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Viewfinity’s Newest Privilege Management Release Dramatically Raises Level of Manageability, Reducing Burden on IT Through Automation
posted on 18/05/2012

Viewfinity (www.viewfinity.com), the leading provider of privilege management solutions, today announced Viewfinity Privilege Management 4.0, a compelling and major upgrade to the company’s flagship product. With this release, enterprises have a new, automated approach previously not available in any solution for managing rights and privileges for standard users on Windows endpoints and servers. Viewfinity’s new, intelligent automation identifies commonly needed privileges across the entire user base within an organization and automatically aggregates privilege needs, then creates a single policy to address the common need for a collective group of users. This containment of policy proliferation results in enormous time, cost and management savings. Another major announcement in this release is Viewfinity’s Least Privilege Control for Data. "The one vulnerability we can’t easily patch are end-users. The single most important way to improve endpoint security is to run more of your... [more]

Avecto wins Red Herring Top 100 Europe Award 2012
posted on 11/05/2012

Recognition for the 100 most innovative technology companies in Europe. Manchester (UK) and Boston (USA) - Avecto, the leader in Windows privilege management, announced today they are winners of Red Herring's Top 100 Europe award, a prestigious award that recognises the top 100 private technology companies from the European business region. Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe list has become a mark of distinction for identifying promising new companies and entrepreneurs. Red Herring editors were among the first to recognize that companies such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, Skype, Salesforce.com, YouTube, and eBay would change the way we live and work. “Choosing the companies with the strongest potential was by no means a small feat,” said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. “After rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across Europe to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Avecto embodies the vision, drive and innovation... [more]

Rising security breaches cost UK plc billions in the last year, shows new PwC/Infosecurity Europe survey
posted on 11/05/2012

• One in seven large organisations has been hacked in the last year • The average large organisations face a significant outsider attack every week - small businesses face one a month • 20% of organisations spend less than 1% of their IT budget on information security • Customer impersonation up threefold since 2008 – financial services affected most The number of large organisations being hacked into is at a record high; the overall cost of security breaches to UK plc is now billions of pounds a year, a new survey of 447 UK businesses shows. In the last year, one in seven large organisations has detected hackers within their systems – the highest level ever recorded since the survey started in the early 1990s. Furthermore, 70% of large organisations have detected significant attempts to break into their networks in the last year, which is another record high. These are some of the key findings from the 2012 Information Security Breaches Survey (ISBS) by PwC in conjunction ... [more]

19% missed a critical deadline because they couldn’t access the right applications
posted on 09/05/2012

Avecto, the leader in Windows privilege management, revealed the results of its recent survey that showed the massive cost to both organizations and people of mismanaging user admin rights. • 19% missed a critical deadline as a result of being denied full access to an application, 14% lost a job and 6% missed a promotion • Nearly three in ten people don’t have access to all the applications they need to do their jobs • 16% of people would be tempted to use their admin rights to access sensitive data if they still had them after they left their company • Nearly a quarter of users call IT support 3 or more times per year because they can’t get an app to work because of admin rights issues • More than 1 in 5 people know someone in their organization who has breached IT security policies “We always knew that there would be a significant impact on businesses if they mismanage user admin rights– security breaches, people accessing data after they leave or expensive help desk calls. ... [more]

New Look Website For Third Millennium - www.third-millennium-sys.com
posted on 08/05/2012

Third Millennium has launched a new look website that offers its visitors something a little different to the norm. With its simple “Style” and “Technology” tabs, it offers a simple, intuitive navigation experience, directing visitors quickly to their required page of interest. To complement the new look website, Third Millennium has updated all the product datasheets and programming manuals. The “new brand theme” from the website has also been applied to these documents, which are also available for download. Founded in 1996 by Pete Jones, Third Millennium is a multi award- winning manufacturer of advanced access control readers, and specialises in the introduction of new technology to the access control market. Supplying many of the world’s leading security specialists, the company’s products offer a wide variety of styles coupled with the broadest range of RFID technologies available from a single manufacturer. The Third Millennium product range includes multi-technology ... [more]

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