Risk of using email for the transfer of confidential information

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The risk of using email for the transfer of confidential information has been highlighted yet again. In today’s edition of The Times, the penetration of an email system with criminal intent has led to the loss of confidential information.

The Safe4 system has been designed specifically to avoid the use of email for the transfer of confidential information. The secure vault, which is at the heart of the Safe4 architecture, can be used for a wide range of different applications. In order to access the contents of a vault, users have to have been specifically invited to do so, and must authenticate themselves with username, password and 2-factor authentication. Confidential information is never transferred by email.

Safe4 follows guidance from the UK National Cyber Security Centre for matters relating to password length and strength, and is regularly penetration-tested by UK Government accredited services. Combined with comprehensive reporting and audit trails, and UK-based hosting in data centres accredited to ISO 27001, Safe4 offers a secure alternative to the use of email to transfer confidential information.

For more information on how Safe4 can assist your organisation to reduce the risk of unauthorised access to your information, please contact us.

Enhanced User Experience for Safe4

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Safe4 is being constantly enhanced to keep up with the latest in security and in web development. We have just released a major improvement to the core screen handling your files. This modernises the appearance of the system, and critically for the first time in Safe4 enables the folders and files to scroll independently. Solving a challenge for some of our users who have long lists of folders or large numbers of files – making it easier to navigate and find the right information quickly.

 

The new appearance aims to be clearer and make better use of the screen space. There are also improvements when accessing the system on a mobile phone.

In enhancing the system we have moved some functions to make navigation more consistent. The previous ‘View’ menu, which was in the navigation bar at the top, has been replaced with some simple buttons.

These are now placed next to the name of the vault to which they apply, and can be accessed more easily with a single click.

The Navigation options at the top of the page now relate to global functions independent of the vault you are working in.

We hope these improvements make the system easier to use. Look out for further improvements as we apply the new design to more of the pages in the system.