IronKey H350 Is a High-Security, High-Performance, Centrally Managed USB Drive Safe from Targeted Attacks Such as BadUSB and Equation Group Imation Corp. (NYSE:IMN), a global data storage and information security company, today announced the new IronKey H350 USB 3.0 hard drive. The IronKey H350 is the only USB 3.0 hard drive to achieve FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validation (certification #2359) to meet the most stringent 256-bit encryption requirements mandated for government agencies, defence contractors, and healthcare and financial-services enterprises. With this high-security, high-performance USB hard drive, government agencies and enterprises can have the assurance that the entire drive – not…
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ITSM Moving Beyond IT Department; First-Time Help Desk Implementations Abound 20 per cent of IT help desks are found outside of the IT department 47 per cent of IT help desks are implemented by first-time users View survey results infographic at HERE Visit us at SITS booth # 510 ManageEngine, the real-time IT management company, today announced the results of its inaugural IT service management (ITSM) survey of organisations using help desk software to raise operational efficiencies and service levels. Survey highlights include the high number (47 per cent) of first-time IT help desk software implementations as well as the number (20 per cent) of IT help desk software implementations that reach beyond the IT department. The complete survey results infographic is available at HERE. “One of the survey’s more striking findings is just how many organisations are adopting IT help desk software for the first time, especially considering the relative maturity of the help desk market,” said Umashankar Narayanaswamy, director of engineering at ManageEngine. “There’s still a lot of unmet demand from people who want to run a tighter help desk. But they want the right solution, too, and that usually boils down to the right mix of features, usability and cost. As more vendors home in on that right mix, the ranks of help desk users will continue to grow at a healthy pace.”…
ESET Ireland warns of an email, titled “Important – To all Employee’s”, which has an infected attachment that contains a trojan The email has been observed to come from an Irish email address and targets other Irish emails. The title “Important – To all Employee’s” (spelling error included) prompts receivers to open an archived attachment titled Document.zip. Within the archive file is an executable file called Document_2520.exe, which if clicked, infects the victim’s computer with malware that ESET detects as Win32/Kryptik.DJUM. Win32/Kryptik is generic detection of malicious obfuscated code within files with PE32 (Portable Executable, 32-bit) format, which is most…
Edward Snowden appeared in a Q&A hosted by Amnesty International on the heels of 2nd anniversary marking the date the news first broke and the Senate’s approval of the USA Freedom Act. Comments from Ken Simpson, CEO of MailChannels “Two years after the news first broke, Edward Snowden’s revelations continue to remind businesses and consumers that they can no longer be complacent about security and privacy. Thanks to Snowden, we now are aware that we live in the age of interception. While new protocols limiting mass surveillance have been put into place, the public remains largely ill equipped to ensure…
I have never seen a situation quite like it in my 22 years in the high tech industry. I am referring to the sudden and more intense focus by executives on data security, digital trust, and intrusion protection. During my meetings with clients in the past six months, discussions invariably shift to these topics. As breaches of corporate security have become more frequent and serious, security has ascended to the top of high tech corporate agendas These serious challenges are becoming critical for the industry to solve. If not addressed comprehensively, quickly and systematically, these hurdles could hinder innovation, risk-taking…
Zettabox launches to ensure a safe European cloud platform meeting EU call for European alternatives for data protection Zettabox announces today the first European platform to offer secure, cloud-based document storage and sharing across the European Union. Zettabox offers companies the most advanced European platform for file-sharing and team-work built to anticipate upcoming European regulations designed to ensure the privacy of data, including data protection and the right to be forgotten. This proudly European startup is also an important development in the push for a European Digital Single Market and the creation of Europe’s own cloud sector and will help…
LogicNow announced its new pricing strategy for MAX Backup LogicNow has today announced the launch of its new pricing strategy for MAX Backup. MAX Backup is part of MAXfocus, the world’s most widely trusted managed service provider (MSP) and IT support platform. MAX Backup becomes the first full disaster recovery solution to be charged per device for both servers and workstations, rather than by data usage. The move makes it more practical for MSPs and IT service providers to sell comprehensive disaster recovery services with predictable costs for themselves and their customers. Traditionally, organizations have been charged per device for most services with the exception of disaster…
Industry’s first Isolation Platform already trusted by Fortune 500 companies, now ready for global market Menlo Security launched from stealth today to unveil the industry’s first Isolation Platform, a new technology that eliminates the threat of malware from key attack vectors, including Web and email, and transforms the current model for preventative security. The company also announced today the closing of a $25 million Series B funding round led by new investor Sutter Hill Ventures and joined by existing investors General Catalyst, Osage University Partners and Engineering Capital to support the company’s rapid growth. Businesses spent more than $70 billion…
Despite the hype (or perhaps, because of it), many organisations are still wary and unsure of the cloud and whether they should use it because of understandable concerns around issues such as how secure and resilient it is. But adopting cloud-based technologies doesn’t have to be risky or painful and it can bring advantages. Instant flexibility and capacity For instance, an accredited Tier 3 data centre is often more secure than the average corporate data centre. Using the cloud also provides organisations with the flexibility of capacity to scale up quickly compared to a traditional data centre, where they would…
ForeScout Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of continuous monitoring and mitigation solutions for Global 2000 enterprises and government organizations, today announced a partnership with Qualys, that will enable the integration of Qualys Vulnerability Management (VM) and ForeScout CounterACT™, an appliance that identifies and evaluates network users, endpoints and applications to provide visibility, intelligence and policy-based mitigation of security problems. Integration between the two solutions will give joint customers real-time assessment and mitigation capabilities against vulnerabilities, exposures and violations. Qualys VM is a cloud service built on Qualys’ leading cloud security and compliance platform, and provides customers with immediate, global visibility into potential IT…