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White Paper written by IDC (Eric Domage).
"ERM, AN ANSWER TO NEW SECURITY NEEDS
The first security solutions proposed fill structural holes or weaknesses in computing. Perimeter tools (firewall, anti virus, IDS & IPS) defend companies against attacks and external threats, while communications security tools (VPN) secure links outside the company.
New corporate behaviours associated with new transparency, traceability and information integrity requirements give new meaning to the circulation of information within the company.
Rather than a standard exchange, file and data communication inside the company becomes a transaction where:
- the sender and recipient are known, referenced and authenticated,
- content is locked, protected and verified,
- the exchange is recorded and protected by central tools.
These three obligations call on different technical responses which have long been kept separate in business usages.
- Identity and access management solutions (IAM) manage senders and recipients.
- Data encryption solutions protect confidentiality and integrity as messages circulate.
- Centralized administration solutions distribute certificates and encoding keys.
By unifying these responses within one and the same solution, the new needs expressed by businesses can be addressed.
IDC believes that this unified solution comes naturally under the umbrella of "Enterprise Rights Management" or ERM."
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