DeviceLock

DeviceLock (CJSC Smart Line Ink.) is the developer and manufacturer of Endpoint class software DLP designed to prevent information leaks by controlling access to I/O ports and external devices of computers running operating systems. Microsoft Windows

The Smart Line Ink products, primarily the DeviceLock product, provide reliable protection for more than 4 million computers installed worldwide in the information systems of 60 thousand organizations from the credit and financial, energy, telecommunications, defense and public sectors, as well as health and education. The headquarters and development unit of the Smart Line Ink are located in Moscow. The company has foreign sales offices in the USA, Great Britain, Germany and Italy.

History

2020: Acronis bought DeviceLock

Acronis, an IT company founded by immigrants from the USSR, July 15, 2020 informed TAdviser about the acquisition of DeviceLock, a domestic manufacturer of full-fledged DLP systems and a developer of software tools to control access to peripheral devices and protect against data leaks from corporate computers. The transaction amount is not disclosed. As part of the agreement, DeviceLock will become a subsidiary of Acronis.

Acronis bought a Russian manufacturer of data leakage protection systems DeviceLock

DeviceLock products for July 2020 protect more than 4 million computers installed around the world in information systems of 5 thousand organizations - creditnofinancial production, defense and, of the public sector and retail. health care formations

DeviceLock DLP is designed to prevent data breaches directly on user computers, since two thirds of data breaches involve insiders, including employees, contractors, and customers, whether unintentional errors or malicious actions. DeviceLock DLP protects valuable enterprise information using a complete set of context controls for data transactions, as well as content filtering technologies.

Acronis embeds DeviceLock technologies into the Acronis Cyber Platform, providing services through the Acronis Cyber Cloud Solutions portal. At the same time, work will continue on the following versions of the DeviceLock DLP complex while maintaining full technical support.

By integrating the full-featured DeviceLock DLP complex, Acronis will offer customers and partners a way to protect against data leaks from enterprise computers running Windows and MacOS, as well as virtualized Windows environments and applications, implementing SAPAS's integrated five-vector cyber protection methodology - security, availability, privacy, authenticity, and protection of data, applications, and systems.

By adding DeviceLock solutions to our portfolio of cyber protection products and services, we provide our partners and customers with a way to achieve a high level of functionality among endpoint DLP solutions. The strategy of accelerating the development of the "repertoire" of our solutions is based on complementing our own developments with the acquisition of technological innovators. In the context of a constant change in the balance of threats and information security technologies, we are determined to ensure the evolution of our solutions in accordance with the dynamics of changing market requirements, "said Sergey Belousov, founder and CEO of Acronis.

Acronis believes it is important to offer technology-based products and services DeviceLock its partner community, enabling MSPs and cloud service providers to protect their customers' data. Acronis Cyber Protect's full compliance with infrastructure deployment requirements based on geography, budget, and use case gives users and partners maximum control and flexibility for cyber protection. Acronis plans to further improve the offered services and solutions in the field of cyber protection and add the opportunities demanded by partners and customers.

{{quote 'By teaming up with Acronis, we get the opportunity to accelerate the release of products, expand the distribution channel and use our technologies to meet the needs of customers, "said Ashot Hovhannisyan, founder and technical director of DeviceLock. - The knowledge and competencies in data protection from leaks and device access control that we have acquired give us confidence that this acquisition of the company will provide reliable protection to millions of users and the effective use of data protection tools around the world. }}

2017: Obtaining a license from the FSTEC of Russia

The company "Smart Line Ink," the Russian developer of the DeviceLock DLP software complex designed to prevent and monitor data leaks, on July 5, 2017 announced the receipt of a license from the Federal Service for Technical and Export Control for the development and production of confidential information protection tools.

The FSTEC license is a confirmation of compliance of the company with all requirements in the field of information security that the federal executive body of Russia presents to developers of means of protecting confidential information. According to the license received, "Smart Line Ink" specialists have the right to manufacture and develop software (software and hardware) tools for monitoring the security of information, as well as for its protection and processing. The license was granted on the basis of the order of the FSTEC of Russia No. 282-l dated May 30, 2017 and does not have a validity period.

"The lack of a license of the FSTEC of Russia for the development of means of protecting confidential information was a key obstacle to the inclusion of the DLP DeviceLock complex in the Unified Register of Russian programs for computers and databases," said Ashot Ohanesyan, founder and technical director. DeviceLock - For more than 20 years we have been developing DeviceLock DLP without the need to obtain such a license. The DeviceLock DLP complex itself has been repeatedly certified by the FSTEC. However, due to the spread of DeviceLock in Russia, including among public sector organizations, and requirements for ensuring import substitution, the requirement to obtain a FSTEC license has become relevant for us. "

2011: Receipt of two patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

In April 2011, it announced the receipt of two patents by the US Patent and Trademark Office for technology to control the local synchronization of data between a computer and connected smartphones and PDAs, including mobile devices on Windows Mobile, Palm, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, etc. Developed by Smart Line and used since 2007 in the program DeviceLock unique technology allows you to quickly control the process of data exchange between the computer and mobile devices, including interception, analysis and filtering of data with accuracy to their type, event logging of exchange operations and shadow copying of data according to centrally defined policies. Protected by US7,899,779 and US7,899,782, the technology significantly increases the level of protection of corporate computers against data breaches in widespread and virtually out of control situations where employees connect their personal smartphones or PDAs to work computers and negligently, due to errors or deliberately copy business or business information to them.