Evaden, a leading provider of SaaS cloud-based on-demand email archiving and security services, has announced the establishment of a new local Internet Data Centre (IDC) in Ireland partnering with C Infinity, an Irish-based international provider of platforms for SaaS hosting and data protection solutions.
From next week UK organisations that lose sensitive data could be fined up to £500,000
From next week UK organisations that lose sensitive data could be fined up to £500,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office. read more
High Levels Of Uptime In Action
This week Microsoft released a patch for their hardware virtualisation platform, Hyper-V, that was highly recommended. It was the first patch of its kind in the 2 years that this technology has been publicly available. It was important enough for us to bypass our normal patch change control process – we take matters of security and stability very seriously. read more
Secure Online Backup for Windows 7
C Infinity is happy to announce support for our Connected secure online backup service on Windows 7.
Windows 7 has been a massive success as a desktop operating system at home, in the small business and in the enterprise. Early adoption rates have been high and more widespread than expected. It features solutions that make it a great desktop and branch office platform. And it’s those very scenarios that our Connected backup service targets. read more
Encrypted USB Memory Stick Vulnerabilities
We have experienced a surge in popularity of our laptop and USB drive encryption in recent months. We are often asked about full disk encryption for USB drives as an alternative to our current Software as a Service (SaaS) encryption offering which just doesn’t encrypt data but can also eliminate it.
The Staggering Costs Of Lost Laptops And What To Do About It
I recently read the results of a Ponemon Institute study which indicated that the average cost of a lost laptop was almost $50,000.
The cost was broken down into seven main drivers:
Are You At Risk From Losing Your Tape Backup?
It’s not uncommon for a business in Ireland to use tape backups as a backup solution for their critical data. What is common though is the fear that some business owners have using a tape backup solution.
Firms leaving themselves open to security breaches
Sunday’s Business Post referenced a recent PWC report highlighting the exposure of many Firms to security breaches and the possibility of sensitive company data or files falling into the wrong hands and possibly compromising the company.
HSBC fined £3m after losing clients’ confidential information – twice
On my way back from a recent business meeting in London my eye was drawn to a newspaper article stating that the Financial Services Authority Board had imposed its greatest fine ever on the bank for losing critical customer information.
Data recovery systems “flawed”
Less than 30% of Irish companies able to restore data from backups! I saw a very interesting piece in the Business supplement in the Irish Times on Friday which said that “many Irish companies are leaving themselves open to disruption or lost revenue due to poor disaster –recovery techniques”.
