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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 Asset Register is launched with release of version 5.0
/in Blog, News - All, SecuritySince 2010 Safe4 has become established as one of the most secure services on the Internet for the delivery and storage of documents. With the release of Safe4 version 5.0 that capability is dramatically enhanced, as now the inclusion of the Safe4 Asset Register allows the direct input of data into fields that can be […]
US / European Privacy Shield progress has stalled
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityThe recently-appointed US administration has put a hold on recruitment in many branches of the government, including the appointment of an ombudsman for dealing with data privacy issues. Transfer of personal data between the US and other jurisdictions is a complex subject, and will need careful treatment as the discussions relating to the new agreement unfold. Click […]
Ransomware has become a major business and social menace
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityInstances of businesses of all sizes being infected by ransomware are becoming more and more common. It is not just corporate bodies that are being hit – individual members of the public are also being asked to pay sums of money to criminals in order to remove viruses from their data. It is also understood […]
Safe4 continues to prioritise security following outage on 22nd and 23rd March
/in News - All, SecurityUnfortunately Safe4 suffered a number of outages on the 22nd and 23rd of March. The system was partially unavailable and reporting errors for a total of just under 35 minutes over the two days (25 mins on 22nd March and a little under 10mins on 23rd.) Regrettably this was in the middle of the morning […]
Identity theft on the increase in the UK
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityOnline fraud is increasingly alarmingly in the UK, according to recent reports. This particularly applies to identity theft. Cyber crime now accounts for more than half of all reported crime in the United Kingdom, and the situation is becoming more difficult all the time. One of the prime sources of computer crime is the reliance […]
Another record month for Safe4
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityFebruary 2017, in spite of being a short month, has been a record month for Safe4, with the highest number of new user sign-ups achieved so far. Safe4 customers are continuing to enjoy the benefits of secure document delivery and storage, and are sharing this with their clients and other business contacts in ever-increasing numbers. […]
UK Watchdog makes some cloud service providers think again – it’s about time!
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityThe UK watchdog, the Competition and Markets Authority, has decided to crack down on some of the biggest names in cloud data services by enforcing a stipulation for fairer and more transparent contracts. By recognising the the need for improvements in the contractual terms that the major providers offer, the CMA has given a boost to […]
Safe4 and IT Farm to work together, with a focus on the UK professional services sector
/in Blog, News - AllSafe4 are delighted to announce that they are to work closely with IT Farm, a Manchester-based specialist cloud services provider. With a long history of offering cloud services in the UK, IT Farm have been providing high quality outsourced IT support services, including hosted desktop and telephony solutions, to the professional services sector in the UK. […]
US may be set to change data privacy laws – again!
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityThe Safe Harbor data privacy agreement between the US and the EU was deemed to be ineffective in 2015, and was subsequently replaced with a Privacy Shield arrangement – which is still considered by many to be inadequate. Recent announcements by the new US administration suggest that the internal data privacy laws in the US […]
Safe4 announces the release of version 4.6
/in Blog, News - All, SecurityFurther upgrades and enhancements to Safe4 are being introduced, as version 4.6 of the secure document delivery and storage service is released. As well as a series of significant improvements to both security and performance, the new release also provides a comprehensive refresh to the user interface for most parts of the system. The key changes […]