InfoWatch Person Monitor

Main article: DLP - Data Loss/Leak Prevention - Technologies of privileged information loss prevention

InfoWatch Person Monitor is the system of continuous monitoring of workflows and reserves of increase in productivity of business.

The product is developed for heads of divisions and top management of the companies. InfoWatch Person Monitor helps to find reserves of optimization of workflows and expenses. The web console of a product allows to trace a situation in the company in real time and to timely make decisions on inefficient employees.

2020: InfoWatch Person Monitor 8.57 with a possibility of interception of messages in messaging applications

On November 24, 2020 InfoWatch Group soobzshchit about an exit of upgraded version of the InfoWatch Person Monitor 8.57 system for monitoring of actions of personnel. This version is expanded opportunities for interception of messages in messaging applications, including voice calls and the sent files and also the improved reporting tools.

Sharing of InfoWatch Person Monitor with the InfoWatch Traffic Monitor DLP system is a complex measure for full data protection, monitoring of efficiency and identification of risks in actions of each employee.

In InfoWatch Person Monitor 8.57 a number of additional opportunities and completions of the existing functions is implemented. In particular, a system is complemented with a sensing technology of persons based on artificial intelligence. Thanks to biometric authorization of employees via the webcam, under control the presence facts are in a workplace and uses of the computer by other user that reduces risks of unauthorized use of data assets.

In addition to function of interception of messages in messengers Lync Skype Viber Telegram, Bitriks24 and the sent files WhatsApp, implemented in the previous versions, now a system performs support Slack Webex Teams, Myteam and Zoom.

Also for the purpose of control of illegitimate actions and suppression of attempts of plunder of confidential information in this version the fact of shooting of the screen of the computer on the mobile device is detected. That allows a system to meet the existing business needs.

For lawful use of opportunities of the solution consulting support for the purpose of preparation of local regulations is provided in InfoWatch Group: audit of work of the organizations is for this purpose booked and necessary internal documents prepare. In order to avoid violations of the civil rights, employees should have complete and authentic data on working conditions and know about performance monitoring of work in the company and information security tools for prevention of risks of leaks and wrongful acts of employees.

The data on actions of employees in workplaces collected by InfoWatch Person Monitor allow services cybersecurity and personnel security to receive the broadest picture about the events which are taking place both in the organization and beyond its limits. Including to exercise control of employees on an udalenka, external contractors, auditors, etc. It becomes possible thanks to data the rule of the data obtained from different sources. When the corporate perimeter is most indistinct, it is extremely important to have the reliable tool which will allow to save efficiency of personnel and, as a result, all business. Upgraded version of a system gives an opportunity for heads to save the due level of control over activity of employees and their employment within work of the organizations, - the manager on development of the products InfoWatch Alexander Korobko says.

InfoWatch Person Monitor is intended for continuous monitoring of work of personnel in corporate environment, including, remote workstations - for the purpose of identification of violations in information security field and unauthorized use of data. Information on actions of employees gathers, processed and displayed on the system web console that allows the security officer to assess in real time a situation in the company and to receive notifications on incidents. Visit of the social networks or viewing entertaining content in working time, sending to the third parties and a receipt of letters containing confidential information, abuse of access to corporate resources, incorrect customer interaction and colleagues and other types of negligent attitude to job responsibilities can belong to violations. Data on actions of employees are stored in base and, in case of the incidents which entailed reputation, financial damage or testimonial of decrease in efficiency of personnel are available when conducting investigations. Intuitive graphic reports visualize collected information and allow to recover the sequence of actions of each employee and to reveal the nature of its activity. All data obtained and consolidated by a system make the broadest and transparent picture revealing wrongful acts of personnel practically in any medium-sized and large, geographically distributed company.

2018

InfoWatch Person Monitor 7

On May 29, 2018 the InfoWatch group (G) announces release of the version of the solution for monitoring of activity of staff of the organizations — InfoWatch Person Monitor 7. The software package allows to obtain continuously information on work of personnel on corporate computers and mobile devices, and is directed to identification of unsafe actions of employees and unauthorized use of data assets and also collecting of evidential base at investigation of incidents of the information security (IS) in the organizations.

The architecture of a product is based on work of client applications which collect information on activity of users at workstations and mobile devices based on Android and transfer her to the central server. Data from the server, for example, information on visit of entertaining resources, social networks, sending letters, etc., are displayed on the InfoWatch Person Monitor web console in real time for continuous monitoring of a situation in the company. A system sends to the administrator of the notification on incidents by the SMS, e-mail and in the messenger. The product also provides tools for job analysis on remote PCs.

"Irrational actions, waste of time, low motivation and insufficient experience of employees cause direct loss to the company and can find reflection, for example, in sabotage, leaks of corporate information, abuse of access to corporate resources or incorrect communication with clients. Understanding of these actions of employees allows to reveal personnel and cybersecurity risks and to define possible points of an increase in labor productivity. InfoWatch Person Monitor can be useful to heads, security service specialists and HR specialists". Alexander Korobko, manager on development of products of InfoWatch Group

Reports of InfoWatch Person Monitor 7 allow to visualize actions of the user constantly: use of applications and web resources, work with documents, sending or removal of files and other. Such detailing is directed to fast detection of suspicious activity of personnel, processing of incidents of cybersecurity and decrease in false positive operations during the work of security systems, for example, of solutions for protection against leaks.

In a product Android client for monitoring of working activity on mobile devices of personnel is completely processed. The application fixes visits of the websites, calls and the SMS, activity of the user to working hours. Other key tool was function of "a black box" which saves on user workstation backup copies of screenshots and audio recordings from loudspeakers and the microphone in encrypted form, and provides to them access to the administrator on demand. In the solution the feature for fixing of voice and text data in the desktop version of Skype and monitoring of messages in WebSkype is added, the geolocation function which allows to define exact location of corporate notebooks, tablets and smartphones is implemented.

Report generation about loading of the graphic processor of the video card of the workstation for detection of the hidden mining on resources of the company became function of a product.

Information obtained through Person Monitor is available on any entrusted device irrespective of operating system: computer, notebook, tablet or phone. The product uses the client-server architecture and supports databases MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server. Implementation of InfoWatch Person Monitor 7 does not require change of structure of a local network.

Features, solvable tasks and architecture of InfoWatch Person Monitor

(data are relevant for April, 2018)

Specific Features

• Fast installation and setup
• Continued support of IT specialists is not required
• Monitoring in real time from any place in the world
• Various reports
• Expense optimization of the company

Tasks

For heads:

• Analysis of working activity of personnel
• Adaptation and personnel development, increase in discipline of work
• Identification of inefficient employees and need of attraction of additional resources
• Expense optimization of the company
• Assessment of personnel risks
• Early detection and prevention of damage of profit and reputation of the company

For IT And cybersecurity departments:

• Identification of the facts of irrational use of IT resources
• Economy on purchases of the software and the equipment
• Detection of atypical behavior of personnel and leakages of confidential data
• Protection of data assets of the company
• Fast investigation of incidents
• Full control over information flows of the company

Architecture

InfoWatch Person Monitor is used by the client -server architecture and supports databases MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server.

Client applications collect information on activity of employees at workstations and mobile devices based on Android and transfer her to the analytical server.

The web console in real time obtains the processed data from the server and outputs them in an evident type for monitoring of a situation in the company. Security officers and system administrators can receive notifications on incidents by the SMS and e-mail.

Scheme of work InfoWatch Person Monitor

For decrease in load of the server the mode of the postponed monitoring can be used. In this case data of monitoring remain locally on devices of the employee and are not transferred to the server for the analysis at the expense of what network traffic is reduced.