April 2, 2012 at 10:20 am · Filed under Uncategorized
By Evy Schwartz
Did you hear? I giant, bus-sized asteroid blazed past Earth on Sunday, April 1st. The scariest part is that Asteroid 2012 EG5, as astronomers like to call it, flew so close to Earth, it sailed right under the moon! Apparently if it had hit, it would have been as if a nuclear bomb exploded. Massive devastation.
Yet, most of us, went on with our daily lives without as much as a shudder. And I guess the real factor here is trust. Trust that the world’s astronomers would have some type of plan in case a giant asteroid was expected to make impact. Um…they do have a plan, dont they?
So…getting back to trust - we exhibit blind trust every day we hand our Read the rest of this entry »
December 15, 2011 at 11:05 am · Filed under Secure Information Exchange
By Evy Schwartz
Bring your own device (BYOD) to work? Not only are companies looking the other way but some organizations are actually giving the go ahead. Interestingly enough, federal agencies seem to be leading the way.
Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker, predicted that it will be within 2 years that federal agencies embrace a BYOD strategy. According to Baker, this means employees will be able to use their own devices to connect to the internal network, FierceGovernmentIT. So if the feds are doing it…surely companies worldwide will begin to allow the seepage of personal devices in the workplace.
But what could be motivating this sudden acceptance of personal devices? Thanks to a recent Read the rest of this entry »
December 5, 2011 at 7:40 am · Filed under Secure Information Exchange
By Bill Buie
I’m so delighted to be able to tell you that we’ve announced today that we’ve acquired the mobile file sharing company, TappIn. I’ve put together a few thoughts as to why “going mobile” is critical to GlobalSCAPE:
Much is being written about the “blurring” of personal technology and business technology. Maybe it’s really a societal statement that more and more of our work is done on smartphones, tablets and home PC’s. It’s then a natural extension to ask the IT organization in your company to use them as they see fit. We have already heard a number of stories that suggest that if IT isn’t ahead of this curve, then users will find a way to do it quite possibly outside the established boundaries and policies.
We agree that employees should be Read the rest of this entry »
October 28, 2011 at 10:18 am · Filed under Secure Information Exchange
By Evy Schwartz
How about you? If you had to choose which to have to deal with…would you pick a divorce or going through a data breach? If you chose divorce, then you agree with most people. This revelation came from a recent study asking people to rate the stress levels of specific situations that happen in life. The results were pretty interesting.
Most people said that dealing with a data breach at work would beat out a divorce or getting fired in terms of stress levels! This study was done by Dynamic Markets who polled 1,000 IT managers and 1,000 non-IT employees in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia.
Almost three quarters of those polled agreed that simply keeping data protected is more stressful than Read the rest of this entry »
October 7, 2011 at 8:30 am · Filed under Cloud Computing
This upcoming live webinar is a must-attend event. There’s a lot of buzz surrounding the cloud and it seems here to stay. So if you’ve considered any or all of the following:
- Moving your managed file transfer to a hosted solution
- Letting someone else manage your managed file transfer solution
- Moving to an enterprise solution but can’t find the budget for the upfront cost
On this live webinar, you’ll discover how to:
- Maintain the highest levels of security
- Easily be compliant (HIPAA, PCI_DSS, Sox, etc) without lifting a finger
- Afford a full enterprise solution suite without astronomical up-front costs
- Set-up even the most complex automated transfers
- Be up and running in record time
- And more!
Webinar details:
Date: October, 19, 2011
Time: 3:00-4:00 cst
So if you’re curious about moving managed file transfer to the cloud but aren’t sure if it’s the right solution for you, this webinar will answer all of your questions. Just click the link below to register today.
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October 4, 2011 at 7:57 am · Filed under Compliance
By Evy Schwartz
When are health care companies going to learn that they must comply with the latest laws and regulations? HIPAA and HITECH were passed for a reason but time-after-time we see data breaches happening due to violations.
The latest debacle happened right here in San Antonio, TX. Tricare, a provider of health care services to active and retired military personnel, disclosed that a 3rd party technology contractor lost backup tapes containing sensitive patient health information while transferring them between Federal facilities. Well, lost may be the wrong word. The tapes were actually stolen…out of a car. And of course the data is not encrypted.
So in today’s world of advanced technology and strict regulations, we continue to see these data breaches happen. Approximately 4.9 million Read the rest of this entry »
September 21, 2011 at 9:34 am · Filed under Secure Information Exchange
By Evy Schwartz
Remember back when the Internet really started to take off? Online stores began to pop-up and we were presented with an interesting dilemma. On one hand, we wanted to take advantage of the new and convenient way to shop and do business. But it was so new, we weren’t sure we could trust our credit card information would be safe online. But we eventually came around and online business has been booming.
However, the tide is starting to turn. Trust is an issue again.
All of the recent data breaches we’ve been hearing about have a great deal to do with Read the rest of this entry »
September 19, 2011 at 9:44 am · Filed under Uncategorized
By Evy Schwartz
Financial services companies beware: You are the main target for today’s hackers! Companies in the financial services industry move the world’s money from place to place. Business has gone global and money is moved digitally. Enter hackers…the modern versions of the masked train robbers of the old West. They’re after the money, plain and simple.
Of course it’s not just the financial services companies hackers target. Every company is at risk, no matter the industry or size. Just look at the staggering cost of cyber-crime. According to Brian Tillet, the chief security strategist at Symantec, the annual cost of cyber-crime is around $388 billion. This number includes money and time lost and surges past the cost of the global black market trade in heroin, cocaine and marijuana…by $100 billion.
Compounding the problem is another interesting fact brought to light by the FBI’s assistant director Read the rest of this entry »
August 30, 2011 at 9:16 am · Filed under Customer Experience
Todd Doerr, Mayor Julián Castro, Iñigo Arzac
South Texas makes a huge leap forward. TechCon2011 San Antonio, is the hot place (yes, literally hot with it forcasted to be 104 degrees today) for Texas technology companies to showcase their goods. And of course, GlobalSCAPE is at the conference, heading the way.
The convention focuses on technology manufactured and developed in Texas, but it also recognizes products sold in Texas from around the world. Those products also enrich our lives and businesses and those who sell such technology products are also welcome to exhibit. Exhibitors include GlobalSCAPE, Google, Rackspace, AT&T and Texas Instruments, just to name a few.
The featured speaker today is Mayor Julián Castro. Mayor Castro has made growing business, especially in the tech industry, here in San Antonio a top priority. We look forward to working with the Mayor to be a part of the tremendous growth of technology in San Antonio.
August 23, 2011 at 8:43 am · Filed under Secure Information Exchange
By Evy Schwartz
And another one bites the dust. This time Yale University is eating data breach crow. 43,000 students, faculty and staffers were recently notified that their personal information, including social security numbers, were breached.
Breached how? Well, specifically, the information was made publicly available on Google. People’s names, addresses and social security numbers were out there for anyone to see for a period of 10 months. And of course, Yale has offered the victims identity theft insurance and free credit monitoring services for 2 years. That sounds expensive!
So how in the world Read the rest of this entry »
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