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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
More Asset Register enhancements – Safe4 version 5.02 is released
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityMore updates to the Safe4 Asset Register have been released today. These will add further functionality to the existing system, by making it simpler to manage certain types of information. The enhancements in version 5.02 include: The ability to sort columns by clicking on the heading, into ascending or descending order Drop-down fields, with permission-controlled […]
Safe4 Use-Case Paper: Secure Property Conveyancing
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityThe Safe4 secure information delivery and storage service has been in use by law firms since 2010, but hitherto primarily in support of corporate and commercial property transactions. The introduction of the Safe4 Asset Register in May 2017 has brought new levels of functionality to the system, some of which can be applied to the […]
Met Police see ransomware as the biggest cyber-security threat in 2018
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityA series of global ransomware attacks in 2017 have reaped millions of dollars in rewards for criminals who have penetrated unsuspecting users’ IT systems and encrypted their data. In the UK, the National Health Service was one of a number of high-profile victims of such attacks. According to London’s Metropolitan Police, ransomware looks likely to […]
Press Release: Safe4 and Mint Bridging to work together
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityThe Background Mint Bridging is currently the UK’s fastest growing specialist provider of short-term bridging and re-bridging loans. Based in Altrincham, Cheshire, they offer bridging finance on residential and commercial properties to non-owner-occupier borrowers. Formed in 2011, Mint Bridging brings more than 50 years’ experience to their operation, and provides rapid and flexible service for […]
UK corporates becoming more aware of the importance of GDPR compliance
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityWhilst the corporate sector in the UK is generally becoming aware of the need to ensure that they are compliant with the new General Data Protection Regulation that comes into force in May 2018, there are still some large firms who are alarmingly exposed to the risk of cyber attack. According to recent research, only […]
Safe4 virus protection enhanced
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityIn order to maintain the primary Safe4 commitment of security for information held on behalf of customers and their clients, the anti-virus protection applied when documents are uploaded to the system has been enhanced. Scanning for viruses as every document is uploaded has been an automatic function of the system since Safe4 was launched, and this […]
Rackspace outage affects access to Safe4
/in Blog, SecurityUnfortunately on Thursday 29 June 2017 the Safe4 service was not available for just over two hours. The issue started at 11:14 BST, and service was resumed at 13:37. During this time it was not possible to connect to the Safe4 service through the normal web interface. We at Safe4 are very proud of our exceptional […]
Safe4 version 5.01 is released – more enhancements for the Asset Register
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityTo maintain the continuous improvement policy of Safe4, further enhancements have today been released for the Asset Register in version 5.01. These include the ability to control the horizontal display sequence of fields when asset records are being added, as well as improved handling of dates to make the format consistent across all browsers. Management […]
Ransomware – why Safe4 customers are protected
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityThe ransomware attacks that have affected many organisations around the world over the weekend have exposed some serious vulnerabilities in the way that information is managed; using out-of-date operating systems and the failure to implement security updates are clearly primary causes of the exposure. However, it should be remembered that the problem normally arises when […]
More concern over the use of public email
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityInterference with personal email accounts has become a major source of fraud in the UK. Take a look at this alarming article. However, more than 70% of UK law firms are still communicating with clients via their clients’ personal email accounts, in many cases to carry highly confidential information such as bank account details when executing […]