Following concern about the Heartbleed bug, there has been an additional significant announcement from Microsoft about a security vulnerability in ALL versions of Internet Explorer. See https://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/security/2963983 for full details. This is a pretty major vulnerability as it could enable someone to execute arbitrary code on someones PC. It does however require a user to visit a […]
The Spring of 2014 has seen a raft of news about online document security – both good and bad. The year was ushered in by guidance from regulatory bodies and professional organizations including the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on cloud based document security and the Institute of Chartered Accountants with the ICAEW guide to cyber security in corporate […]
There has been a lot of attention in the media recently following the OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability. While Safe4 was never affected by this problem we have recently reviewed our security settings covering the security of the connection between your computer and our servers. The SSL protocol which is used to encrypt the communication between a […]
I am sure that everyone is aware of the news regarding the HeartBleed bug that has been discovered in some web sites. As usual the BBC has a well balanced report on the background – see http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-26954540. Happily I am very pleased to advise that the Safe4 service was not affected by this security bug as […]
Safe4 version 4.1 is a significant new release that has added a host of new capabilities to the system. These include: Refactored PIN entry and confirmation. The login page looks a little different, and handles login data more securely. Both username and password are case-sensitive when using the WebDAV connection facility. A global timeout value […]
New legislation will shortly be putting pressure on many organisations to reduce their carbon footprint. This applies to small and medium-sized companies too, if they are suppliers to either public-sector organisations, or corporates that fall within the scope of the UK Carbon Reduction Commitment requirements (annual energy expenditure of more than £500,000, or listed on […]
With Version 4.0 the Safe4 platform, used by professionals in the Legal, Finance, Property and Government sectors to securely transmit documents to clients and business partners has taken a dramatic step into the future. The Provider user interface for Safe4 has changed substantially, and the system has been enhanced in a number of ways. The major […]
Many document-sharing business processes require the ability to manage multiple versions of a file within a single record, so that the history of changes can be tracked more easily. This facility is now available as a standard funcion with the latest release of Safe4. The addition of file versioning follows feedback from a number of […]
Moving to the UK You will have seen the announcement by Ben that we have moved the hosting of the Safe4 system from servers based in the US to the UK, where the majority of our current customers are based. This means that all your files and data are now stored in the UK. This […]
At Safe4 we are constantly seeking ways to improve the security and quality of the experience of using our document delivery and storage service. One of the important changes we are making relates to the way in which email notifications are delivered when new documents are uploaded to the service, or when a user wishes […]
