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| GrIDsure Enterprise Receives UK Government Award |
 Posted by SecExtra on December 15th, 2009
GrIDsure, the innovative alternative to PINs and passwords, today announced that ‘GrIDsure Enterprise’ has been awarded the CESG Claims Tested Mark (CCTM) certification. The award means that UK public sector organisations, including local authorities, NHS, education, criminal justice, police, Central Government and MoD, will now be able to recognise GrIDsure’s pattern-based authentication system when looking to replace their existing computer login methods.
The award of this certification supports the adoption of GrIDsure Enterprise (Version 3.3.30.14) by public sector agencies in complying with the Government’s Code of Connection (CoCo 4.1), the code that regulates security for all organisations connecting to the …
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| Solid ROI Makes Managed Security More Cost-effective for Mid-sized & Smaller Companies |
Posted by SecExtra on December 12th, 2009
As threats from the internet increase, managed security services have become widely adopted by large companies as a cost-effective way of providing the expertise needed to keep threats at bay. But, says Network Box, mid-sized and smaller companies are now also seeing higher returns on investment in managed security services – usually between 20 to 40 per cent – over in-house expertise.
The paper examines the main reasons for businesses to use a managed security service, and suggests areas that should be considered when calculating the cost of a managed service against in-house expertise. These include: speed of deployment; application security …
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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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