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Monday, August 17, 2009

Safeguard Enterprise 5.40

SafeGuard Enterprise 5.40

Sophos announces the latest release of their flagship data encryption suite SafeGuard Enterprise. There are a number of improvements of which I think the most important includes the better integration of LanCrypt to provide network multi-user file and folder encryption.

Labels: data encryption, network encryption, safeguard enterprise, sophos

Thursday, November 06, 2008

Glasgow based financial services company chooses Webroot for email protection solution

ecommnet has recognised that delivering Security using Software as a Service (SaaS) is the most suitable model for clients who have little to no onsite IT skills as it can be configured and managed using an online portal, is based at the Internet layer so requires no onsite installation of hardware and software and requires little day-to-day administration. This cuts down ongoing costs whilst delivering the highest service level agreement.

One of our clients a financial services business represents the ideal customer for Webroot. A busy dynamic company who has no full time IT team but who was faced with growing levels of SPAM and also required a solution that could meet the needs of compliance as they are an FSA regulated business.

Webroot’s SaaS Email Filtering service proved ideal, the customer was migrated from their existing solution within a day and immediately benefited from reduced levels of SPAM which increased the Internet bandwidth at their disposal. During the time they have used the service they have not suffered from any viruses or malware. The service is runs 24 hours a day 365 days a year and required no maintenance meaning their business is protected with no risk of downtime compromising their security or productivity. Through features such as 28 day logs, scheduled reporting and daily SPAM digests they have been able to have better visibility and traceability of email and operate on a largely self-service basis again reducing cost and increasing personal productivity.

For more information on Webroot and why it would suite your organisation please contact us

Labels: anti-spam, email, email filtering, webroot

Sunday, June 01, 2008

Job Vacancy Systems Engineer

Vacancy IT Systems Engineer.

ecommnet has a vacancy for an experienced IT Systems Engineer. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years experience in installing and supporting sever and workstation technologies especially; Microsoft XP and Office 2003 as well as Windows Server 2003, Small Business Server, Exchange and Linux .

While formal qualifications are an advantage experience and motivation are the qualities we are seeking. Some work will be required on customer sites and you should be a ‘self-starter’ and be capable of working professionally without direct supervision. Travel will be involved and therefore a full clean driving license is a requirement of the position.

Job Vacancy for Web Developer

Job Vacancy for Web Developers

We're looking for an experienced web developer for immediate project work with our sister company Off Exploring

The ideal candidate will have at least two years experience in working with one or more web development languages including php and javascript.

Job Vacancy for Project manager

Vacancy for Project Manager

We're seeking a highly skilled and commercially astute Project Manager with a strong development background to manage multiple key projects based around the development and implementation of mobile and Web applications. This is an exciting role working on high value, high profile projects and the key responsibilities include: working with the client and ecommnet's systems and development staff to deliver project objectives, build positive and professional relationships with clients. The ideal Project Manager will have a strong development background with a knowledge of .NET, C#, XML, Web Services etc., should possess excellent leadership qualities and have experience delivering high profile and complex projects, as well as a clear appreciation of the commercial pressures on the business. You should be a self starter, have excellent communication and leadership skills and the ability to produce high quality work within deadlines. This is a great opportunity to assume a senior role in a dynamic growing organisation which invests heavily in its staff. Send your CV today or call for more info.

Labels: Job Vacancy

Friday, April 18, 2008

North East Digital Awards

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Email Problems

Labels: bt, connectivity, email, faq, help, internet, web

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

CPS lose Control of Data Disks

Crown Prosecution Service

While the Government reels under another Data Gate episode its worth considering this particular case in detail. The fact that the 'disks' didn't go missing, were not stolen or the details leaked, or so we are led to believe.
However, I'd argue that the fact that they sat in someone's draw for weeks if not months without anyone being alerted to the fact was as serious a case of data loss as any.

The data was sent by the Dutch Police on hard media, be that CD-ROM or DVD or a SATA disk, it matters not. Exchanging data in this manner makes it impossible to audit in any effective way. To be sure that the data is dealt with correctly any system used to exchange sensitive data should at least deal with some or all of the following issues.

• encrypt the data
• require strong authentication to access the data
• record automatically who received the data
• record automatically who reads the data
• provide alerts on data being read
• provide alerts when data is NOT read
• time control validity of data (expiration)

Without mechanisms such as these and the information they provide on the usage or access of the data we lose control, without that control we can not say the data is safe or secured.

Take a look at the Cyberark Inter Business Vault it does all of these things and more.

Related Links
Cyberark Inter Business vault
Laptop Security
Data Encryption Master Class
The North East Fraud Forum
Tories demand suspects statement : BBC
Crown Prosecution Service

Labels: CPS, cyberark, data encryption, data security

Sunday, February 03, 2008

EntitySpaces on Mono

Regular readers of this column will have noticed that we are great fans of the EntitySpaces the Persistence Layer and Business Objects for Microsoft .NET. Now EntitySpaces on MONO and Mike Griffin has posted a blog on their site with screen-shots and everything.

Seems like Pro.Coder the competition winner did the hard work :-)
Related Links
Using EntitySpaces and Resco Toolkit
Getting Started with EntitySpaces and Windows Mobile Development
Nokia IntelliSync Mobile Push Email and PIM Sync

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Nokia on a software aquisition trail, buys Trolltech.

Nokia bids £78m for Norwegian Trolltech mobile software firm in continuing diversity strategy into software. This strategy clearly started a couple of years ago when Nokia bought Intellisync giving them access to the best PIM and push email, device management and databse application platform for mobile devices.

Related Links
Intellisync Wireless email push email, calendar, contacts, notes and tasks from Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Domino, Groupwise or IMAP.
Intellisync File Sync, push files and data to your mobile devices
Intellisync Application Sync, Integrate back end KPI solutions from Enterprise Data Sources with hand held mobile phones and PDAs
Intellisync Device management, deploy and manage large scale mobile solutions with ease.
Trolltech Code less create more deploy everywhere

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Laptop and Data Encryption

Encrypt that data or face a £5000 fine!

The Information Commissioner reportedly told the Lord's Constitution Committee that he favours making careless handling of data a criminal offence. Anyone knowingly or recklessly flouting data protection principles is likely to be liable for fines up to £5000. This potentially includes anyone with data that contains any personal details needs to look at data encryption now.

Related Links
Doctors may be prosecuted if their laptops are stolen

Monday, January 28, 2008

Information Comissioner view on Data Encryption

Opinion

It's now very clear that the use of encryption is as good as mandated when personal information is involved. In a recent ruling the ICO served an enforcement notice on a major commercial company, M&S, in which the use of encryption on all the company's laptops must be implement by April 2008. Since failure to comply with such a notice is a criminal offence this is not a matter that M&S will take lightly.

Indeed given that in the ICO's most recent article on their web site entitled Our approach to encryption it is stated that
'...where such losses occur and where encryption software has not been used to protect the data, enforcement action will be pursued.
we think you need to do something about it now. Why not get a quotation for all your laptops?

What to do next
Get a quote for SafeGuard Easy laptop encryption
Call us to discuss your requirements 01661 854 492
Related Links Technology for dealing with lost laptops : ITPRO Posted Nicole Kobie at 8:17AM, 28th January 2008

Information Commisioner raps M&S

The Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has severely criticised Marks and Spencer for losing data containing personal details of some of their employees when a laptop was stolen recently. It has been reported that the details of nearly 30,000 employees was lost when a laptop was stolen from the home of a contractor last year.

While this story is not a particularly unusual one in that we report regularly on such incidents it is the first time the Information Commissioner has instructed the company in question to use laptop encryption to protect personal data. The company has until April to comply with the enforcement order, failure to do so would be a criminal offence.

Related Links
M&S Online Shop
The Information Commissioner's enforcement action
Laptop Encryption

Labels: data loss prevention, Encryption, laptop security

Tuesday, December 25, 2007

HMRC Data Loss

Yet another data theft hits the news. This one is a little more impressive than the others we have commented on. The loss of two CD-ROMs from the HMRC premises in Washington, Tyne and Wear which contain the details of 25 million people, aproximately 7 million families, is beyond belief. At the time I write this the police still haven't found the disks dispite deploying over 50 officers from the Northumbria force alone. According to sources close to the search team, "they could be anywhere, Washington, Longbenton, the NAO or somwhere within TNT's network..". Their task is being made more difficult due to the fact that the disk's apparently haven't been labelled either!

This is not the first Identity theft issue involving the HMRC, we discussed the personation issues in a previous article Fraud and personation at the Tax Office closes Tax Credit Web Portal.

Labels: cd-rom, Encryption, HMRC, laptop, removable media

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Everyone's Concerned about VoIP Vulnerability

Everyone's predicting that VoIP vulnerabilities and their exploitation will be of increasing concern over the next few months. With a significant majority of new PABX installations including VoIP (63%) or indeed wholly VoIP (18%). All this and considerable interest in FMC will mean that Telephony will become more complex and prone to errors and exploitation.

ecommnet have a seminar planned for the new year which will concentrate on the advantages and implementation options for FMC, please contact us for more details. The provisional agenda will be published here in a couple of days.