WatchDox, a provider of document control, tracking and protection solutions, today announced integration with SharePoint 2010. The WatchDox SharePoint Connector enhances SharePoint to allow access to documents from outside the firewall and on any mobile device, while ensuring these documents are secured end-to-end.

“The WatchDox document-centric security approach enables organizations to leverage their significant SharePoint investment by allowing them to control, track and revoke documents wherever they are and on any device – including iPhones, iPads, BlackBerrys, laptops and desktop computers”

SharePoint 2010 has rapidly grown in popularity with enterprises, however, SharePoint administrators and users often find it challenging to facilitate access to documents beyond the company’s firewall and via mobile devices. Moreover, once a document has been shared, there is no way to control its distribution and prevent its recipients from copying or forwarding it to unauthorized users which could potentially result in serious data leaks.

The WatchDox SharePoint Connector complements SharePoint’s document management strengths with secure document exchange functionality, allowing SharePoint administrators to:

• Enable users to send documents securely from the SharePoint interface to anyone inside and outside the organization, or to share entire SharePoint libraries through the WatchDox virtual data room service.
• Apply persistent protection to documents, restricting downloading, copying, printing and forwarding and provide granular tracking and auditing.
• Destroy shared documents at any time – even after they have been downloaded onto any PC or mobile device.
• Provide easy and reliable access to documents on any mobile device with strong security, and the ability to destroy documents if the device is lost or stolen.

These capabilities make it an ideal solution for sharing sensitive documents such as financials, product specs, blueprints and other intellectual property with partners and customers.

“The WatchDox document-centric security approach enables organizations to leverage their significant SharePoint investment by allowing them to control, track and revoke documents wherever they are and on any device – including iPhones, iPads, BlackBerrys, laptops and desktop computers,” said Moti Rafalin, CEO of WatchDox. “With the WatchDox technology, these devices are not required to be managed by the enterprise Mobile Device Management (MDM) solution. The organization is able to control the documents on those devices, whether they are the customers’ or employees’ personal devices.”

“SharePoint already makes it easy to share documents securely within the enterprise, and now WatchDox works with SharePoint to extend secure document sharing outside of the enterprise, said Owen Allen, consultant with SharePoint Directions, a consulting company that builds SharePoint applications.

WatchDox will demonstrate its SharePoint integration at the Microsoft SharePoint conference in Anaheim, Calif. October 3 – 6, 2011. Visit WatchDox in booth #255.