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Office 365 Security
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How to Enhance Data Loss Prevention in Office 365

Fri, 09/03/2021
Office 365 is a powerful collaboration tool, but can organizations be sure it provides the level of DLP capabilities required in today’s ever-morphing threat environment? Discover the benefits of pairing Clearswift with your Office 365 deployment.
Data Loss Prevention
Microsoft 365
Datasheet
Datasheet

Clearswift Malware Protection

The Clearswift Secure Gateways provide a number of ways to eliminate the risk of malware entering or proliferating around an organization.The primary methods of malware detection will be performed through the use of Sophos and Avira Anti-Virus (AV) software. In recent real-world testing conducted by AV-Test in May-June 2023, both anti-virus vendors scored perfect scores...
Advanced Threat Protection
Email Security
Datasheet
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
Secure File Transfers
Video
Video

Manage, Sanitize and Secure Your File Transfers

Thu, 10/08/2020
Join our cybersecurity experts to learn how Fortra can help you mount a triple-defense of managing, sanitizing, and securing your file transfers.
Advanced Threat Protection
Managed File Transfer
Email Security
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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
Lock on Keyboard
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The Unthought About Risks of Encryption

Mon, 08/05/2019
We hear a lot about encryption in this day in age, particularly around it being the panacea for compliance with data protection regulations. It’s true it can be a component of an information security and compliance strategy, but there are a variety of different encryption options available on the market today, so care needs to be taken with selecting the right solution to ensure it doesn’t turn into a nightmare resulting in non-compliance.
Managed File Transfer
Email Security
Cyber threat images
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Blog

Next Generation Cyber Threats: Images

Fri, 05/31/2019
Traditional Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology provides protection against the traditional threat of someone trying to send a file to an unauthorized individual, but it required a step change to enable Adaptive Data Loss Prevention with Deep Content Inspection (DCI) to address threats such as ransomware that is delivered embedded in innocuous-looking documents. Clearswift delivered our first version of Adaptive Redaction in 2013 and have continuously improved the technology in every release since then.
Advanced Threat Protection
Data Loss Prevention
Cloud Security
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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
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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
Cybersecurity
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Blog

Preparing for the Inevitable: A Guide to Handling a Data Breach

Thu, 12/21/2017
Cyber-attacks and data breaches are now so widespread that it isn’t a matter of ‘if’ but ‘when’ your organization gets hit. According to the UK Government’s latest Cyber Security Breaches Survey, nearly seven in ten large businesses identified a breach or attack in the past year. When taking into consideration all sizes of businesses in the UK, nearly half had suffered a breach...
Advanced Threat Protection
Data Security
Cybersecurity
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Blog

WannaCry Fallout: What the Ransomware Epidemic Means for the Future of Business

Tue, 08/08/2017
Cyber security is now an agenda item in the boardroom, not just the IT department, in the wake of May’s Ransomware attack and the countdown to GDPR compliance well underway. In May, multiple organizations including the NHS, Spain’s Telefónica and Deutsche Bahn were struck with what is arguably the world’s most publicized cyber-attack. Within a day, the ransomware cryptoworm...
Advanced Threat Protection