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Education key to SMB security: GFI Software

Dec 16, 2007

In an interview in eChannelLine, Simon Reed and David Kelleher speak to journalist Vanessa Ho about the results of a survey carried out among SMBs in the US. The interview focuses on the importance of end-user education in companies and how this can improve overall levels of security. Source: eChannelLine

Survey: 40 Percent Of You Still Think Your Networks Are Insecure (And You're Probably Right)

Dec 14, 2007

Keith Ferrell writes in bMighty website about the results of GFI’s survey and talks about the results, particularly the fact that 42% of SMBs don’t consider their networks to be secure despite having security measures in place. Source: bMighty

SMB Security: Most Get It, But Some Heads Still Buried in the Cyber Sand

Dec 13, 2007

In a round-up of surveys concerning small and medium sized businesses and security, IT Business Edge says that the most interesting theme in a survey by GFI was that money and budgets are not the main concern and that education was key to improving security. Source: IT Business Edge

Security and SMEs

Dec 12, 2007

Picking up on an article in Dark Reading about GFI Software’s survey results, blogger Kees Leune, an information security officer, gives his views on GFI’s findings and agrees that the human being, ultimately, is the major concern for companies. He quotes Andre Muscat, GFI’s director of engineering. Source: Kees Leune

Security Life After AV

Dec 11, 2007

In an article in eWeek, GFI’s survey results are give coverage by Karen D. Schwarz. She talks about security in company that goes beyond the use of anti-virus solutions. She quotes GFI’s finding that four in 10 companies are not secure and that viruses are the biggest threat. Source: eWeek

Small Businesses Feel Security's Burn

Dec 11, 2007

Tim Wilson writes in Dark Reading that small businesses aren't naive about IT security any more, that many of them have already been burned and many others are no longer sure their systems are safe. The author gives extensive coverage to the other results in GFI’s survey. Source: Dark Reading

[ES] El nuevo «spam» con banda sonora

Dec 09, 2007

In an article in ABC.es, a leading daily newspaper in Spain, journalist Marta Villalba interviews GFI’s channel manager for Spain, Silvia Ayuso on the latest spam threat ? MP3 spam. Source: ABC.ES

PCI DSS compliance: a difficult but necessary journey

Nov 05, 2007

In an article in (in)secure magazine, GFI's director of engineering Andre Muscat talks about the Payment Card Industry standard and how important it is for companies to meet these requirements. PCI, he says, is a difficult journey but necessary. Source: (In)Secure Magazine

Software for all businesses

Nov 02, 2007

GFI's Vice President of Engineering, Simon Reed, is interviewed by Julie Sartain for Processor.com magazine's Three Questions interview. Reed gives talks about GFI's product portfolio and what differentiates GFI from other companies. Source: Processor.com

Safeguard data at the endpoints

Oct 26, 2007

In an interview by Sue Hildreth from Processor.com, GFI's Director of Engineering Andre Muscat talks about endpoint security and how GFI EndpointSecurity helps companies to reduce the threat posed to the network by the uncontrolled use of portable storage devices. Source: Processor.com

[Video] [DE] Why PCI DSS is important

Oct 25, 2007

In a recorded interview by Marcus Beyer from Securitymanager.de at Systems 2007, GFI’s Senior Channel Sales Manager Faruk Unlu talks about PCI DSS and how it affects companies that handle payment card data. Source: Securitymanager.de

Pump-and-dump MP3 email spam warning

Oct 19, 2007

In an article on Silicon.com, GFI's Director of Product Management David Vella talks about the latest spamming technique MP3 Spam and that the danger for businesses beyond the annoyance factor is bandwidth usage and clogged email inboxes. Source: Silicon.com

Next email hassle: Audio spam

Oct 18, 2007

In a story on MSNBC's The Red Tape Chronicles, GFI's Director of Product Management David Vella is quoted on the latest spamming technique MP3 Spam and how this method is an extension of image and pdf spam. Source: MSNBC

MP3 pump-and-dump spam targets inboxes

Oct 18, 2007

Dan Kaplan covers the new spamming technique in an article in SCMagazine. David Vella, Director of Product Management at GFI is quoted in the article along with other top messaging companies. Source: SC Magazine

MP3 spam hits inboxes

Oct 18, 2007

Government Technology magazine covers the new trend with an article on the new spam method. David Vella, Director of Product Management at GFI, is also quoted. Source: Government Technology

GFI Uncovers MP3 Spam ? Email Protection/Prevention

Oct 11, 2007

In a post on Associated Content, Brian McLaughlin writes about the new MP3 spam trend and quotes GFI's announcement and comments from David Vella, Director of Product Management at GFI. Source: Associated Content

How to archive email

Sep 21, 2007

In an article in Processor Magazine, GFI talks to journalist Curt Harler about email archiving. He covers topics such as why email archiving is important for companies, which emails should be saved or not, for how long items should be saved and privacy issues. Source: Processor

Magirus inks exclusive GFI distribution deal

Sep 13, 2007

In an article in CRN, Simon Azzopardi, GFI's VP Sales EMEA, talks to journalist Sara Yirrell about the company's appointment of its first distributor in the UK and how Magirus was chosen because it best fits GFI's plans for the UK market, because of its consultative approach to distribution and its expertise in the security market. Source: CRN

GFI gets to grips with exchange, security and compliance

Sep 04, 2007

In an interview in Windows IT Pro, GFI's Senior Channel Sales Manager for Benelux countries, Armand Sieben, discusses trends in the security industry, what security products customers are looking for and how GFI's product portfolio addresses the needs of SMBs looking to secure their networks. Source: Windows IT Pro

Turn a small sale into a $40,000 security upsell

Sep 01, 2007

In an article in the September issue of Business Solutions, Chris Loringer writes how a systems integrator, Office Networks, used a number of GFI products and adopted a consultative sales approach to turn a small network fax project into a large network refresh ? and recurring revenue. Source: Business Solutions

Web monitoring software resized

Aug 28, 2007

In an article in Network World, journalist Cara Garretson writes about how GFI has repackaged its GFI WebMonitor software into three editions ? designed to better target the needs of different organizations. Source: NetworkWorld.com

Card Security: Protect Data as if it were cash

Aug 01, 2007

Andre Muscat, Director of Engineering at GFI, writes about PCI and why it is important that companies become compliant with the PCI standard. Source: Credit Union Magazine

[DE] PCI-DSS compliance verstandlich gemacht

Aug 01, 2007

In an article in IT-Sicherheit, GFI's Director of Engineering, Andre Muscat, talks about the compliance standard PCI, what the requirements are, what companies need to do to become compliant and that compliance is a journey for them not a destination. Source: IT-Sicherheit

Add Excel to trend of spam attachments

Jul 24, 2007

The US edition of SC Magazine interviews Brian Azzopardi, Senior Business Analyst at GFI about PDF spam, how the threat is developing and what is being done to stop spammers targeting email users’ mailboxes. Source: SC Magazine

[DE] Wie GFIs Channel-Partner vom PCI DSS profitieren können

Jul 19, 2007

GFI’s Senior Channel Sales Manager Faruk Unlu is interviewed by IT-Business about GFI’s channel strategy and the PCI DSS standard. Source: IT-Business

[DE] Schlüssel-Techniken zur Absicherung gegen mobile Gefahren

Jul 04, 2007

In an article on mobile devices and network security, the author looks at a number of solutions on the market and recommends the use of GFI’s portable storage control product, GFI EndPointSecurity. Source: SearchSecurity.de

[DE] Banken und Versicherungen müssen sich für den PCI-Standard fit machen

Jul 01, 2007

In an interview in gi-Geldinstitute, Andre Muscat, Director of Engineering at GFI talks about PCI DSS, what the standard focuses on and how two of GFI’s products can help companies meet over 70% of the automated requirements of the PCI standard. Source: gi-Geldinstitute

PCI DSS Compliance: A journey, not a destination

Jun 25, 2007

Andre Muscat, Director of Engineering at GFI, talks about the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Standard and why compliancy is not a one-off event but a continuous process. Source: Budapest Business Journal

[Audio] Endpoint security and GFI survey results

Jun 11, 2007

Journalist Ben Chai interviews Stephen Chetcuti Bonavita Director, Marketing and David Kelleher, Global PR Coordinator at GFI and asks them about GFI’s survey results on endpoint security and the launch of EndPointScan at Infosecurity Europe 2007. Source: ITProPortal

Gone In A Flash Drive? (Or, It's 5 P.M. -- Do You Know Where Your Data Is?)

Jun 08, 2007

Security vendor GFI launches online tool that detects iPods, USB sticks, flash drives and other portable devices that have been or are connected to the network. Source: IndustryWeek

[Cover Story] The human barriers to securing your network

Jun 01, 2007

In a cover story in ITDefense Magazine, Andre Muscat, Director, network security products at GFI, talks about the human factor in network security. He explains that security threats do not only come from outside the organization but also from within. Source: ITDefense Magazine

Channel-focused security in Korean market

Jun 01, 2007

Kent Cheong, GFI’s Business Development Manager in Korea, is interviewed by Korea’s IT Times and he talks about the GFI’s company history, its products, its channel market strategy and its future plans for the region. Source: Korea IT Times

Schutz vor Datenklau über Wechselmedien

May 31, 2007

GFI EndPointSecurity is included in an extensive review of endpoint security and device lock products in the May/June issue of Information Security. Source: Information Security

The Enemy Within

May 31, 2007

In a specialized supplement on security distributed with The Daily Telegraph in the UK, Andre Muscat talks about endpoint security and the threat posed to networks by portable storage devices such as iPods, USB sticks and other lifestyle gadgets. Source: The Daily Telegraph

Addressing the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard

May 26, 2007

As from 30 September 2007 all businesses handling cardholder data ? irrespective of size ? have to be fully compliant with strict security standards drawn up by the world’s major credit card companies. Source: 4Hoteliers

EndPointScan: Scan your network for USB-related security risks

May 10, 2007

In recent years, the rapid propagation and uncontrolled use of portable mass storage devices has started to pose considerable security risks to corporations. GFI has just come out with a simple, elegant solution to the problem, EndPointScan. Source: Geeks are Sexy

Studie: Weniger als 25 Prozent kontrollieren Einsatz mobiler Speicher-medien im Büro

May 08, 2007

British companies underestimate security risks through USB sticks, iPods, PDAs. The article is based on the recent study conducted in the UK on the use of portable storage devices in UK companies. [DE]. Source: IT-SecCity

Nya Languard kan upptäcka två tusen säkerhetsbrister

May 07, 2007

Swedish technology magazine covers launched of latest version of GFI’s LANguard N.S.S. and how it checks for over 2,000 vulnerabilities. Source: TechWorld

Report exposes business security gaps

May 03, 2007

A significant proportion of corporate PCs harbour at least one weak spot that hackers could exploit, according to new research. Source: BCS

Pro & Contra: Das Meinen Experten

May 01, 2007

Simon Azzopardi, GFI’s Vice-President EMEA, gives his views on Microsoft’s Vista and how this new operating system will change IT infrastructure in an interview in Business&IT. Source: Business&IT

Quick Tool Update: GFI EndPointScan

Apr 30, 2007

GFI just released a new tool that's targeted at keeping control of removable media & all forms of storage devices. Source: ITtoolbox Blogs

Inside threats must be addressed

Apr 27, 2007

The insider threat posed by malicious staff abusing technology or network resources must become the major concern for businesses. Source: ZDNet Asia

UK Survey released at Infosecurity: Slurping a major risk

Apr 26, 2007

“End point security” ? as the control of downloading information on to PDAs, iPods, laptops, flash drives and USB sticks has come to be known ? is a major chink in the armour of organisations, according to a UK survey by GFI Software. Source: IDM.net.au

Editor's Blog: Grey areas, honesty and naivety

Apr 26, 2007

Some interesting goings on at InfoSec. The insider threat is preying on people's minds and this morning I've seen a very compelling demonstration of 'pod-slurping' (even though the removable media used was a USB key rather than the eponymous iPod). Source: Silicon.com

What's your data really worth?

Apr 26, 2007

The case for IT security is overwhelming, if you consider the value of your corporate data and other intellectual property. Source: iWeek

GFI und Microsoft kooperieren mit Sicherheit

Apr 04, 2007

In collaboration with Microsoft, GFI Software presents the Total Protection Security Suite for Internet Security & Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006. Source: IT-Business

Channel News: GFI Software Updates Channel Training

Apr 01, 2007

GFI Software is on a mission to provide its channel partners with an automated, online system with the professional look and feel of a much larger ISV's program. Source: Redmond Channel Partner

Key features in GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner 8

Mar 29, 2007

Andre Muscat, the Director for the Development of Network Security Products at GFI discusses the key features in the latest release of the GFI LANguard Network Security Scanner, an award-winning 3-in-1 security scanning, patch management and network auditing solution. [video] Source: Help Net Security

25 Channel Executives You Need To Know

Mar 19, 2007

GFI's Vice President/General Manager of the Americas Operations Kurt Shaver has been selected as one of the top '25 Channel Executives you need to know'. Click here to view Kurt Shaver's slide. Source: CRN

GFI aims to solve big security problems for small businesses

Mar 09, 2007

GFI, an IT security company that specializes in security for small businesses, recently announced a new version of its integrated solution at the RSA show in San Francisco. Source: IT Security

Unruhe vor dem sturm

Mar 01, 2007

Spam emails are gaining ground again and the amount of email-based malware, such as spyware, trojans and keylogger, that is threatening users and companies, is still increasing. However defence in form of comprehensive content security solutions is building up. Source: IT-Business

The need for greater security

Mar 01, 2007

With increased technology use, data security has become a priority for banks and their customers. Banks must be able to recognise and respond to all potential threats, such as hacking, phishing and spamming, as quickly as possible, says Andre Muscat of GFI Software. Source: Future Banking Magazine

The perils of portable storage

Jan 15, 2007

The influx of portable storage devices could lead to danger for companies that are unprepared, argues Andre Muscat. Source: CRN

Avoid The Pain Of PST File Management

Jan 12, 2007

GFI MailArchiver Simplifies & Improves Microsoft Exchange Email File Management. Now that organizations have been using email as a primary means of communication for almost two decades, the ability to properly archive messages and access them as needed for business or compliance reasons is mandatory. Source: Processor

Don't get caught out in 2007 - be prepared for the security threats

Jan 04, 2007

According to GFI, a leading provider of network security, content security and messaging software, every IT manager should make it part of their New Year's Resolution to protect their networks from the following threats in 2007. Source: Help Net Security

The Enemy Within

Jan 01, 2007

[Cover Story] The greatest threat to your company's confidential information may not be hackers or viruses, but a trusted corporate insider with a portable storage device. Source: EI Magazine