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Hi Eric,

I hope all is well. I wanted to follow-up with you regarding an opportunity to speak with Frank Kenney of Ipswitch File Transfer to discuss how a few seconds of non-diligence equals a career of regret for CIOs.

Frank will also be able to talk to you about how Ipswitch File Transfer is enabling businesses to meet and exceed regulatory compliance and implement sound security policies by safely and reliably moving data across the Internet.

Is this something that might interest you?

Best,

Patrick
On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:46 PM, Patrick Farrell wrote:

Hi Eric,

Recently, former Anonymous (responsible for WikiLeaks and HBGary Breach) hacker SparkyBlaze offered his top security tips for the enterprise. Ipswitch File Transfer believes that while some of the suggestions were fairly obvious, others were intuitive and absolutely on point.

For example SparkyBlaze makes the following points:

Teach your staff about information security

A recent Ipswitch survey shows that even the most stringent security professionals break protocol when it comes to the transfer and collaboration of information. And these folks have tons of acronyms behind their names!

There needs to be a general awareness around information security and data and a clear understanding of the security and risk issues associated with physical media, such as DVDs and memory sticks, and outside services, like Gmail, which allows employees to ‘easily’ send large files. This combination can be the best deterrent to data breaches.

Teach your staff about social engineering

Employees who use shareware or free cloud service are exposing sensitive information and risking an unintentional data breach. Employees who work from home, on a personal machine late at night or on an unapproved smart phone (at any hour) are the biggest targets for hackers and breaches. How many corporate iPhone users are there anyway?

Keep an eye on what information you are letting out into the public domain

In many cases, all information about major IT purchases and deployments by publically traded companies is public record. A move to incorporate MySQL databases, a content management system based on open source technology or even portal technologies can give a hacker everything they need to exploit your system.

Again, this is an issue of determining risk associated with information and mitigating that risk. Laying out your architecture and your infrastructure blueprints for the world to see may not be the best idea for your company…

Use good physical security. What good is all the [security] software if someone could just walk in and take your “secure” system?

Is that door of the mailroom locked? How hard is it to just pick up a backup tape or CD and slip it into a bag? For that matter, how hard is it to just walk into the office without proper credentials?

A simple, misplaced memory stick or an unsecured PC are potential recipes for disaster. There is never any excuse for leaving a terminal unsecured in a public or semipublic setting.

I’d like to offer you an opportunity to speak with Frank Kenney, Vice President, Global Strategy and Product Management at Ipswitch File Transfer to discuss how a few seconds of non-diligence equals a career of regret. Ipswitch File Transfer believes thats by enabling businesses to meet and exceed regulatory compliance and implement sound security policies by safely and reliably moving data across the Internet.

Is this something that might interest you?

Best,

Patrick
Patrick Farrell
Sniper Public Relations | Lowell, MA
D: 978.455.4600 | M: 603.661.0799
pfarrell@sniperpr.com | www.sniperpr.com
Twitter: @patrickjfarrell | @Sniper_PR

Patrick Farrell
Sniper Public Relations | Lowell, MA
D: 978.455.4600 | M: 603.661.0799
pfarrell@sniperpr.com | www.sniperpr.com
Twitter: @patrickjfarrell | @Sniper_PR