Two-Factor Authentication Without Tokens: PhoneFactor ™

April 30, 2008

For most companies, information security is a top priority. Demand for protecting data and employee confidentiality is only continuing to grow, especially in industries that require a regulatory-compliant environment. However, applying usernames and passwords for authentication is insufficient. While two-factor authentication is an effective security solution, traditional token-based systems have been difficult to implement and administer, leading to limited adoption.


Building Enterprise Secure File Transfer Processes that Improve Your Security and Compliance

April 29, 2008

Virtually all businesses today have work processes that dictate the need to share critical business information with people outside as well as inside the organization. The information may be highly confidential intellectual property, patient health records, sensitive customer data, financial information or the like. This presents a challenge.


Chilean Casinos Use IP Storage Solution As Backbone Of Surveillance System

April 29, 2008

Intransa, producer of shared, scalable and simple external IP storage solutions, recently today that Enjoy Group, a holding company for nine of the largest casinos in Chile, has chosen an IP storage solution by Intransa to serve as the storage backbone of its digital CCTV surveillance system.


South Africa Rail Freight Operator Uses NICE IP Video Surveillance

April 28, 2008

NICE Systems Ltd. recently announced that Transnet Freight Rail, the leading provider of logistics and the largest rail operator in South Africa, has decided to standardize on NICE, undertaking a multi million-dollar project to implement NiceVision Net, NICE's end-to-end solution for IP video security.


IP User Group Heads For Washington, D.C.

April 25, 2008

The IP User Group’s IP-in-Action Live conference moves to the Washington, D.C. area Tuesday, May 13, with a full-day program a speakers and panels that will address the latest in IP-based networked security technology and applications.


New Threats Supplant the “Dirty Dozen”

By Steven Titch · April 24, 2008

Security organizations must adapt to new threats to enterprise assets that can come from groups and individuals who don’t need to set foot on the property, warns a leading security consultant.


Stop An IP Camera Hack

By John W. Verity · April 23, 2008

How’s this for a nightmare scenario? Stealthy bad hats sneak up on an IP video camera attached to a remote fence and unplug it from its Ethernet cable. In its place, they jack in a laptop computer and -- voila! -- they’re now inside that surveillance network where they can manipulate other cameras, reprogram door locks, fiddle with access credentials and perhaps wreak havoc all over the target organization’s intranet.


Rio de Janeiro Taps Verint To Improve City-Wide Surveillance System

April 23, 2008

Verint Systems, a provider of analytic software-based solutions for workforce-enterprise optimization and security, recently announced that the city of Rio de Janeiro has expanded its deployment of the company’s Nextiva Critical Infrastructure solution to improve its city-wide surveillance system.


Pixim Receives Global Growth Excellence Award

April 18, 2008

Based on its recent analysis of the video surveillance market, Frost & Sullivan recently recognized Pixim with the 2008 Global Growth Excellence of the Year Award for quadrupling its revenues in the past two years.


IP Video System Provides Security For India State Mansion

April 17, 2008

An integrated IP Video system is providing high-security CCTV surveillance for the Madhya Pradesh State Mansion in India’s capital New Delhi, India.


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