Entries by Ben Martin

Information security insights from McKinsey

Anyone who has an interest in the issue of cybersecurity should read the book excerpt ‘Repelling the Cyberattackers’ in McKinsey’s Quarterly, July 2015, by Tucker Bailey, James M. Kaplan, and Chris Rezek – click here to read the article. However, as good as this advice is, especially as the world rushes at ever increasing speed […]

Beware of public Wi-Fi!

Paul Holland has published an interesting post on LinkedIn, highlighting the risks associated with using public Wi-Fi.  To quote Paul’s post: “An investigation conducted in London has shown the ease with which personal data can be hacked when the target is using public Wi-Fi. Security and privacy software company F-Secure teamed up with penetration testing […]

Is our health and wealth sufficiently protected?

The current spate of publicity about how poorly some charities seem to care for the personal information they keep about the donors who support their respective causes is yet another reminder of just how vulnerable organisations are when it comes to keeping customer information safe. After all if you give information to any business and […]

Safe4 and Jermyn Consulting to work together

Safe4 Information Management and information security experts Jermyn Consulting have agreed to work together to bring the benefits of highly secure document storage and delivery services into the market sectors addressed by Jermyn. Jermyn Consulting and Safe4 are natural partners, addressing many aspects of information security. Jermyn specialise in ISO 27001 consulting, and assisting with […]

Careless use of email continues to lead to security breaches

As in previous years, global accounting and consultancy services provider pwc has released its 2015 report on information security breaches, and the impact that they have on businesses of all sizes.  The costs of such breaches are huge, both in financial terms and from a reputational perspective. Interestingly, a significant number of breaches are caused […]

Bank of England moves to stop email errors

The Financial Times has recently reported on a new security measure being implemented by the Bank of England – disabling the auto-completion of email addresses to lessen the risk of emails being sent to the wrong addressees.  This follows an email about research into Britan’s exit from the EU being accidentally sent to a member […]

So you think your client information is safe?

If you are a lawyer born before say 1980 you can be forgiven if you find much of today’s technology a bit baffling and difficult to keep up with, given that it seems to change on a daily basis. On the other hand if you were born after 1980 it is highly likely that you […]

100% availability for Safe4 again in April 2015

Safe4 continues to record the highest possible availability levels for its secure online document delivery and storage service, with 100% availability for April 2015.  This means that the law firms, will writers, accountants, financial advisers, insurance brokers and their clients who are now using Safe4 in ever-increasing numbers to deliver and manage confidential information are […]

Safe4 achieves 100% availability again in March 2015

Based on figures from an independent agency, Safe4 has been given a 100% availability rating for March 2015.  This means that not only is Safe4 among the most secure services on the internet, is is also available at any time, from anywhere.  Safe4 aims for 99.99% availability, and has reached 100% on many occasions since […]