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All businesses especially in these uncertain times need a solution whereby their data is backed up in a safe environment. In addition to the data backup, the implementation of a solution needs to be just as stringent, as customers data is highly sensitive and therefore warrants protection. SecurStore provides a trusted online backup and recovery solution under the umbrella of the British Standard Institute ISO 27001 standard which fulfills both these issues and therefore ensuring its customer’s data is securely stored.

SecurStore excelled in the British Standards Institution Assessment and was re-certified with the ISO/IEC 27001 global information security standard. The ISO/IEC 27001 is an internationally recognised standard concerning information safety and management. This identifies, manages, and minimises the range of threats to which information is regularly subjected to. This certification applies to all office and operations of SecurStore in the UK, as well as the rest of the world. Read more…

The Supermarket Online confirms that the very first of their niche office products websites will be a specialist safes store, The Safe Supermarket.

The Safe Supermarket  will be a dedicated security online retailer with products including, security safes, deposit safes, fire safes, key cabinets, home office security, lockers and security accessories. Read more…

Extravision ltd , a digital and email marketing company, today announced that it is in the process of completing all the necessary requirements to have McAfee SECURE(TM) on its client application sites, evreports.com and evmessenger.com.

McAfee tests and certifies on a daily basis that evreports.com and evmessenger.com passes a set of security scans and exhibit no vulnerabilities, dangerous content or links that could expose client’s computer and personal data to malicious use. Read more…

Content management is becoming part of enterprises’ infrastructure and consequently is being delivered by large vendors of enterprise infrastructure. Frequently new applications suffer from an insufficient backup solution. More and more companies and enterprises are using Microsoft Office SharePoint 2007 integrated suite of server capabilities helping them to improve organisational effectiveness by providing comprehensive content management and enterprise search, accelerating shared business processes and facilitating information-sharing across boundaries for better business insight.

With traditional tape based backup solution SharePoint can only be recovered in case of disaster by restoring the database as a whole, often meaning that critical data can only be recovered outside of the defined Recovery Time Objective (RTO). With the online, automatic SecurStore Backup and Recovery solution, files can be recovered at an item level, allowing companies and enterprises to prioritise what to recover when in case of a disaster. Based on this, IT directors can plan their disaster recovery procedures more easily and make sure that that their systems run with minimum downtime. With Microsoft SharePoint becoming more and more popular, it is becoming something of a backbone to many companies, leaving them vulnerable in case of a disaster. Read more…

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apps4Rent LLC, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and a leading provider of hosted SharePoint, hosted Exchange, BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) hosting, and Hyper-V virtual dedicated servers now allows addition of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates for a competitive price of $9.95/month, and custom Web parts to SharePoint hosting sites on virtual dedicated servers starting at $89/month.
“We are responding to users’ demands for enhanced security and customization of their hosted SharePoint sites,” said Wade Dube, Manager for Apps4Rent. “A secure certificate is a necessary feature for Web sites that handle customer or payment information. Custom Web parts allow the addition and enhancement of hosted SharePoint applications.”
SSL is a protocol that allows secure communication through the internet. Apps4Rent can install SSL certificates obtained through a trustworthy authority onto the hosted SharePoint sites of its customers. Visitors to the SSL certified sites can be assured that their sensitive information is not exposed or intercepted during the secure http (https) sessions with a secured SharePoint site. Read more…

Hyderabad City Police launches ‘Delete’ campaign aiming to spread awareness to prevent cyber crimes.

Increasingly Internet users are being trapped by cyber criminals causing large financial losses, sometimes victims have been wiped of earnings they have accumulated in their lifetime. Along with the sharp increase in cyber crimes, multiple forms of cyber crimes are causing much heartburn and nuisance to thousands of people in the cyberspace. Read more…

SecurStore the online backup and recovery specialist announces that it will implement version 9.0 of the Asigra online backup and recovery software for its users on July 12, 2009. Among key benefits in the new version are enhanced Sharepoint backup at item level, SQL server backup of transaction logs, ability to continue backup even if a connection to SecurStore is lost during backup activity and an encryption method certified by NIST.

Jon Ingi Thordarson SecurStore’s CTO: “With the new version SecurStore clients will be able to manage their daily backup and recovery more efficiently and with more granularity. Many of the new features will help customers deal with complex and mission critical systems more easily.” Read more…

Leading IP CCTV specialist Controlware with partners ntl:Telewest Business, has supplied an advanced security solution to The Oldham College that saves costs and delivers improved flexibility and video quality over their previous system.

The Oldham College is in the process of producing strategy that will see 70% of the college’s building portfolio being re-built with plans for a £70 million regeneration of their campus. The IT and Estates teams knew that their existing analogue system would not be good enough to provide the level of security they needed throughout the course of the campus redevelopment and into the future. An analogue solution would be expensive and inflexible as the cameras would need to be moved frequently during the redevelopment of the campus. They looked at IP solutions that could integrate with their IT network and enable cameras to be quickly redeployed around the campus as building work progresses.

Having fully examined the advanced IP CCTV solution at Warrington Collegiate, The Oldham College had no doubts about developing their system around Controlware’s Cware management platform and replacing their three old analogue systems with a single powerful platform.

Bob Leigh, Estates Manager for The Oldham College, who manages the security team, is extremely pleased with the improved quality and usability of the new solution. “Cware’s management interface is great and much easier to use than our old system, best of all the image quality is superb allowing security staff to really see what they are looking at, which we didn’t have before. Everyone who has seen the new solution says how impressed they are”.

From day one Cware was so easy to use that staff taught themselves how to use the system in hours and this has made the team more confident in managing security incidents. Reviewing archive video recordings and exporting video to DVD has also become much easier. Specific footage is easy to find and video export takes a few mouse clicks instead of a lengthy process that required the help of a network specialist in the past.

Costs savings have also been made. Jon Evans, IT Services Manager at The Oldham College explains that “Since IP CCTV is so flexible we don’t need to call in an external contractor to move cameras like we did before. The IT department can move a camera in 15 minutes when it would have taken an external contractor the best part of a day and cost the college £500. This also enables us to be proactive about security by moving cameras to potential hotspots in order to make the most of our resources”

The college can also take advantage of further cost savings from PoE (Power over Ethernet) technology which requires fewer cables to be run to cameras than traditional cabling. The network is also protected against power failure by UPS’s (Uninterruptable Power Supplies) that deliver increased resilience over analogue or hybrid based systems where each camera would rely on its own power supply.

“The IT and Estates teams at Oldham College can see that the Cware management platform delivers real benefits. The new integrated system improves security and support operations enabling students and teachers to feel more secure and confident in security as the college develops as a world-class learning facility.” said Mark Harraway, Country Manager for Controlware UK.
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Editors Note:
Controlware GmbH, with headquarters close to Frankfurt/Germany, is a leading independent system integrator since 1980. In this time, Controlware has accumulated extensive experience in the design, delivery and maintenance of advanced, but cost-effective IT networking solutions. By specializing in the integration of communication solutions, application delivery, physical security, IT management and network video solutions Controlware offers a range of turnkey solutions that can be uniquely customized to exact requirements.

Controlware ensures customers benefit from the highest quality solutions through partnerships with leading manufacturers and also innovative start-up companies. With expert local sales and service teams of more than 580 employees, backed up by two global Technical Assistance Centres, Controlware ensures 24×7x365 coverage for customers throughout Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. The Controlware Group includes several subsidiaries, e.g. ExperTeach GmbH (providing multilingual IT seminars), Networkers AG (specialists for your networking needs) and Productware GmbH (R&D of our own products). Controlware are winners of the Best Project at the IFSEC awards in 2007 and 2008, and the Best Enterprise Solution at the European IT Excellence Awards.

For further information, please contact:

Ben Hutchins
Controlware Communications Systems UK
Unit 2b, Votec Centre
Hambridge Lane
Newbury
Berkshire
Tel: +44 (0) 1635 584500
E-Mail bhutchins@controlware.co.uk
Head office Germany
Controlware GmbH
Marketing Communications CWP
Waldstrasse 92
63128 Dietzenbach/Germany
Tel. +49 60 74 858-00
E-Mail: CWP-MarCom@controlware.de
www.controlware.de

2009-05-01

“No one should be able to benefit from the fruits of crime. A world without money laundering would be a world with much less crimes. If money laundering left without controls, the dirty money will gradually break through the ‘legal’ economy and finally will threaten the integrity of the whole society”, said Hany Abou-El-Fotouh, ABC Bank – Egypt First Vice President.

Abou-El-Fotouh was chairing 3rd Annual Middle East Anti-Money Laundering Forum in Bahrain. The forum has presented comprehensive outlook towards updating anti-money laundering (AML) framework. He said that money laundering is a global concern that requires intensive international action. The huge amounts of dirty money injected into the international financial markets may also undermine the financial system.

“The governments in the Middle East continue to improve their efforts to develop effective anti-money laundering system. Countries in the region have taken advanced measures in the fight against money laundering” he was quoted as saying. “Among the robust measures, governments have enacted anti-money laundering legislation that criminalizes money laundering for a wide range of crimes and created financial intelligence units or similar functions. They issued anti-money laundering guidelines for financial institutions and non-financial institutions as well as regulations to register hawala dealers and to control the work of charities and non-profit organizations. Moreover, rules on cross-border movement of cash and precious metals have been introduced. The most significant initiative was the establishment of Middle East & North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENA FATF) having members from 17 countries and 12 organizations as observers” he said.

Addressing the delegates about anti-money laundering governance, Abou-El-Fotouh said “for anti-money laundering, regulators expect to see convincing evidence that banks and other financial institutions govern themselves well. An important measurement of AML good governance is how well senior management and board of directors are being informed about key aspects of AML compliance, risk management and events that may call for their attention”. He further added that the directors and senior management are potentially and criminally liable for serious compliance failures that may give rise to enforcement actions

Abou-El-Fotouh explained that the board and senior management should never be in a position of being surprised by compliance deficiencies, or external sources exploiting their organization for money laundering purposes. To prevent such surprises, they should ensure that they are up to date on all AML risk management and compliance matters affecting their organizations. Moreover, regulators expect them to be well versed and knowledgeable in this area. At the same time, they should not be bombarded with large volumes of detailed reports that could cloud key points. Information should be sufficiently high-level and meaningful.

He further added “the board should periodically review and revise its strategic plan that assesses AML risk in many areas such as customer base, geographies, products and services, distribution channels, and mergers and acquisitions”. “The board needs to be clear on higher-risk customers, areas and issues” he said.

Abou-El-Fotouh explained that senior management and board meeting agendas should be circulated in advance and clearly highlights any AML matters scheduled for presentation and discussion, and the minutes of these meetings should clearly indicate that discussions took place and document their outcomes and action items.

He concluded by saying that despite the global effort and progress achieved to deter money laundering, there is a considerable amount of work still to be done in this area.

About Hany Abou-El-Fotouh

First vice president and group head of corporate governance and compliance, ABC Bank, Egypt, he is a leading expert on money laundering and terrorist financing controls in the Middle East-North Africa region with extensive experience in AML compliance and training. Founder of the Middle East Compliance Officers’ Forum, he has been honored for his work in promoting compliance awareness in Egypt and the MENA region. Previously, he held top compliance positions in multinational institutions, such as HSBC Bank Egypt, Banque Saudi Fransi, and Oman International Bank.

Contact:

H Hassan,
Tel- 2011-2665600
hanyfotouh@yahoo.com
Web Site: http://www.wac-online.org/

Hany Abou-El-Fotouh, CAMS
Tel- 2011-2665600
hanyfotouh@yahoo.com
Web Site: http://www.wac-online.org/

hany.abouelfotouh@arabbanking.com.eg