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Clearswift Adaptive Data Loss Prevention

Clearswift Adaptive Data Loss Prevention (A-DLP) is the data and people-centric solution to critical information protection. Unlike others, A-DLP is a non-disruptive solution which supports continuous collaboration, avoids business interruption and mitigates the risk of financial or reputational damage caused by the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive data wherever it lives –...
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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
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Cross Domain Security Solutions for Defence

There remains an ongoing challenge with Cross Domain information sharing, as increasing cyber risk further exposes the danger of the wrong information being sent to the wrong place and the transferred material containing malicious content which can harm critical information systems. This challenge is increasing with the priority now given for effective information...
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Clearswift Secure Web Gateway

The internet is now considered an extension of an enterprise’s own infrastructure. With the ever growing adoption of cloud-based services such as Salesforce.com and Microsoft 365, alongside employee use of the internet whilst at work, organizations need to ensure that the content and information that exists and is viewed online is both appropriate and permitted. Protecting...
Data Loss Prevention
Data Security
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Clearswift Secure Exchange Gateway

The Clearswift Secure Exchange Gateway (SXG) helps to safeguard against inappropriate or critical information being distributed internally and subsequently leaving an organization.  Underpinning both policy and compliance requirements, the Clearswift SXG detects malware and inappropriate file types and identifies violations in conversations based on an easily defined policy...
Email Security
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Clearswift Optical Character Recognition

Business Problem Does your organization regularly convert Excel or Word documents to PDF file format? Do you have one of those multi-purpose photocopier / printer / scanners whereby hard documents are scanned, converted to PDF and stored or shared? Perhaps posted documents may need to have an electronic copy stored or shared so documents are scanned, converted to a PDF and...
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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
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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
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Anti-Steganography: Combating External Threats and Data Loss in Images

As cyber threats become more evasive, technology that protects organizations must have the capability to look deeper into the content flowing in and out of the network to ensure that the information being shared between users and recipients does not carry a harmful or sensitive payload. Increasingly, attackers are using seemingly innocuous image files to sneak ransomware and...
Datasheet

Adaptive Redaction: Structural and Document Sanitization

What is sanitization? Sanitization involves cleansing or purging files of dangerous hidden content. That content can be either active (for example, malware), or informational (such as hidden properties). An example of harmful code could be an invisible and malicious script on an otherwise legitimate web page or embedded into a document. Remediation for this requires structural...
Email Security
Blog

Clearswift Wins DLP Award at Computing Security Excellence Awards

Mon, 11/25/2019
Today, we are thrilled to announce our 2019 Computing Security Excellence Award win for Data Loss Prevention (email and web) – the second consecutive win for us at the awards! The Computing Security Excellence Awards celebrate the highest quality cybersecurity products, so it’s fantastic to see our Adaptive Data Loss Prevention (DLP) solution recognized for its market-leading...
Data Loss Prevention
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
Blog

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
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