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McKay deploys 3ami Monitoring and Audit System to safeguard its intellectual property against theft
McKay, New Zealand electrotechnology firm, has deployed 3ami Monitoring and Audit System (3ami MAS) to safeguard its intellectual property against theft. McKay uses 3ami MAS to prevent employees from downloading confidential company files onto personal USB mass storage devices and removing those files from the premises without authorisation.
"McKay's intellectual property is broad in its nature, and covers items like strategic plans, customer databases, business development information and design documents,” explained Lindsay Faithfull, McKay’s CEO. “This intellectual property has a very high value for a growing company like McKay, and it needs to be protected by all means possible. 3ami MAS provides fantastic visibility into the use of McKay’s IT system by all users, including what files are transferred and where. The ability to lock out the use of unauthorized memory sticks, in particular, is a very powerful feature."
McKay started considering employee computer monitoring and a... [ more ]
Companies continue to leave their security measures short when it comes to protection against mobile device risks
Mobile technology has become so mature and commonplace that the traditional boundaries between home and the workplace are being steadily eroded. According to a forecast released earlier this year by IDC the world's mobile worker population will pass the one billion mark this year and grow to nearly 1.2 billion people – more than a third of the world's workforce – by 2013.
Today working while on the move has never been easier and no one gives a second thought to sharing content across different electronic devices or even storing it in the Cloud. A study in May this year by the security vendor Clearswift found that 63 percent of workers use a work laptop, while nearly the same figure (57 percent) uses a home laptop for work. Another 37 percent use a smartphone as an ‘always on’ link to their office.
The ever rising numbers of mobile computers, notebooks and smart phones is forcing the business world to face an uncomfortable truth. The IT department is no longer in sole charge of p... [ more ]
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