Code Green downsizes data-protection boxes

Code Green Networks is coming out with a smaller, lower-cost version of its data-loss-prevention appliances that it hopes will attract small and midsize businesses that cannot afford higher-end data-protection gear.

The company’s CI-750 appliance starts at $10,000 for a 50-user license, and its capacity tops out at 250 users. The company’s previous box, the CI-1500, starts at $25,000 for a 250-user license and tops out at 5,000 users.

Code Green gear searches traffic for defined data, such as credit card numbers and Social Security numbers, based on the rows and columns they appear in inside databases. It can also search for key intellectual property in unstructured data based on what it calls deep-content fingerprinting. This consists of cryptographic hashes of the data.

The appliances can block the data and alert IT staff about infractions of its policies and detail the data that triggered the policy.

The devices can also impose encryption policies on e-mail so sensitive data that ought to be encrypted actually is, without end users having to do it manually.

The company competes against the PortAuthority, Tablus and Reconnex, which generally cater to the largest businesses.