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| Home Security Advancements Increase Safety for Businesses and Homeowners |
 Posted by SecExtra on December 09th, 2009
As with everything in society, the home security industry has gone through a plethora of changes and upgrades thanks to technology. There are countless home security advancements that have increased safety for businesses and homeowners today. Micro-electronics and wireless technology has given systems the chance to perform far more functions than ever before.
Many are surprised to learn that today’s security systems can provide security outside of the home or business as well due to the advent of new ultra high tech infrared and motion detectors. These motion detectors and various home security options can be placed along the perimeter thus …
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| Engate and IBM Deliver Proactive Botnet, Phish, Virus and Email Security for IBM Lotus Foundations Start |
Posted by SecExtra on December 01st, 2009
Engate Technology Corporation, leaders in next generation reputation network profiling technology and proactive botnet, phish, virus and email security solutions, today announced integration of Engate’s security software suite with IBM® Lotus® Foundations Start line of software appliances for small and medium-sized businesses (SMB).
Lotus Foundations Start ‘plug and play’ appliances help companies with little or no in-house technical resources to focus on running their business rather than managing their computer systems. This Linux-based IBM solution provides staple collaboration tools such as email, file sharing, and remote access and affords peace of mind through automated network security features, data protection, backup and …
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| Facebook and YouTube Dominate our Business Networks |
Posted by SecExtra on December 01st, 2009
Accessing and downloading material from Facebook and YouTube when at work accounts for more corporate web activity and used bandwidth than any other sites, according to analysis by managed security firm, Network Box.
Nearly six per cent of all web traffic from business networks is to Facebook – higher than to any other website. Google is next in line, at 4.1 per cent.
Nearly eight per cent of all corporate bandwidth is taken up downloading YouTube videos. The next in line is Windows Updates, taking up 3.8 per cent of bandwidth.
Network Box analysed traffic to more than 19 billion URLs through …
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| Mis-managed Security Updates can Cause Network Problems |
Posted by SecExtra on November 23rd, 2009
Network performance may be compromised if security updates are wrongly implemented, according to a new guide from managed security firm, Network Box. In the fourth in its ‘Forgotten Security’ series, the firm gives businesses advice on how to ensure that they are patching and updating their systems correctly.
The guide – Forgotten Security: Keeping up to date – advises IT teams to revisit their updating procedures to ensure that they cover not just their software, but also equipment such as routers.
Simon Heron, Internet Security …
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| Companies Must Keep Control of Home Workers Computers |
Posted by SecExtra on November 18th, 2009
The growth of home or remote working can leave companies vulnerable to security threats if they don’t take some simple steps to securing employees’ computers. This is the warning from managed security company, Network Box, which gives advice to businesses on the issue in a new advisory guide, Securing Remote Workers.
Companies should be particularly vigilant with home workers, according to the guide. Often, home workers will be using a personal home computer (as opposed to a company-provided computer) that is unlikely to meet …
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