock SE, the specialist for IT and data security. This was the result of the analysis conducted by the scientific director of TOP 100, Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Franke. As a mentor of the TOP 100, Ranga Yogeshwar is honoring the company from Munich together with Prof. Franke and compamedia on June 29, 2018 at the award ceremony in Ludwigsburg in the context of the 5th “Deutschen Mittelstand” Summit. DriveLock already made the leap into this innovative elite for the third time. During the independent selection process, the company with 50 employees was particularly convincing through its climate of innovation.

First joint event with the new distributor is the Romsym Data Day 2017

Munich, Germany. 20 July 2017 – DriveLock SE has announced two new product releases, both of which are available immediately to customers.