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

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?

 

Wayne

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> 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? <!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->

 

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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> > Is there a way to tie down a file to a computer to prevent data theft?<!--colorc--><!--/colorc-->
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> > 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-->
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> > 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.