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Zserver Protects Data in the Cloud

Friday, June 18th, 2010

A ComputerWorld article title Cloud Security in the Real World: 4 Examples cites Zecurion’s Zserver as a cloud-based storage encryption solution. 

Examining the issue of data encryption in the cloud, the article states “Several providers of cloud-based backup storage install appliances at the customer site to accommodate encryption, but Flushing was not interested in that setup.”

It also explains “At Flushing Bank in New York, CIO Allen Brewer turned to the cloud for data backup after getting fed up with on-site tape backup. Using Zserver from Zecurion, Flushing is now sending files over the Internet to be stored for backup.”

 Read the white paper Protecting Data in the Cloud to learn more about encrypting and protecting data in the cloud with Zecurion’s Zserver.

Cyber Advisors Joins Zecurion Advantage Partner Program

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Cyber Advisors is the latest addition to ZAPP–the Zecurion Advantage Partner Program.

Since 1997, Minnesota-based Cyber Advisors (CA) has been providing information technology, e-business services, and solutions that work and grow with their clients. Consistently ranked one of the fastest growing companies by CRN and Inc., CA takes a true 360-degree view of technology and business, applying their knowledge and expertise to build, support, and use technology that enriches their clients and enhances performance. Key practice areas include security, storage, virtualization, DR/backup, Microsoft consulting, and outsourced managed services.

“Auditing and compliance used to be issues specific to the financial and healthcare sectors, but lately they have been spilling over into other industries,” says Cyber Advisors president and CEO Shane Vinup. “There are many security products on the market, but they don’t give companies the control they need. Zecurion is the only single-bullet security solution that fits in terms of price, and allows users to work when and where they want while maintaining corporate control over the data.”

 

“We’ve been aggressive in terms of creating a security solution that blocks, controls, and encrypts sensitive information, and we’ve been equally aggressive at creating a partner program that will attract high caliber partners like Cyber Advisors,” says Zecurion CEO Alexey Raevsky. “We’re pleased that Cyber Advisors selected Zecurion to be their security partner.”

 

You can learn more about Zecurion and Cyber Advisors at the Secure360 conference today and tomorrow in St. Paul, MN.

Zecurion Announces Zserver Suite 6.0

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

Zecurion this week launched Zserver Suite 6.0–the latest version of its leading data encryption software. The new Zserver Suite has a number of updates, including new reporting capabilities, but the two biggest changes introduced in the new Zserver are EKMS and cloud data encryption.

EKMS–or Enterprise Key Management Server–automates and simplifies the arduous task of key management for encrypted data. Alexey Raevsky, CEO of Zecurion and developer of Zecurion’s patented AME (adaptive multithreaded encryption) technology, describes EKMS like this. “Keys stored by EKMS can be automatically uploaded to Zserver-protected servers, and when required, a Zserver-managed server can be configured to automatically open encrypted disks after the requested keys are obtained from EKMS.”

The second major change relates to encrypting data in the cloud. Many organizations are exploring how to take advantage of the operational and financial benefits of storing data in the cloud, however that data still needs to be protected. Using Zserver Suite 6.0, Zecurion customers can automatically encrypt entire dedicated servers in the cloud, or encrypt data on a file-by-file basis prior to transferring it to the cloud.

Check out the press release for more details about Zserver Suite 6.0, and feel free to contact Zecurion if you have any questions or need any more information.

A Look Back at the 2010 RSA Security Conference

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

The 2010 RSA Security Conference was a great opportunity for us to meet potential new customers and partners and share Zecurion products and Zecurion’s vision for protecting data with information security professionals from around the world.

At times it was a little frustrating to be solicited by so many other vendors–selling employee recruiting services, public relations services, or working to get us to commit to attend other events and trade shows. Vendors of other events and trade shows in particular should be sensitive to the fact that we paid a fair amount of money to represent Zecurion with a booth at the RSA Security Conference, and that we did that so we could market Zecurion to decision makers, potential customers, and information security professionals in general–not to make it easier for solicitors to find us and steal our time.

Thankfully, those encounters were not the majority. We enjoyed meeting with and interacting with all of you who stopped by our booth. We appreciated the opportunity to share what Zecurion does, and we look forward to working with many of the people we met in San Francisco.

Throughout the week, I wandered the exhibition floor checking out the hundreds of booths. It occurred to me that there are really only a handful of security problems for organizations to deal with–maybe ten. Yet, there were probably a thousand companies represented at the RSA Security Conference, all pitching their own unique approach or potential solution to one of those ten issues. Some of the products and services are innovative and have tremendous potential, while many of them will fail to truly meet the needs they’re intended for, or  live up to the hype in the marketing brochures.

We appreciate that you, too, may have had a similar thought as you perused the rows and rows of exhibitor booths. We appreciate that the RSA Security Conference is a vast treasure of information about products and services, but that it can also be overwhelming and that it may be hard for you to separate the hype from the real solutions and make intelligent choices for securing and protecting data.

We hope you had a chance to stop by the Zecurion booth and give us a chance to answer your questions about protecting your data and securing your organization against insider threats. If you did not stop by to see us, or if you were not even at the RSA Security Conference, or even if you did stop and visit us but you still have questions, please feel free to contact us for more information. We are passionate about helping our customers solve data security challenges and we look forward to working with you.

2010 RSA Security Conference

Monday, March 1st, 2010

The RSA Security Conference is considered by many to be the one, premier, must-attend information security event of the year. Over the next few days hundreds of security vendors and thousands of information security professionals will descend on San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center for a total immersion in all things information security.

Many security vendors choose to take advantage of the RSA Security Conference as a platform for major new announcements and product launches. There are hours upon hours of seminars, keynote speeches, training sessions, and other opportunities to gather information. There are also virtually endless opportunities for information security professionals to share ideas and opinions with one another and network with other information security professionals from around the world.

Zecurion is one of the vendors supporting the 2010 RSA Security Conference. Stop by Booth #2651 in the vendor exhibition hall Tuesday, March 2 through Thursday, March 4 to meet the Zecurion team, and learn more about how Zecurion can help protect your data and guard against insider threats.

We look forward to seeing you there.

XChange Solution Provider

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

March 8-11, 2010
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles
XChange Solution Provider 2K10

Zecurion will be participating in the XChange Solution Provider 2K10 event in Los Angeles, March 8 through 11. Kickoff the year right and be a part of the world’s leading IT channel event! This is where top Vendors and Solution Providers meet, network, train and define the future.

Discover How to Reboot for 2K10 – CTRL/ALT/DELETE

  • Take CTRL of new services, products, solutions and become more focused.
  • Incorporate ALT solutions, technologies, revenue streams, and social media outlets. Solution Providers are looking for alternative, emerging solutions and new vendor partners.
  • DELETE unnecessary business processes, deficient vendor partners, bad habits, and poor product lines.

XChange Solution Provider hand-selects 225 executive level, pre-qualified Solution Providers, together with channel vendor companies to meet, network, build relationships, and ultimately do business with one another.

Stop by and visit with us to learn more about Zecurion and how we can work together to make 2010 a successful year for everyone.

Virtual Symposium: Web Application Security

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Join Zecurion this Thursday, February 18th at 2pm Eastern for the SC World Congress 24/7 Virtual Symposium: Web Application Security.

Here is an overview of the event from the site:

“Cybercriminals no longer rely on operating system vulnerabilities to raid corporate networks ripe with sensitive information. Today they need only scan websites for there over-abundance of vulnerabilities to launch their attacks. Indeed, most data theft attacks enlist these unplugged holes. But, building what some in the industry call ‘hack-resistant’ applications, takes planning, time, knowledge and myriad resources. But, many experts note, building security in from the ground up is well worth the effort. However, what about those applications that are up and running? We talk to experts about the trials and tribulations of safeguarding web applications, finding out practical steps for protecting this too-often-used entre’ into business networks.”

Stop by and “visit” us at Zecurion’s virtual booth.

Registration is free: http://events.unisfair.com/index.jsp?eid=474&seid=361

Managing Data Against Insider Threats

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

Join Zecurion at the SC Magazine Virtual Symposium: Managing Data Against Insider Threats on Thursday, January 21, 2010.

SC Magazine describes the event:

As companies have been forced to layoff hundreds of employees, identity management, data leak prevention and encryption solutions certainly have regained interest this year. Not only are corporate leaders concerned that embittered former employees may steal data to sell to cybercriminals or bring to a competing employer for use, they’re also worried that those left behind – nervous about the next spate of layoffs – may begin funneling off information while still there. Whether their actions are intentional or accidental, insiders are a risk and companies must protect their critical assets against them. We learn from experts how it’s done.

John Johnson, Sr. Security Program Manager, John Deere Corporate Computer Security, will be a featured speaker.

Click here to learn more and to register for the event- Virtual Symposium: Managing Data Against Insider Threats. Make sure to stop by Zecurion’s virtual booth and learn more about how we can help you manage data to protect against insider security threats.

10 IT Companies to Watch in 2010

Monday, January 4th, 2010

The Virtual Circle originally became acquainted with Zecurion and the ominous statistics behind the insider security threat in March of 2009. It liked what it saw so much it added Zecurion to its annual top 10 list of companies to watch in the coming year. The Virtual Circle has this to say about Zecurion:

“I ran into Zecurion last year (see this post.) I was intrigued by the company for several reasons, one of which is that it is Russian and few Russian software companies are successful enough to become international. Zecurion does encryption and it does it well. Encryption is, perhaps, the most overlooked area of IT security. In terms of reducing the risk of data loss, encryption probably offers better protection than any other type of IT security products out there (with the possible exception of whitelisting). However, it can get in the way of user activity. One of the virtues of Zecurion’s encryption products is that they are unintrusive.”

Take a look at the Zecurion Web site to learn more about the products and services that earned us a spot on the list. Check out Virtual Circle’s 10 IT Companies to Watch in 2010 to find about the other nine up and coming tech companies predicted to turn heads in the coming year.

So Much Data, So Easy to Lose

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

USB thumb drives are very convenient. It was only about ten years ago that 3.5″ floppy disks that could only hold 1.44 megabytes of data were the norm. It was revolutionary when Iomega introduced the Zip disk that could hold 100 megabytes in the same amount of space. A lot changes in a decade.

Now there are flash drives the size of your thumb that can hold 128 gigabytes of information. That is the equivalent of more than 90,000 3.5″ floppy disks and it fits nicely in your pocket, or attached to a key chain. The same features that make them useful and convenient, though, also make them easy to lose or steal and make them a significant risk to data security.

In Canada recently a USB thumb drive containing personal information such as name, address, phone number, date of birth, health card number, doctor’s name and other health information for over 83,000 patients was lost. Companies and organizations need to realize the risk posed by storing gigabytes of sensitive, unencrypted data on a device the size of your thumb.

Policies should be defined and enforced to provide guidance regarding what data is allowed to be stored on portable media like USB thumb drives. Zecurion’s Zlock can provide the tools necessary to enforce that policy–providing controls to restrict access to external devices, including printers. For data that is allowed to be stored on USB flash drives, Zlock can create a shadow copy providing an audit trail detailing the data that was transferred.

Additionally, organizations should use secure USB flash drives like Ironkey or SafeStick, and/or protect the data using tools like Microsoft’s BitLocker-to-Go encryption to ensure that any data contained on the drive is protected even if the device is lost or stolen.