Startup Launches New Technology To Secure Data

Liquid Machines 1.0 allows enterprises to automatically create and monitor security policies attached to data, said Ed Gaudet, vice president of product management and marketing at the company, based here.

"We provide the ability to control and audit the use of data no matter where it goes or is stored," he said. "We do that because companies really need to demonstrate compliance with a myriad of regulations and protect data from leaking out of their company."

The software works by what Liquid Machines calls auto-integrating into existing applications and "providing a security layer between the application and the data that the application creates," he said.

"We're attaching a security guard to the data objects," Gaudet said.

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The security policies sit on the Liquid Machines server, which pushes out the policies to client software that lets desktop applications know what to do with the policies, he said. The software uses a combination of encryption, access control and monitoring tools.

Liquid Machines supports the Microsoft platform, Adobe Acrobat, Documentum's eRoom and other applications.

Liquid machines plans to partner with large integrators with security practices, Gaudet said.

The company targets large enterprises, particularly financial services, pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies.

The product is slated to be available next month. Pricing is based on the number of users and starts at $50,000 for workgroup deployments.