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Flybe reduces exposure to email threats and simplifies security management with Sophos security solutions
posted on 07/11/2006

Flybe is deploying Sophos security solutions across more than 30 sites, in order to reduce exposure to emerging threats and simplify security management. Scheduled for completion in December 2006, the rollout will benefit 1,600 Flybe employees, giving them protection against the threats of malware, adware and spam. This move has already enabled the company to reduce its anti-virus spend by 45 percent. Flybe is one of Europe's leading low-cost airlines. With more than five million passengers flying with Flybe each year, protecting confidential information and ensuring the smooth running of day-to-day operations is vital. In addition, due to the online nature of the business, Flybe receives approximately 40,000 spam emails and 800 virus infected emails per week. Consequently, the company undertakes regular reviews of its IT security systems, in order to remain fully up-to-date and secured against the latest threats. Following a recent review, Flybe decided to deploy Sophos's em... [more]

CallingID Strong Authentication protects online brokerage firms users from cyber-thieves
posted on 02/11/2006

CallingID has announced a special version of its Strong Authentication Platform for online brokerage firms to help them reduce online fraud. The online brokerage market is encouraged to utilize this unobtrusive, easy to implement, strong authentication solution which enables fool-proof anti-phishing and anti-spyware capabilities without adding complexity to the user’s experience. CallingID’s Strong Authentication Platform is a simple solution that requires no hardware or software on the client's machine and is designed to work in public computers where spyware such as key-loggers are installed. The unique patent pending spyware bypass protects users against Phishing, Trojans, Spyware and Man-in-the-Middle attacks. It allows users to keep their standard username and password login process and requires only minimal support. Additional authentication factors are automatically requested in cases where the user’s login is suspicious Although no client software installation is required, u... [more]

ISS helps Somerset County secure Internet in libraries, schools and Government offices
posted on 02/11/2006

Internet Security Systems (ISS), Inc. has announced that it will help protect Somerset County Council's networks using ISS Proventia® Network Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and Proventia Management SiteProtector™ console. Somerset County Council is one of a number of councils concerned with the legal ramifications of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing on its network, including copyright infringements, sharing of confidential information and downloading of illegal web content Additionally, the Council’s networking team was worried about protection against spyware access to the Internet. Furthermore, the networking team was also concerned about the increasing risks associated with P2P applications running on public and local government networks. ISS Proventia Network IPS with Virtual Patch® technology provides a patching window designed to help Somerset Council’s IT security stay ahead of new Internet threats in a timely and cost efficient manner and pre-emptively protect the Council’... [more]

InternetPerils exposes clusters of phishing servers
posted on 02/11/2006

Phishing e-mail messages arrive in millions of mailboxes every day, pretending to be from a bank such as Bank of America, or from an E-tailer such as eBay or Paypal. A typical phishing e-mail directs its recipients to a web page with instructions to enter passwords or social security numbers to verify identity, but the web page is a scam and is not actually associated with the bank; it's on some other server. InternetPerils, Inc. has announced it has exposed a cluster of phishing servers operating from an ISP based in Germany. InternetPerils’ analysis shows such clusters can infest unsuspecting ISPs for weeks or months. Phishing clusters used to be invisible. Now InternetPerils' products identify phishing clusters so targets of phishing, including banks and consumers, can act by contacting the ISP hosting the cluster, or by contacting law enforcement agencies. No individual target of phishing would ever know that the phishing clusters exposed by InternetPerils exist, since eac... [more]

SteelEye LifeKeeper disaster recovery solution protects New Star email system
posted on 02/11/2006

New Star Asset Management, a UK fund management organisation, has completed a staged rollout of SteelEye Technology's high availability and disaster recovery solution, LifeKeeper for Exchange, across four sites: Knightsbridge, London; Docklands, London; Dublin, Ireland and Bermuda in order to ensure complete disaster recovery for its Microsoft Exchange messaging and collaboration environment. New Star has been working with Open Minds to protect its email system. The company undertakes yearly reviews of its email infrastructure and before the implementation of LifeKeeper had anticipated it would take two days to fully recover from a loss of its Exchange servers. The full impact of this delay was realised following a security breach of the New Star Asset Management data centre in 2004, when all systems went down, and the full restoration of email took 48 hours. New Star started work with Open Minds, who recommended SteelEye's LifeKeeper for Exchange. Initially email was set up to re... [more]

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