Research & Development

GRIPP (Globally Regulated Information Protection Program)

As the price of computing technology is steadily decreasing, devices such as laptops and USB storage have become more commonly in use.  Although these devices enhance business functionality, providing mobile access to information anytime and anywhere, they also pose a large threat to information security, mostly due to the sensitivity of data stored on these devises. 

Many companies acknowledge the necessity of technology such as firewalls, intrusion detection, and advanced authentication systems, to secure their information.  However, these technologies do not make them less vulnerable to a savvy social engineer or a dishonest employee.  This may actually lead to a false sense of security, which might make them an even easier target.

This identifies the need for a platform to secure information against unauthorized distribution and/or scrutiny, even from persons authorized in the use of the protected data.  A project called GRIPP (Globally Regulated Information Protection Program) is currently in development to provide a solution to this lurking problem.

GRIPP provides protection by means of real-time encryption, but is vastly superior in the application thereof.  While all data is encrypted, it is not decrypted by means of a password typed by a user.  As a matter of fact, the user will never know the encryption password.  Protected data is decrypted transparently as and when opened by specific applications, registered to use the data.  As the application changes the data it will be re-encrypted on the fly and therefore will never be in a vulnerable state.  The benefit of the system is that no person can take the information outside the protected environment, whether the internal corporate network, or even from a roaming users’ laptop.  Read more