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Safe4 virus protection enhanced17/07/2017 - 5:42 pm- Safe4 version 5.01 is released – more enhancements for the Asset Register26/06/2017 - 1:07 pm
- Ransomware – why Safe4 customers are protected15/05/2017 - 10:13 am
- More concern over the use of public email09/05/2017 - 12:56 pm
- Safe4 Asset Register is launched with release of version 5.004/05/2017 - 8:26 am
Safe4 virus protection enhanced
/in Blog, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinIn order to maintain the primary Safe4 commitment of security for information held on behalf of customers and their clients, the anti-virus protection applied when documents are uploaded to the system has been enhanced. Scanning for viruses as every document is uploaded has been an automatic function of the system since Safe4 was launched, and this […]
Rackspace outage affects access to Safe4
/in Blog, Security /by Ben MartinUnfortunately on Thursday 29 June 2017 the Safe4 service was not available for just over two hours. The issue started at 11:14 BST, and service was resumed at 13:37. During this time it was not possible to connect to the Safe4 service through the normal web interface. We at Safe4 are very proud of our exceptional […]
Safe4 version 5.01 is released – more enhancements for the Asset Register
/in Blog, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinTo maintain the continuous improvement policy of Safe4, further enhancements have today been released for the Asset Register in version 5.01. These include the ability to control the horizontal display sequence of fields when asset records are being added, as well as improved handling of dates to make the format consistent across all browsers. Management […]
Ransomware – why Safe4 customers are protected
/in Blog, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinThe ransomware attacks that have affected many organisations around the world over the weekend have exposed some serious vulnerabilities in the way that information is managed; using out-of-date operating systems and the failure to implement security updates are clearly primary causes of the exposure. However, it should be remembered that the problem normally arises when […]
More concern over the use of public email
/in Blog, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinInterference with personal email accounts has become a major source of fraud in the UK. Take a look at this alarming article. However, more than 70% of UK law firms are still communicating with clients via their clients’ personal email accounts, in many cases to carry highly confidential information such as bank account details when executing […]
Safe4 Asset Register is launched with release of version 5.0
/in Blog, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinSince 2010 Safe4 has become established as one of the most secure services on the Internet for the delivery and storage of documents. With the release of Safe4 version 5.0 that capability is dramatically enhanced, as now the inclusion of the Safe4 Asset Register allows the direct input of data into fields that can be […]
US / European Privacy Shield progress has stalled
/in Blog, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinThe recently-appointed US administration has put a hold on recruitment in many branches of the government, including the appointment of an ombudsman for dealing with data privacy issues. Transfer of personal data between the US and other jurisdictions is a complex subject, and will need careful treatment as the discussions relating to the new agreement unfold. Click […]
Ransomware has become a major business and social menace
/in Blog, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinInstances of businesses of all sizes being infected by ransomware are becoming more and more common. It is not just corporate bodies that are being hit – individual members of the public are also being asked to pay sums of money to criminals in order to remove viruses from their data. It is also understood […]
Safe4 continues to prioritise security following outage on 22nd and 23rd March
/in News - All, Security /by Alistair StubbsUnfortunately Safe4 suffered a number of outages on the 22nd and 23rd of March. The system was partially unavailable and reporting errors for a total of just under 35 minutes over the two days (25 mins on 22nd March and a little under 10mins on 23rd.) Regrettably this was in the middle of the morning […]
Identity theft on the increase in the UK
/in Blog, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinOnline fraud is increasingly alarmingly in the UK, according to recent reports. This particularly applies to identity theft. Cyber crime now accounts for more than half of all reported crime in the United Kingdom, and the situation is becoming more difficult all the time. One of the prime sources of computer crime is the reliance […]