Recent News
Enhanced user management as Safe4 version 6.03 is released08/10/2019 - 7:58 am- Enhanced 2-Factor Authentication from Safe430/07/2019 - 11:32 pm
- Password strength requirements for Safe4 are being increased23/05/2019 - 3:01 pm
- Invoice fraud still a major threat26/03/2019 - 11:33 am
- Document signing in Safe4 is now available – version 6.0 is released06/03/2019 - 7:14 pm
Safe4 has been registered as a G-Cloud supplier
/in Blog, News, News - All /by Ben MartinA new round of updates to the UK Government’s G-Cloud Digital Marketplace has been announced today, and Safe4 Information Management has been successfully registered as a G-Cloud supplier. This will allow public sector organisations in the UK to purchase Safe4 through G-Cloud without having to go through the OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union) […]
Environmental Sustainability policy updates from Safe4
/in Blog, News, News - All /by Ben MartinMore good news for Safe4 customers – outstanding availability record
/in Blog, News, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinSafe4 has achieved outstanding availability in the last 7 months. Since 1 October 2017 the highly secure information delivery and storage service has achieved 100% uptime, with not a single second lost through system outages of any kind. This represents a stark contrast with other cloud-based information management services, many of which report outages almost […]
Safe4 releases version 5.10 to address GDPR compliance requirements
/in Blog, News, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinThe General Data Protection Regulation becomes law across the EU on 25 May this year, and in order to assist our customers to ensure that they are compliant with the regulation we have introduced some system changes to the core Safe4 service. These changes are in fact part of a work-in-progress, since there are still […]
Insecure email communication still causing huge losses through fraud
/in Blog, News, News - All, News - Property, Security /by Ben MartinRecent news has highlighted once again the risks caused by using insecure email communication to transfer confidential information, as this article shows. The effect of online theft is clearly devastating for those that have had their money stolen – in many cases these losses represent life savings and cannot be recovered. Criminals posing as conveyancing solicitors, or […]
Charities are exposed to serious risk when documents are lost
/in Blog, News, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinProper management of sensitive records can be challenging, but when the documents in question relate to vulnerable individuals who are receiving care from charities or local authorities, the consequences of information falling into the wrong hands can be very damaging. Recent cases of paper documents being lost highlight this risk. The impending arrival of GDPR […]
Version 5.04 of Safe4 is released
/in Blog, News, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinSafe4 have released version 5.04 of the secure information delivery and storage service. This release includes a significant number of internal enhancements, and will assist with the administration and management of the service. Users will notice changes in the way that reports and messages are handled and displayed, with more flexible options for listing and […]
Virus checker issues led to intermittent upload failures for Safe4
/in Blog, News, News - All /by Ben MartinAt around 9:30 GMT on Friday 26 January 2018 the Safe4 system began to experience intermittent failures when uploading files. This was displayed to users as a “rejected” message in the web user interface or an error message if using the Safe4 API. Investigation showed that the issue was caused by an intermittent failure of the virus scanner […]
Slow progress for GDPR across Europe
/in Blog, News, News - All, Security /by Ben MartinMost EU member states are not making much progress towards preparing their own legislative position for the effective date of the General Data Protection Regulation on 25 May this year, according to an article published today. As many UK businesses are aware, the Information Commissioner’s Office has been issuing guidance and warnings on GDPR for […]
Safe4 version 5.03 is released into production
/in Blog, News /by Ben MartinThe ongoing development of the Safe4 secure information management service continues, with version 5.03 being announced and available for use today. In addition to a series of internal enhancements, the new release now offers customers the ability to manage users through a single console interface. Safe4 customers have increasingly found it useful to offer their services through […]