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 Posted by SecExtra on March 11th, 2008

Biometric technology offers the potential of a plethora of benefits to businesses and individuals alike – safer sales transactions, no need for a wallet full of plastic cards and easily forgettable passwords, even the eradication of identity theft. But there is a huge potential for businesses to run themselves into technology ‘blind alleys’ and future-proofing these systems will pose many challenges for the industry, says Stuart Thorn, Chief Executive of Electrone Europe.

Today there’s a range of questions that anyone considering a biometric system must give serious thought to consider. Health and safety, privacy and security - all must be examined carefully when selecting a new system. These are the issues that will grab the headlines for all the wrong reasons if everything …

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 Posted by SecExtra on March 10th, 2008

Remote working is not a simple issue to tackle effectively and securely in situations when it must be done right. To give us the low down we invited Anton Levchuk, Marketing Director of Famatech to provide us with some insight on the things we simply need to know in order to pull it off correctly. Over to you Anton.

For those people whose office is actually a ‘patch’, who are on the road all day, every day seeing clients or going to meetings, setting up their laptop and accessing their corporate emails from a coffee shop just off the motorway is an all too familiar occurrence. And it isn’t just these ‘road warriors’ who are transforming the face of remote working, For many …

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 Posted by SecExtra on March 09th, 2008

In response to us wishing to know a bit more about where two-factor authentication systems are heading, Andy Kemshall from SecurEnvoy has kindly bestowed his thoughts upon us. Take it away Andy.

Although not new, when it comes to remote access, two-factor authentication hasn’t always kept pace with consumer demands. Users are no longer restricted to accessing corporate systems from their work PC. Today they can log in from anywhere, on any device, at any time - whether it’s from their home computer, an internet-enabled laptop in an airport, or from their Smartphone.

However, some methods for two-factor authentication remain impractical for use on anything other than a corporate device as smartcards require readers and local software, and even USB tokens need software to …

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 Posted by SecExtra on March 06th, 2008

Once confined to the office, the global workforce is on the move. Research group IDC estimates that there will be one billion mobile workers by 2011. The prospect of a constantly connected, roaming workforce has serious implications for information security.

The biggest risk comes from users who surf the Web unprotected while ‘on the road’ and return to the office with virus-infected laptops that can potentially vandalise the corporate IT network or lead to data loss. Roaming workers are more likely to violate corporate Internet usage policies – treating their laptop as a personal device outside work hours, maybe using it to visit potentially dangerous gambling or download sites.

In a recent survey of IT managers from our global customer base, …

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 Posted by SecExtra on March 06th, 2008

We have a fun video for you today on printing security and just how important yet simple it is to implement an effective secure printing solution that can protect data at all stages.

In light of recent high profile incidents of data leakage, such as HRMC, secure document management is placed firmly at the top of the corporate agenda. Simple solutions, such as  a print feature, which requires employees to enter a PIN number to retrieve a document from the printer, can significantly help increase document security. Over to Eric…

Do you currently use secure printing solutions yourself?

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