Business Concepts

FancyFon Launches SecureSource™

mark.staveley — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:07:19 +0000

Newest addition to FancyFon’s suite of mobile device lifecycle management solutions provides secure over-the-air access to corporate documents

Cork, Ireland – 27 January 2012 – FancyFon™, a pioneer in MDM solutions that enable organizations to securely control multiple smartphone and tablet devices over the air from a single point of control, today unveiled FancyFon SecureSource to address the growing requirement from organizations to provide their mobile workforce with secure access to corporate documentation.

FancyFon SecureSource enables mobile workers to access documents that are stored on the corporate server. With SecureSource, documents are only available in the mobile device’s temporary memory during the session, and all documents are automatically wiped from memory when connection to SecureSource is terminated. No traces of documents are available on the device, therefore if the device is lost or stolen there is no risk of data leakage. In addition, the entire communication and file access trail is logged for audit purposes.

Bartosz Leoszewski, CTO at FancyFon commented; “With the growing trend towards employees using their personal iPads at work, ensuring secure over-the-air access to corporate documentation has become a huge issue for organizations, as it plays a key role in employee productivity. FancyFon SecureSource helps IT departments to address this challenge, and offers end-users quick and simple access to critical resources that are stored safely on the corporate file server, through a virtual connection which is secured by the FAMOC server.

EdgeWave Security Solution Supports YouTube EDU to Ensure Safe and Productive Web Content for Students

mark.staveley — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:09:51 +0000

EdgeWave iPrism Web Security v7.0 seamlessly integrates with YouTube EDU to enable support of approved video content for educational customer environments

San Diego, CA – 4/10/2012 – EdgeWave Inc., (OTCBB/OTCQB: EWVE), a leading provider of Secure Content Management (SCM) solutions, today announced that its brand new release, iPrism Web Security v7.0, includes native support for student access to YouTube EDU-only content. The seamless integration allows educational institutions to support compliance to acceptable use policies for accessing video content that has been deemed by school administrators to be safe and appropriate, while other video content is blocked.

YouTube EDU is a free service that provides educators and their students with access to hundreds of thousands of educational videos from well-known organizations such as Stanford, PBS and TED, as well as from popular up-and-coming YouTube partners like Khan Academy, Steve Spangler Science and Numberphile. YouTube for Schools was launched in December 2011 as a way to deliver YouTube EDU’s growing collection of educational content to as many schools as possible. The service offers school-friendly features such as the ability for teachers to customize their own content by creating playlists to add to their curricula. YouTube EDU helps teachers create these lists by organizing content by subject and grade for quick access. The addition of iPrism Web Security support gives schools added assurance that students will have access to only the YouTube for Schools content they have chosen, while other video content will be blocked.

“There’s enormous appetite from teachers to use educational YouTube videos in the classroom. We’ve been working on technology solutions to make it easier for schools to access just the videos from within YouTube EDU,” said Angela Lin, Head of Education at YouTube. “Smart technology like EdgeWave’s will make it easier for busy school IT administrators to enable access to YouTube EDU, giving teachers an engaging new resource to educate and inspire their students and bring learning to life.”

“Enabling schools and educational customers to create safe and productive internet access is critical to supporting an effective learning environment for our education customers,” said Steve Kelley, SVP of Corporate Development and Product Strategy at EdgeWave. “Working together with YouTube EDU to ensure that only approved content is delivered to students offers a great benefit to our mutual customers.”

EdgeWave’s iPrism Web Security solution was originally developed to serve the education market and has a strong track record with K-12 schools. EdgeWave has long supported school Web safety and CIPA requirements and the latest release of iPrism v7.0, which was announced today, continues that commitment. Many iPrism features are aimed at mitigating the threats schools face such as Web 2.0 applications, circumvention attempts and remote and roaming users who access the school network. Added support for YouTube EDU furthers EdgeWave’s commitment to the education market.

EdgeWave Announces New iPrism Web Security Version 7.0 to Address Evolving Security Needs for Enterprise and Education Organizations

mark.staveley — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:13:46 +0000

New Release includes enterprise-class capabilities for SSL filtering, support for VLANs and virtual desktops, and YouTube support for Education

San Diego, CA – 4/10/2012 – EdgeWave Inc. (OTCBB/OTCQB: EWVE), a leading provider of Secure Content Management (SCM) solutions, today announced the release of iPrism Web Security v7.0. The new release offers features designed to expand Enterprise-level functionality including SSL filtering, VLAN support integration, High Availability deployment, Email Protocol Filtering and Certificate Chain support. This version also boasts features that optimize network performance through Quotas and Warnings that allow administrators more control over bandwidth usage, and new Custom Filter enhancements that offer options for more granular control within URL categorization. iPrism v7.0 also includes support for YouTube for Schools, allowing schools to access valuable learning tools while still blocking unwanted video content. The new features in iPrism Web Security Version 7.0 are available to current customers at no additional charge.

“iPrism continues to provide innovative solutions for the advanced Web threats we face every day, while retaining its ease-of-use and low maintenance requirements,” said Ernest Staats of Georgia Cumberland Academy. “The new features and enhancements in iPrism v 7.0, including more granular application controls and custom filter options, have been critical in helping us defend against Web 2.0 threats. We are very pleased with how iPrism allows our students and staff to use the Internet safely and productively.”

“EdgeWave is committed to supporting the evolving needs of our enterprise and educational customers,” said, Steve Kelley, S.V.P. of Corporate Development and Product Strategy at EdgeWave. “iPrism v7.0 delivers on our promise of protecting organizations from emerging web security threats while providing native support for enterprise-class technologies like VLAN and virtual desktop infrastructure.”

iPrism Web Security v7.0 includes the following new features and enhancements:

SSL Filtering - Detects and classifies server name indication (SNI) header information in the outbound request, at the start of the SSL handshake process. This lets you control where you will allow encrypted content to be sent, avoiding potential hacker incursions via unfiltered SSL.
Virtual Desktop Support - Native support for virtual desktop environments through unique sessionbased authentication technology, which simplifies the process for terminal services users and prevents interruptions from authentication requests.
VLAN Support - Support multiple VLANs through a single iPrism appliance with the administrator designating VLAN addresses when iPrism is configured. This features offers easier iPrism setup and management, with visibility of all traffic on a single iPrism, when deployed in networks using VLAN trunking configurations.
YouTube for Schools Support - Provide a safe and productive YouTube environment for students and faculty at educational institutions. Customers who have a YouTube for Schools account are able to seamlessly integrate all YouTube requests through their own video portal creating a worry-free YouTube experience for educators.
Bandwidth Quotas and Warnings - Optimize network performance by adding a policy attribute to web profiles that limits the total bandwidth consumed by a user under the applicable policy. Quotas and Warnings events are now identified through both real-time monitoring and reporting, assisting users in establishing limits on acceptable activity, which can decrease bandwidth usage.
High Availability iPrism Pairing - Enable high availability through iPrism interconnectivity to enable traffic status visibility across multiple appliances to provide seamless failover from primary to secondary appliance. This configuration assures optimum performance when it is used in high availability or redundant networks with multiple firewalls.
Email Protocol Filtering - Support filtering of SMTP, POP and IMAP email protocols and their secured versions. This feature enhances the use policies for email coming into organizations by providing the ability to filter major protocols.
Enhanced Custom Filters - Increase granularity of custom filtering options when changing the category ratings for specific URL’s by allowing users to add properties to URL entries in Custom Filters.
Certificate Chain Support - Upload and install intermediary certificates, which add a layer of security that eliminates the possibility that a root certificate could be compromised. End entity certificates chained to an intermediate certificate represent the highest possible security solution for Certification Authorities and therefore their customers.

iPrism Web Security Version 7.0 is available now. Existing iPrism customers can upgrade at no cost. Please speak to Business Concepts for details.

WatchGuard Recognized as a UTM Market Leader

mark.staveley — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:35:08 +0000

WatchGuard Recognized as a “Leader” in Latest 2012 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management

SEATTLE – April 3, 2012. WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in business security solutions, today announced that it has been positioned in the “Leaders” quadrant of Gartner’s 2012 Magic Quadrant for Unified Threat Management.*

“WatchGuard is pleased to be recognized by Gartner for our industry-leading unified threat management solutions,” said Eric Aarrestad, Vice President of Marketing at WatchGuard Technologies. “For thousands of business around the world, WatchGuard UTMs are the trusted security appliances employed to stop hackers, malware, spyware, viruses and all sorts of Web threats from reaching mission critical applications, networks and data.”

According to the report, “The Leaders quadrant contains vendors at the forefront of making and selling UTM products that are built for midsize business requirements. The requirements necessary for leadership include a wide range of models to cover midsize business use cases, support for multiple features, and a management and reporting capability that’s designed for ease of use. Vendors in this quadrant lead the market in offering new safeguarding features, and in enabling customers to deploy them inexpensively without significantly affecting the end-user experience or increasing staffing burdens. These vendors also have a good track record of avoiding vulnerabilities in their security products. Common characteristics include reliability, consistent throughput, and a product that’s intuitive to manage and administer.”

WatchGuard – Moving Security Forward
The WatchGuard XTM family of network security appliances is a new class of performance-driven security solutions. Blazing fast throughput combines with advanced networking features to handle high-volume traffic securely – at an affordable price. Includes a suite of flexible management tools that allows IT administrators to manage security through an intuitive centralized console, command line interface, and web UI. With 19 models to choose from, small to mid-size businesses have an ideal XTM solution to protect their networks, applications and data.

Business protection is stronger than ever, with HTTPS inspection, VoIP support, and options for Application Control and all other WatchGuard security services (WebBlocker, spamBlocker, Gateway Antivirus, Intrusion Prevention Service, Reputation Enabled Defense, and LiveSecurity Service).

Aarrestad concludes, “Many small businesses face the same challenges as large organizations – how to keep data, applications and their network safe. With WatchGuard, it doesn’t matter if your business has 10 or 5,000 employees – they all get the same levels of advanced, next-generation threat protection, which is why WatchGuard continues to rank at the top of analyst reports.”

WatchGuard Wins Security Industry’s Global Excellence Award for Medium Enterprise Security Solution

mark.staveley — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:41:09 +0000

WatchGuard XTM 8 Series Wins as Next-Generation Firewall

SEATTLE – March 23, 2012. Continuing its ownership of the small and midsize market, WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in business security solutions, today announced that the WatchGuard XTM 8 series next-generation firewall won the Medium Enterprise Security Solution Award from Info Security Products Guide. The security industry celebrated its 8th Annual 2012 Global Excellence Awards by honoring excellence in every facet of the industry including products, people behind the successes and best companies.

“WatchGuard is honored to receive this award that recognizes our dedication to providing unbeatable security solutions to medium sized enterprises,” said Eric Aarrestad, VP of Marketing at WatchGuard Technologies. “The WatchGuard XTM 8 series next-generation firewall provides cutting edge Application Control technologies along with advanced firewall and IPS protection. No other firewall provides as much performance, functionality and value for the mid-market and enterprise than this.”

More than 50 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated and their average scores determined the 2012 Global Excellence Awards Finalists and Winners. Winners were announced during the awards dinner and presentation on February 29, 2012 in San Francisco attended by the finalists, judges and industry peers.

WatchGuard XTM 8 series
Performance-driven security and economical pricing are what set the WatchGuard XTM 8 series apart from its competitors. It incorporates must-have technologies, like Application Control and IPS, as well as a broad spectrum of other security functions to give businesses full protection. The XTM 8 series has up to 5 Gbps firewall throughput, ten 1-Gb interfaces, and advanced security features, including full HTTPS inspection, optional URL filtering, anti-spam, and anti-virus. Flexible, centralized management tools allow administrators access from one intuitive console or a scriptable CLI, and include real-time monitoring and rich reporting.

Trustwave Completes Acquisition of M86 Security

mark.staveley — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:59:42 +0000

Acquisition Strengthens Trustwave’s Cloud and Managed Security Services with M86 Security’s Advanced Anti-Malware Technology

CHICAGO – March 19, 2012 – Trustwave, a leading provider of cloud-based compliance and information security solutions, today announced it has completed its acquisition of M86 Security, a global leader in Web security solutions and advanced anti-malware technology.

“By acquiring M86 Security, Trustwave has added Web security and enhanced email security to one of the industry’s most comprehensive security portfolios,” said Robert J. McCullen, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Trustwave. “We now offer compliance, application, network, data and Web security solutions. We’ve entered the large, growing multi-billion dollar Web security market with a powerful set of M86 content security products that we’ll continue to offer as software and appliances and begin to offer as managed security services. M86 Security also brings to Trustwave advanced anti-malware technology that we’ll make available to customers through our cloud-based TrustKeeper portal.”

As a combined company, Trustwave is approaching 1,000 employees worldwide. Trustwave announced plans to acquire privately-held M86 Security on March 6, 2012.

M86 Security Boosts its M86 Secure Web Gateway with a Robust Proxy Package for Internet Gateway

mark.staveley — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:02:22 +0000

New ICAP client functionality, integrated hybrid cloud platform and improved usability give organizations unsurpassed SWG flexibility and affordability in M86 Secure Web Gateway 10.2

RSA Conference® 2012 – Moscone Center – Booth #1017

Irvine, Calif. – February 29, 2012 - M86 Security, the authority in malware prevention and content security, today announced the new release of its leading M86 Secure Web Gateway (SWG). M86 SWG version 10.2 provides additional networking and third-party integration options with the new ICAP client functionality enabling organizations to reduce the time and costs associated with securing and managing the Internet gateway. The new release also includes the hybrid cloud service as a standard feature and supports new cloud platforms.

Recognized for its unmatched, proactive malware prevention technology, the award-winning M86 SWG is the only solution capable of fully protecting organizations from cybercrime and targeted attacks, including dynamic threats found on Web 2.0 and social networking sites, without relying on signature-based technologies. With a choice of hardware, virtual appliance and hybrid cloud deployment options, M86 SWG customers reap the cost and convenience benefits of using the most flexible secure Web gateway solution on the market.

The M86 SWG already offers valuable features, such as, Web security, user authentication, Web filtering, data loss prevention, inspection and validation of SSL-encrypted traffic, and content caching. The new release 10.2 comprises additional features and enhancements, including:

ICAP Client Support Offers Greater Flexibility

The M86 SWG 10.2 integrates with all types of third-party ICAP servers or client devices, many of which may already be in use, to provide organizations with increased flexibility and help them minimize costs.

Integrated Hybrid Cloud Platform Secures Remote and Mobile Users

This new release includes M86 Security’s hybrid cloud deployment option as a standard feature, enabling organizations to extend the same robust on-premises Web security and policy control to roaming users and remote offices—at no extra cost. In addition, Amazon Web Services Elastic Compute (EC2) is supported as an alternative cloud scanner platform, further extending customer choice.

Scanner Grouping Enables Deployment in Large Distributed Environments

With the M86 SWG 10.2, Web scanners can be organized and managed easily by dedicated groups, giving organizations the flexibility and affordability they need to deploy the solution in large to very large distributed environments.

“The M86 SWG is already leading the market for malware prevention and protection against cybercrime. With M86 SWG 10.2, we are pleased to offer a more cost effective, fully-featured proxy solution that helps our customers secure their users, networks and data at the Internet gateway,” said Werner Thalmeier, vice president of product management at M86 Security. “Customers receive significant flexibility and options to suit their specific network environments, budgets and requirements which will enable them to maximize their M86 SWG investment.”

Version 10.2 of the M86 SWG will be available through authorized channel partners and distributors in April 2012. M86 Security will be showcasing its advanced malware prevention and content security technologies at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, February 27-March 1.

WatchGuard Launches New Security Appliance for Small Businesses New WatchGuard XTM 33 Appliance Hailed as the “Ultimate Small Business Firewall”

mark.staveley — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:26:04 +0000

SEATTLE – January 31, 2012. WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in business security solutions, today unveiled its ultimate small business firewall, the WatchGuard XTM 33. Ideal for small businesses with 5 to 30 users, the WatchGuard XTM 33 appliance provides state of the art network protection in an all-in-one, small form factor security appliance.

“Hackers go after small businesses because they tend to have either outdated security systems or consumer-grade endpoint protection, which makes them easy targets,” said Tim Helming, Director of Product Management at WatchGuard Technologies. “For this reason, WatchGuard developed the XTM 33 to have enterprise class security, but in a form factor and at a price that works for any small business. It truly is a no-compromise, ultimate firewall that is optimized for today’s threat landscape.”

WatchGuard XTM 33 – Packed with the latest security technologies
Despite its small form factor size and diminutive price tag, the WatchGuard XTM 33 is chock full of the latest security features and advanced networking technologies available today. These include:

Defense-in-depth protection – Identity-based firewalling plus WatchGuard’s unique proxy technology puts the XTM 33 at the forefront of firewall functionality;

Integrated VPN – Whether it is used to create secure virtual private network (VPN) tunnels for Apple iPad, iPhone and other iOS-based devices, or used to enable secure remote connectivity for mobile employees, the WatchGuard XTM 33 makes setting up a VPN effortless and easy;

Application Control – The WatchGuard XTM 33 provides next-generation firewall functionality via Application Control. This allows businesses to utilize web 2.0 apps, while keeping employees focused on work rather than playing social media-based games;

Malware and Hacker Prevention – With the latest in intrusion prevention, spam-blocking and gateway anti-virus, the WatchGuard XTM 33 keeps malware, spyware, viruses, worms and hackers out of small business networks;

Cloud-based Protection – The WatchGuard XTM 33 also leverages WatchGuard’s Reputation Enabled Defense service, which is a cloud-based IP and URL reputation solution that stops threats in the cloud before they ever hit the network edge, which means network throughput is always fast;

Advanced Management and Reporting – Real-time monitoring, secure logging and more than 65 report templates give businesses insight as to what is going in and out of their network and by whom.

Helming concludes, “For the price point, the WatchGuard XTM 33 offers unbeatable value, performance and functionality. It embodies expert security for the non-security expert.”

WatchGuard Enhances Security for Virtualized and Cloud Infrastructures XTMv Line of Virtualized Firewalls Now Shipping to Beta Customers

mark.staveley — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:28:06 +0000

XTMv Line of Virtualized Firewalls Now Shipping to Beta Customers

SEATTLE – December 21, 2011. WatchGuard® Technologies, a global leader in business security solutions, today announced the beta version of its leading next-generation security UTM product as a virtual appliance named XTMv. The new WatchGuard XTMv series of virtual firewalls provides unparalleled network security and advanced protection of applications and data.

“The powerful firewall, integrated threat management and application control, and bundled easy-to-use business-focused management suite that define WatchGuard XTM have helped hundreds of thousands of organizations run their businesses securely. Now, WatchGuard will enable those companies to leverage the consolidation savings and business agility of virtualization and private clouds with the same level of confidence,” said Roger Klorese, Director of Product Management at WatchGuard Technologies. “The response to the extension of WatchGuard XTM security to virtual infrastructures has far exceeded our expectations, with hundreds of partners and customers requesting early access.”

WatchGuard XTMv
XTMv is now available in beta version to meet the needs of small, midsize and large-scale distributed environments. XTMv provides the same type of high security offered by WatchGuard XTM series hardware appliances, including Application Control, Reputation Enabled Defense, intrusion prevention, gateway anti-virus, web blocking traffic shaping, and more. “WatchGuard has been a vital component of our enterprise infrastructure for over 12 years now,” says James Bender, Director of Technical Services, MCA. “Their offering application layer capabilities in the late 90′s sealed our decision to market their firewall to our customers as our security appliance solution. Being a customer first, I appreciated the ease of management, friendly interface, and bundled features on the box that other vendors charge an arm and a leg for. This beta release has me very excited. The virtualized XTM solution allows us to spin up virtualized firewalls that leverage our high performance and highly available, x86/x64 infrastructure. XTMv provides us with scalable access control solutions to protect specific virtual machines and make our cloud offerings a reality.”

WatchGuard XTMv series can manage traffic passing within the virtual infrastructure and across internal networks between virtual machines in the same cluster or on the same server; thus XTMv is well suited to implement security policies between applications, user communities or tenants. WatchGuard XTMv will be initially supported on VMware vSphere.

Additional beta testers will be added to the program in January 2012.

Developers of Cryoserver Introduce Low Cost, Simple Archiving Solution

mark.staveley — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:44:12 +0000

19. December 2011

LONDON – Forensic and Compliance Systems, Ltd., the manufacturer of Cryoserver email archive solution, has used its years of archiving knowledge to introduce a new product to the market- BasicArchive.

BasicArchive allows smaller companies to have similar functionality as the larger organisations, at an affordable price. Companies have the ability to store emails for an extended period of time and search them in a similar way as the main Cryoserver software solution.

The email retention software features an easy-to-use, intuitive search interface that looks and feels like Microsoft Outlook coupled with a secure archive to provide great value to your organisation. BasicArchive will capture all incoming and outgoing emails and store them in a secure archive in the cloud.

“The greatest benefit of this solution is not cost, it is employee efficiency,” said Robin Bingeman of Cryoserver, which offers email backup services as an appliance and/or email archiving software only.

BasicArchive stores emails at the same time the end user sees them and before they have the chance to alter them. Users can search for emails by date, sender, recipient, keywords and/or attachments without needing to rely on the IT department.

“With BasicArchive you have a reliable, trustworthy, easy-to-access and secure repository of your company’s email at a fraction of the cost.” said Bingeman.

Users can operate the BasicArchive service as if it is their inbox and reply to emails directly from the cloud-based archive, said the email archiving compliance professional.

“With BasicArchive you can tame the email monster, improve efficiency and keep costs down,” said the data storage solutions expert.

To store emails in BasicArchive, the cost is around 99p per user, per month and sign-up takes minutes.

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