Sep 28, 2011 | Internet Security Updates
Boston, MA and Galway, Ireland– A recent poll carried out by SpamTitan has discovered that 70% of companies that believe their organisation have been a victim of a spear phishing attack are unsure that such attacks are reported to I.T. and dealt with appropriately. The lack of proactive measures to deal with the attacks can cost companies financially through the loss of data and system downtime. Spear phishing is a growing issue where a targeted false email that appears to be legitimate is sent to individuals or a company in order to access data.
The poll was distributed to SpamTitan customers who were asked if their company has ever experienced a spear phishing attack and if said attack had been reported to their IT department for treatment. Only 32% of those who responded believed their organisation had been exposed to a spear phishing attack but of those 70% were unsure whether the incident had been reported to their IT department to deal with.
These findings highlight the importance of a company security policy and the importance of communicating this policy effectively so that all employees know how to deal with the myriad of security issues they are regularly faced with. This includes what actions to take if they receive a suspicious and unsolicited email, what to do if they receive an email requesting information but the sender is not known to them, what internet activity can they reasonably pursue within company policy, if their role requires them to access a site that is blocked company wide how do they request access?
Most people are now aware of various prevalent banking phishing scams or similar, spear phishing is another advanced attempt at a breach of security that appears legitimate and should therefore be highlighted even more as it is a much more sophisticated form of phishing,” said Ronan Kavanagh, CEO, SpamTitan.com. ‘Educating employees around a range of security issues is an important step that many companies ignore. Yes, robust, powerful and updated security solutions are crucial but this doesn’t mean that companies can afford to ignore the ‘softer’ behavioural issues associated with security. It only takes one employee to open the wrong email to give access to senstitive company data bring a whole company’s IT systems to a halt.”
About spear phishing
Spear phishing is the act of creating and sending a falsely created email to one person or several people at a particular company. The email usually appears to come from a person of authority – or someone who works at the same company.
About SpamTitan Technologies
SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers’ unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of Copperfasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit https://www.spamtitan.com
Sep 22, 2011 | WebTitan News
SpamTitan Technologies, the makers of powerful yet easy-to-manage spam and web filtering software, today announced a new release of WebTitan 3.60, its powerful web filtering solution for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Release 3.60 includes a range of enhancements including Transparent Proxy Authentication with full reporting integration as well as new application controls providing increased control and security in the Web 2.0 environment.
WebTitan is a comprehensive web filtering solution providing customers with a powerful, easy-to-manage and cost-effective way to ensure online employee activity is protected from threats and adheres to corporate internet policies. WebTitan release 3.60 offers enhanced management controls including the ability to block P2P traffic where users can define rules to block specific protocols and/or applications in order to improve bandwidth usage on organisations network. Updated URL categorization brings improved performance while WebTitan 3.60 offers increased accuracy and flexibility through the immediate availability of a cloud based look up as well as the ability to switch to cloud-only look up if desired.
Enhanced filtering controls provide an added layer of protection while enhanced automation tools make WebTitan even easier to set-up and use. These new controls including the ability to authenticate users while running in transparent proxy mode provide administrators with extremely useful tools allowing for efficient and seamless integration and authentication.
Over the past 2 years WebTitan, has seen demand steadily growing across all markets. As a result of significant growth in the Turkish market we are now making WebTitan available in the Turkish language. Turkish speaking users can now log on to their WebTitan web interface and choose Turkish as a language option for the first time, providing them with the reassurance and confidence that using a native language brings. According to Ronan Kavanagh, SpamTitan Technologies CEO ‘’We continue to look for ways to ensure that WebTitan is continually improving the way organisations can protect their networks, improve productivity and successfully enforce a corporate internet usage policy in a cost effective way. These new features reinforce our goal of providing customers with the best web filtering solution ‘.
Pricing & Availability
Available immediately, WebTitan ISO and WebTitan for VMware 3.60 costs from $850. WebTitan licences are banded offering greater flexibility and based on the number of IP addresses accessing the internet concurrently.
A free 30 day demo license is available for download at http://www.webtitan.com/download. All WebTitan customers with a current license can move to WebTitan 3.60 FREE of charge.
About SpamTitan Technologies
SpamTitan Technologies, a global provider of sophisticated enterprise-level email security solutions, markets SpamTitan, offering small and medium size businesses the most comprehensive protection from email threats, including SPAM, viruses, Trojans, phishing, malware and other unwanted content. It also markets WebTitan, an easy-to-install, easy-to-manage and highly secure web filtering solution. SpamTitan Technologies’ unique approach in utilising next-generation virtualisation software eliminates the need for unwieldy hardware, giving customers unparalleled flexibility, versatility and capability but at an affordable price. A division of Copperfasten Technologies, SpamTitan Technologies is a global company with headquarters in Galway, Ireland. For further information visit www.spamtitan.com
