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Turnkey Consulting grows 30% as demand for IT security increases

On March 17, 2011   /   IT security   /   Leave a comment

SAP security specialist, Turnkey Consulting has reported a revenue increase of over 30 percent for 2010. To meet the demand for its services and further its growth, the company has hired four additional staff and introduced a new structure that sees key team members take responsibility for focusing on the development of their specialist business sector. Turnkey has also introduced a share option scheme for all employees and moved from rented office space to its own premises in London.

“Organisations are becoming increasingly aware of the business risks to which they are exposed on a day-to-day basis, as well as the compliance issues that they need to be proactive in addressing,” explains Turnkey’s managing director, Richard Hunt. “As a result they are taking a more strategic approach to their IT security provision and turning to companies such as Turnkey Consulting to provide the specialist services that they require.”

“At the same time, the company’s ongoing success is a tribute to the hard work of all our consultants. Demand for our services is driven by their commitment to delivering excellence to customers through a combination of technical expertise and an in-depth understanding of business needs.”

Turnkey Consulting’s new address is: 58 Ayres Street, London SE1 1EU

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Spam Implications of IPv6 Should be Taken More Seriously

On March 14, 2011   /   IT security, Security Solutions   /   Leave a comment

“The Internet is quickly moving to adopt a new technology for the underlying networking used to track nodes on the network and communicate. However, the introduction of the IPv6 scheme could have a far reaching impact on spam security. As an example, the primary method for stopping the majority of spam used by email providers is to track bad IP addresses sending email and block them – a process known as IP Blacklisting. With IPv6 this technique will no longer be possible and could mean that email systems would quickly become overloaded if new approaches are not developed to address this. This is one example, but there are other examples across the web.

“IPv6 has been designed to have a massive amount more IP addresses available than IPv4. We are talking 3.4 x 10^38 compared to 4.3 billion (4.3 x 10^9). Fundamentally, this presents serious difficulties in tracking all of the IPs for any purpose-email sender reputation, denial of service, sources used for malicious sign ups to websites, sources of click fraud attacks, influencing of search engine results, and many other scenarios.

“As an example, the address space is so large that it would be easy for spammers to use a single IP address just once to send a single email. Based on these new risks with IPv6, Cloudmark advocates that ISPs do not initially need to be able to receive mail from IPv6 addresses (on inbound) except from their own customers (known as outbound). This would ensure business continuity for ISPs and provisioning of ADSL/Cable modems to continue. This measure will also protect the IPv4 reputation system that is currently in use and working well.

“Cloudmark is working hard with its own service provider customers to understand the needs for IPv6 and also participates heavily with industry organizations like MAAWG, ECO, IETF and ETIS to discuss how to solve these issues.”

By Stuart Paton, Senior Solutions Architect EMEA, Cloudmark

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Turnkey Consulting Launches Global ‘Key Insights’ Initiative

On January 20, 2011   /   IT security, Security News   /   Leave a comment

IT security specialist, Turnkey Consulting, has announced a new series of industry roundtables, with the first ones taking place in the UK, US and Australia. The events are part of Turnkey Consulting’s global ‘Key Insights’ programme, which formalises the company’s drive to share the in-depth knowledge of SAP security and GRC systems it has gained through practical experience across a wide variety of market sectors and geographical regions.

The first activities in the Key Insights programme are a series of roundtables discussing the business and security risks an organisation faces when it outsources any part of its business operation. Turnkey Consulting will identify the issues that are commonly overlooked and look at how organisations can mitigate these risks through strong security and controls. In addition to having access to expert advice, the roundtables are an opportunity for participants to discuss industry trends and concerns, and network with their peers and other experts. A white paper will also be published on the topic following the events.

Roundtables announced to date are as follows:

- Sydney, Australia
27 January, 2011

- Santa Monica, USA
3 February, 2011

- London, UK
Date to be confirmed

Through its Key Insights initiative, Turnkey Consulting will also deliver a number of webinars and other thought leadership activities aimed at promoting expert discussion and helping organisations to tackle their SAP Security, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) issues.

Richard Hunt, managing director of Turnkey Consulting explains: “Our day-to-day interaction on site with customers gives us direct insight into their IT security and GRC headaches. At the same time, the combined experience of our consultants gives us the in-depth knowledge to offer solutions to many of these problems. The Key Insights programme is aimed at pooling the collective experience of our consultants and customers to tackle these issues together. Our goal is for everyone participating to benefit from that collective insight.”

More details about the location and times of the roundtable events are available on the Turnkey website.

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Armadillo Managed Services Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Fortinet Partner Program

On January 4, 2011   /   IT security   /   Leave a comment

Armadillo, the leading managed services company, has been accredited with ‘Gold Partner’ status by Fortinet.

Neil Morgan, Sales Director at Armadillo commented ‘We are delighted to have attained The Fortinet Gold Status Accreditation. It confirms that Armadillo have successfully achieved unprecedented growth and profit by delivering superior, next generation multi-threat security solutions to our growing client base. As a Gold Partner, Armadillo has demonstrated expertise with Fortinet technologies and a proven ability to meet customer’s needs. The benefit’s provided through our Gold Certified Partner status will allow us to continue to enhance the offerings that we provide to our customer’s”.

“Customers are looking for partner companies that can bridge the gap between their business demands and technology capabilities” said Paul Judd, Regional Director UKI&ZA at Fortinet. “They need to trust in a company that can act as an expert adviser for their long-term strategic technology plans. We congratulate Armadillo on achieving their Gold Partner accreditation. Dedicated partners like Armadillo help us to build a strong presence in EMEA whilst helping to educate the market on the importance of implementing comprehensive security in the enterprise. Armadillo has repeatedly proven itself to be a very knowledgeable, trustworthy and reputable business partner”.

About Armadillo:

Armadillo are the UK’s leading security solutions integrator with an extensive portfolio of complimentary products that makes us unique in our ability to provide true end-to-end security solutions, customised to meet a client’s specific technology and budgetary requirements.

Leading edge solutions backed with outstanding customer care has gained Armadillo a reputation throughout the industry as the most innovative, customer focused and experienced security consultancy in EMEA which has been confirmed by us winning numerous awards over the years from vendors and clients alike.

We lead the way in our field by continually researching new products and technologies and ensuring that our team of security consultants are up-to-date with all the latest developments in the security industry. We have worked rigorously to achieve the highest levels of manufacturer accreditation available with our chosen vendor partners and this process has led to significant and sustained investment in post-sales support infrastructures and qualified technical resources.

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Businesses Encouraged to Practice Secure Email Archiving – Free Guide

On November 1, 2010   /   Computer Security, IT security   /   Leave a comment

Archiving emails has become as important to businesses as filing copies of letters used to be, and businesses must ensure that their email archives are secured, according to a new guide to email archiving by managed security company, Redscan.

The responsibility on companies to be able to store, interrogate and retrieve data in order to comply with regulation, and to protect their business, has never been greater. ‘A guide to archiving emails, for IT managers’ assesses the pros and cons of archiving on site or in the cloud – including cost, robustness of service and security; and sets out the essentials of a good email archiving service. These include issues such as: scalability of service; security, including access authentication; replication of emails across different geographic locations; local data laws; backup facilities; ease of interrogation and retrieval; and encryption.

Simon Heron, Internet Security Analyst, Redscan says: “We know that financial organisations have to be able to access data, including emails, for compliance reasons. But businesses are waking up to the fact that keeping email trails is as important as filing the written letter used to be. Our guide to archiving is designed to help IT managers assess which archiving option is best for them.”

The guide can be downloaded free from Redscan’s website

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