Safend, a leading provider of enterprise endpoint Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) solutions, today announced it has attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program with competencies in the Security Solutions and the Advanced Infrastructure Solutions categories.

Microsoft Gold Certified Partners enrolled in these competencies have proven their skills in advanced security solutions to help protect customer information assets by building solutions such as security management and operations, anti-malware protection and network-edge security, and identity and access management.

As a Gold Certified Partner, Safend has demonstrated expertise and deep knowledge of Microsoft technologies and a proven ability to meet customers' data security needs.

Safend's flagship endpoint DLP solution, Safend Protector, guards confidential data stored on enterprise PCs and laptops against loss, theft and tampering by both monitoring the transfer of sensitive data as well as controlling access to removable storage devices and wireless communication ports, including USB, FireWire, WiFi, Bluetooth, Infrared (IrDA) and CD/DVDs.

Safend offers additional layers of protection with its USB/PS2 anti-keylogger feature, removable/external storage and CD/DVD encryption, and offline tracking of USB storage device activity.

Management features include file shadowing, load balancing, and management by domain, providing increased options for large organizations with multiple security administrators to manage their data security policies.