Online and Digital Identification, Securing Web 2.0, PKI and Digital Certificates

Software watches the watchers

Monday, June 8, 2009

It’s a harsh reality, but in this economic environment there are layoffs and companies need to make sure employees that are let go can’t access networks and files after they walk out the door.

Agoura Hills, Calif.-based Symark is a company supplying software that enables IT administrators to see who accesses what files, giving them the ability to shut individuals out of systems with just a couple of clicks, says John Mutch, CEO at Symark.

The software also makes sure privileged users, or the watchers who grant access to the end user, don’t do anything they’re not supposed to do and if need be shuts them out of systems as well. “The security around the watchers is very granular and that’s where we specialize,” Mutch says.

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