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Major upgrade for Safe425/01/2024 - 4:34 pm- MI5 warns of massive intellectual property theft19/10/2023 - 12:17 pm
- Updated look and feel for Safe4 – new upload options02/08/2023 - 10:02 am
- Risk of using email for the transfer of confidential information21/07/2023 - 1:22 pm
- Enhanced User Experience for Safe405/07/2023 - 11:53 am
Safe4 releases version 5.10 to address GDPR compliance requirements
/in Blog, News, News - All, SecurityThe General Data Protection Regulation becomes law across the EU on 25 May this year, and in order to assist our customers to ensure that they are compliant with the regulation we have introduced some system changes to the core Safe4 service. These changes are in fact part of a work-in-progress, since there are still […]
Insecure email communication still causing huge losses through fraud
/in Blog, News, News - All, News - Property, SecurityRecent news has highlighted once again the risks caused by using insecure email communication to transfer confidential information, as this article shows. The effect of online theft is clearly devastating for those that have had their money stolen – in many cases these losses represent life savings and cannot be recovered. Criminals posing as conveyancing solicitors, or […]
Charities are exposed to serious risk when documents are lost
/in Blog, News, News - All, SecurityProper management of sensitive records can be challenging, but when the documents in question relate to vulnerable individuals who are receiving care from charities or local authorities, the consequences of information falling into the wrong hands can be very damaging. Recent cases of paper documents being lost highlight this risk. The impending arrival of GDPR […]
Version 5.04 of Safe4 is released
/in Blog, News, News - All, SecuritySafe4 have released version 5.04 of the secure information delivery and storage service. This release includes a significant number of internal enhancements, and will assist with the administration and management of the service. Users will notice changes in the way that reports and messages are handled and displayed, with more flexible options for listing and […]
Virus checker issues led to intermittent upload failures for Safe4
/in Blog, News, News - AllAt around 9:30 GMT on Friday 26 January 2018 the Safe4 system began to experience intermittent failures when uploading files. This was displayed to users as a “rejected” message in the web user interface or an error message if using the Safe4 API. Investigation showed that the issue was caused by an intermittent failure of the virus scanner […]
Slow progress for GDPR across Europe
/in Blog, News, News - All, SecurityMost EU member states are not making much progress towards preparing their own legislative position for the effective date of the General Data Protection Regulation on 25 May this year, according to an article published today. As many UK businesses are aware, the Information Commissioner’s Office has been issuing guidance and warnings on GDPR for […]
Safe4 version 5.03 is released into production
/in Blog, NewsThe ongoing development of the Safe4 secure information management service continues, with version 5.03 being announced and available for use today. In addition to a series of internal enhancements, the new release now offers customers the ability to manage users through a single console interface. Safe4 customers have increasingly found it useful to offer their services through […]
GDPR compliance – what will it mean for you?
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityMost of us now are receiving a barrage of email relating to the need for GDPR compliance in our inboxes. Consultants, assessors, seminar organisers, and a host of others are trying to get our attention in advance of the date when the General Data Protection Regulation comes into force in May this year. Some of […]
VaultConnect appointed as Safe4 distributor
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityAs part of the market development programme being undertaken by Safe4, VaultConnect of Manchester have signed a distribution agreement enabling them to offer the highly secure Safe4 information delivery and storage service to professional practitioners across the UK. Although based in the north of England, VaultConnect will operate nationally and have established opportunities to […]
Transport Layer Security still not universally applied
/in Blog, News - All, SecuritySafe4 implemented Transport Security Layer (TLS) as the successor to Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) back in 2010 as the connection layer that is used when the system is accessed by users, but it seems that there is still some uncertainty as to how this level of security will be deployed in corporate environments, from which […]