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Cross Domain Gateway Filters

Today there is a growing requirement for Cross Domain Solutions (CDS) across internal defence realms, between nations, and across the defence information supply chain. While custom hardware is frequently used in the form of a data diode to execute the actual transfer, there is a need to verify and validate the content prior to the transfer. Business Problem The need to share...
Web Security
Datasheet

Clearswift and Cyber Kill Chain

The Cyber Kill Chain is a framework developed by Lockheed Martin for the identification and prevention of cyberattack activity. The model identifies what adversaries must complete in order to achieve their objective. Interrupt the chain, defeat the attack. Reconnaissance Installation Research, identification and selection of...
Advanced Threat Protection
Email Security
Web Security
Lock
Blog

Capital One Data Breach: A Reminder to Lock Your Back Door

Tue, 08/13/2019
In July 2019, leading financial organization Capital One received an anonymous e-mail revealing some bad news: “There appears to be some leaked data of yours in someone’s Github.” This leaked data was revealed to be the personal details of about 106 million individuals across the US and Canada, mostly consumers and small business owners that have applied for credit card...
Advanced Threat Protection
Data Loss Prevention
Email Security
Web Security
British Airways
Blog

Paying the Piper: What We Learned From the British Airways Fine

Sat, 06/15/2019
Protecting your data using Clearswift’s Secure Web Gateway solution and Secure ICAP Gateway deployed in both forward- and reverse-proxy modes and used to mitigate advanced threats on web pages. It also helps keep your business compliant.
Compliance
Web Security
Cloud Security
Blog

A Business World in the Clouds

Fri, 03/22/2019
Safeguarding Against the Security Pitfalls of Cloud-Based Platforms Majority of us are intimately familiar with the concept of ‘the Cloud’, the seemingly omnipresent information sharing and storage solution.  But how much do you know about the security systems that defend it?  Most of you may already be using cloud-based programs such as GoogleDocs, DropBox or, more commonly,...
Cloud Security
Data Loss Prevention
Email Security
Microsoft 365
Blog

Enhancing Cyber Threat Protection in Microsoft 365

Mon, 02/11/2019
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has recently published an advisory report that explores the ways M365 can be compromised by malicious parties, explaining how cybercriminals can use compromised M365 accounts to obtain financial profit. Integrating advanced threat prevention and data protection features to a M365 platform can enhance the existing security capabilities it offers. Clearswift’s bolt-on solution for M365 be seamlessly implemented to enable deep content inspection of all email traffic through the platform – inbound, outbound and internal – in both email messages and attachments.
Email Security
Microsoft 365
Social Media
Blog

Like, Share and Destroy: How to Protect Your Business From the Social Media Threat

Thu, 11/22/2018
Social media is now the window to any business. 83% of organizations use social media as a marketing tactic, making it the most popular marketing tool. It is updated far more regularly than any website and businesses build a following based on publishing engaging content regularly. While businesses see the importance of using social media to quickly build their brand and reputation, there has been little emphasis on the downside to this. How social media can destroy a company’s reputation in an instant.
Web Security
Content Inspection
Blog

New Email-Embedded Malware Getting Through Major AV Scans

Mon, 12/14/2015
Clearswift has recently been approached by a number of top cybersecurity teams and organizations to help them address an increasing threat of ongoing attempts to deliver embedded malware hidden in email attachments that is automatically activated by malicious scripting code. The sophistication and continuous morphing of delivery methods have made it so these new malware variants go undetected and pass right by major AV scanning solutions.
Email Security
Microsoft 365
Are you ready? Clock
Blog

The Never-Ending Learning Curve

Fri, 06/06/2014
Not so long ago I wrote two blog posts on the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL. In one of them I alluded to the fact that we have not seen the end of it, unfortunately I was right.
Web Security
Blog

10 Essential Steps to Security for Businesses - part 2

Tue, 11/05/2013
To mark the close of EU National Cyber Security Awareness Month, this week we’ll be providing a couple of top tips per day to help ensure that both internal and external company data remains secure. Top Tip 3: Attack spyware from multiple angles Spyware is one of the more insidious (and annoying) web hazards. Fight it from all directions: Stop it at the gateway – with...
Web Security
lock
Blog

Information Management Responsibility?

Thu, 10/31/2013
The management of information is primarily the owner’s responsibility and secondly the responsibility of all other stakeholders that may have a vested interest in the information, or the data owner. In a world where individuals and businesses are becoming engulfed in new data every day; personal ownership needs to take a more pro-active role in its management.
Web Security
Cybersecurity
Blog

The Pitfalls of Handling Credit Card Details

Tue, 10/08/2013
Credit card fraud in 2012 cost $5.55 billion worldwide. But there are other problems - is the way you handle credit card information sufficient?
Data Loss Prevention
Data Security
Email Security
Information Security
Web Security