Human beings are capable of doing a lot, and yet nothing beats the way they can simply get better on a consistent basis. This progressive streak, on our part, has already fetched the world some huge milestones, with technology appearing as a rather unique member of the group. The reason why technology’s credentials are so anomalous is purposed around its skill-set, which was unprecedented enough to realize all the possibilities for us that we couldn’t have imagined otherwise. Nevertheless, a closer look should be able to reveal that the whole runner was also very much inspired from how we applied those skills across a real world environment. The latter component was, in fact, what gave the creation a spectrum-wide presence and made it the ultimate centerpiece of every horizon. Now, having such s powerful tool run the show did expand our experience in many different directions, but even after reaching so far ahead, this prodigious concept called technology will somehow keep on delivering the right goods. The same has grown to become a lot more evident in recent times, and assuming one new GRC-themed development pans out just like we envision, it will only propel that trend towards greater heights over the near future and beyond.
IGEL, provider of the secure endpoint OS for now and next, has officially announced the launch of a new approach which will leverage one new endpoint security approach to help protect enterprises like never before. According to certain reports, the stated approach is mainly made up of an IGEL Preventative Security Model™, a model well-equipped to use Zero Trust and SASE initiatives for eliminating all endpoint vulnerabilities that can be exploited by a bad actor. Talk about the whole solution on a slightly deeper level, it brings to the fore a secure Linux-based read only OS where no one can maliciously install malware to the endpoint. This makes a dramatic cut back on the risk of phishing, ransomware, and other cyberattacks. Next up, the solution delivers on its promised value proposition by turning local storage of user data utterly redundant, meaning no customer, patient, financial or other information can be downloaded to the endpoint or exfiltrated through attached USB devices. Such a mechanism becomes all the more useful when you consider that it can prevent the creation of a breach investigation in an event of theft, while simultaneously keeping malicious internal users from stealing personal data. Then, we have the prospect of availing a trusted application platform. By that, we are referring to how the solution will conceive a secure boot process, which in turn, ensures that no code has been tampered with in any capacity. Once rebooted, the relevant device will return to a state good enough for helping organizations confidently restore services, following a cyberattack, in minutes rather than weeks or months. Moving on to the solution’s authentication, SSO integration, and SASE-related features, IGEL’s latest brainchild will work alongside leading authentication vendors including Microsoft, Imprivata, Okta, Ping Identity, VMware, and Citrix to integrate with broader standards. Furthermore, it will also collaborate with various SASE and Secure Service Edge players so to fulfill its pledge of optimizing Zero Trust implementations. Hold on, there is more, as we still haven’t discussed the IGEL OS’ modular design. You see, understood to be at nothing more than 2GB, the stated OS comes decked up with a significantly smaller attack surface than a traditional endpoint OS. Another detail to round up its technical lowdown is the device’s bid to provide only what the user will actually need.
“The cloud-first approach taken by many organizations has resulted in a shift of endpoint workloads away from the endpoint, and into VDI, DaaS or SaaS infrastructure often accessed through secure browsers,” said Klaus Oestermann, CEO of IGEL. “This shift presents a unique opportunity to reassess the enterprise endpoint. Through IGEL’s Preventative Security Model, IGEL OS reduces the endpoint attack surface by 95%, dramatically reduces endpoint purchasing and operational costs, and helps organizations meet sustainability and Zero Trust goals. IGEL OS is the most secure and efficient endpoint OS for enterprises across all major vertical industries, including healthcare, finance, retail, manufacturing and government.”
Fair enough, IGEL’s proprietary technology is already trusted by a wide set of industries. For instance, five of the top 10 biggest healthcare providers in the US, along with five of the top 10 leading pharmaceutical manufacturers, are currently using it for their operations. Apart from them, major finance sector brands, five of the top 10 retailers in North America, and four of the top 10 manufacturers in North America also maintain strong trust in the solution. The same can be said about global government agencies, including hundreds of federal, defense, state, and local government departments that rely on IGEL OS.
In case you need more reasons to embrace IGEL OS, then it might be worth mentioning that the system also reduces power consumption and extends device lifecycles to reduce carbon footprint by an estimated 60%. It does so by taking out those superfluous endpoint security and management agents, and replacing them with devices which require less powerful processors to enhance overall sustainability. Going back to the extension of a device’s lifecycle, it is set to go from a standard three-to-five years’ timeframe to around eight years, thus delivering a bonus benefit of reduced ownership costs.