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Is there a way to tie down a file to a computer? Prevent data theft?

Discussion in 'Windows Security' started by RakperBanengen@yahoo.com, Jun 2, 2009.

  1. Hi,

    Is there a way to tie down a file to a computer to prevent data theft?

    The employee of a business could work on a file, save the
    modifications, but it would not be possible for the file to be
    accessed by someone on another computer. It would not be possible to
    copy data and paste it in another document.

    I've found a software, but it's very expensive. It allows modifying an
    Excel file (and other MS Office files) and it's capable of tying it
    down to a computer. It can block copying data to the clipboard. It
    would be nice if copy and paste would be possible within the same
    Excel file (since copy and paste saves a lot of time when editing).
    The software : Office Security OwnerGuard (?
    page=officeownerguard). The free version doesn't allow to decrypt
    files.

    I know there's software to block USB drives and floppies and
    bluetooth... But they don't block emails or web storage... And the
    employee in question would need to be able to get and send emails.

    Any ideas please? Is there a jewel somewhere that would allow to
    prevent data theft?
     
  2. Wayne

    Wayne Guest

  3. Re: Is there a way to tie down a file to a computer? Prevent datatheft?

    On Jun 2, 8:00 pm, "Wayne" <wa...@briz.oz> wrote:<!--coloro:blue--><span style="color:blue <!--/coloro-->
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    > Wayne
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    > <RakperBanen...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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    > news:cbc480ab-e86e-4ff8-be7d-fe786d7c6b04@e20g2000vbc.googlegroups.com...
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    > > Hi,<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
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    > > Is there a way to tie down a file to a computer to prevent data theft?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > The employee of a business could work on a file, save the
    > > modifications, but it would not be possible for the file to be
    > > accessed by someone on another computer. It would not be possible to
    > > copy data and paste it in another document.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > I've found a software, but it's very expensive. It allows modifying an
    > > Excel file (and other MS Office files) and it's capable of  tying it
    > > down to a computer. It can block copying data to the clipboard. It
    > > would be nice if copy and paste would be possible within the same
    > > Excel file (since copy and paste saves a lot of time when editing).
    > > The software : Office Security OwnerGuard (
    ?
    > > page=officeownerguard). The free version doesn't allow to decrypt
    > > files.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > I know there's software to block USB drives and floppies and
    > > bluetooth... But they don't block emails or web storage... And the
    > > employee in question would need to be able to get and send emails.<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
    ><!--coloro:green--><span style="color:green <!--/coloro-->
    > > Any ideas please?  Is there a jewel somewhere that would allow to
    > > prevent data theft?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc--><!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

    Thanks Wayne for the link. It seems to be something big to implement.
    I've also found this interesting video from
    :

    They all look to be great solutions, but all very expensive for a
    small business...

    Is there a all in one software that could be installed on one PC and
    that would do the job? In my case, if it would be possible to just
    lock an Excel document, it would be great. Let's say a really small
    business wants to
    let one employee modify an Excel file. They wish that the information
    stays on that one computer the employee is working on. They also wish
    that
    the employee is :
    -Able to do modifications to the document.
    -Able to copy and paste within the document
    -Not able to copy from the document to another document or email.
    -Not able to copy the document to an external media or the internet.
    Office Security OwnerGuard seemed promising. The only cons I could
    find is that, when copy paste is disabled, it's not possible to copy
    paste within the same document. Plus it costs 1600$ for a small
    business site license.
    I wish there was a cheaper and less complicated solution to this
    dilemma. A solution with an affordable license for one PC only.

    There is also USB Lock Standard from Advanced Systems
    International : Block or allow Removable Drives: USB (Thumb drives,
    IPods, mp3 players..), Smart cards readers (CF, SD, MMC, XD..) Zip,
    floppy drives. Compact discs:CD's, DVD's. Transceivers:Infrared
    (IrDA), USB Bluetooth. It doesn't encrypt files and doesn't prevent
    emailing a file though.
     

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