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Astaro all-in-one security appliances safeguard the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh IT infrastructure
posted on 29/06/2009

The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (RCPE) is a professional membership organisation representing over 10,000 medical professionals worldwide, and uses email as a core communication channel with members. The College had relied on its ISP to manage its anti-spam and anti-virus solutions but found that the security system in place was also impacting the delivery of legitimate traffic. Astaro has announced that the RCPE has implemented Astaro’s all-in-one security appliances to safeguard the College’s IT infrastructure and significantly reduce the time spent by the IT team on email management. Using the Astaro Security Gateway appliances, the College now has the ability to easily manage its anti-spam and anti-virus services in-house and has established a finely tuned system for identifying email security threats. “Previously, we were seeing too many false positives in our spam, where legitimate email traffic would not get through. The filters would be sent over to the IT tea... [more]

InfoExpress CARE lets organizations deploy Network Access Control at a reduced cost
posted on 29/06/2009

InfoExpress has announced the availability of the InfoExpress Compliance, Authorization, and Rogue Enforcement (CARE) service, a comprehensive managed service for Network Access Control (NAC) deployment and operation, including host integrity, guest access, and endpoint compliance. InfoExpress CARE lets organizations deploy NAC for their LANs, VPNs and wireless networks at a reduced cost without increasing staff workload. Tailored to each customer’s needs, InfoExpress CARE provides the flexibility to meet the requirements of a wide variety of organizations. Customers can choose to outsource one or all of the NAC specific services, including installation, policy creation and updates, patch management, on-going operations, and reporting. The customized deployments are delivered quickly and easily by a team of NAC experts. Current InfoExpress customers using the CARE service have reported significant benefits, including: “Leveraging the technical team from InfoExpress ensures that our... [more]

One in five IT security managers cheat on an audit to get it passed
posted on 18/06/2009

According to the annual "Reality Bytes" security survey by Tufin Technologies of IT security managers and technical staff, 20% admit to cheating on an audit to get it passed. The survey also discovered that 63% of companies only check and audit their firewalls from anything between 3 months to a year, with a staggering 9% never bothering to check their firewalls at all. 51% admitted that their firewall rules are “a mess.” The survey found that 22% of firewall audits take anything from a few weeks to a few months, with 70% saying that their audits take a few days. However, from a security perspective with audits not being undertaken frequently and with many taking time to conduct, it can mean that many companies have firewalls that, at best, are running under par and, at worst, contain shadowed or obsolete rules that introduce unnecessary risk to the organization. Tufin also found that more companies than ever before are buying IT hardware from ebay, a trend Tufin was aware of ane... [more]

European organisations unaware of printers IT security risks
posted on 18/06/2009

Despite public concerns about the protection of sensitive information, organisations across Europe are failing to take steps to protect it. According to a Samsung Electronics Europe-wide survey of more than 4,500 workers in the public and private sectors, companies are not putting in place appropriate measures to protect confidential information. 56 per cent of workers regularly see confidential documents abandoned on the printer and over half (51 per cent) of those surveyed are not aware of any processes or technologies in place at their organisation to protect the printer network itself. Those working in the banking/finance sector were most likely to see confidential documents, with more than two thirds (68 per cent) of respondents seeing these on the print tray. The healthcare sector did perform better, but still more than one third of respondents (34 per cent) admitted to finding personal patient information left on the printer – including health records (38 per cent) and lab re... [more]

DeviceLock provides Data Leak Prevention to Silver Legacy Resort Casino
posted on 17/06/2009

Silver Legacy Resort Casino of Reno, Nevada, has slot machines and gaming tables covering an 85,000 square foot casino floor. It has been selected as the 6th Best Casino You've Never Heard Of in the United States. DeviceLock, Inc. has announced that Silver Legacy Resort Casino has renewed and further extended its license coverage for DeviceLock to continually provide the first layer of its comprehensive Data Leak Prevention (DLP) strategy that incorporates both network and endpoint vulnerability handling. “Silver Legacy has been using DeviceLock for port and device security for a few years already. We need to be as vigilant as any bank or credit card company about safeguarding data privacy and security,” comments Charles McCall, Network Manager. We’re held to a similar level of regulatory compliance, and we can also expect regular visits from Nevada gaming commission auditors, so this solution has long been a necessity. We chose DeviceLock over other solutions due to its flexible c... [more]

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