Kanguru is pleased to partner with Blue Cube Security Ltd to deliver best-of-breed Secure USB Flash Drives to clients in the UK. Gary Haycock-West, Chief Executive Officer Blue Cube comments:
We are dedicated to finding flexible and robust solutions for our customers. Kanguru offers a cost effective and scalable option to the market; further differentiated by the scope to customise and design solutions around the security needs of individual organisations. Through their continued expansion and investment in new technology solutions, they are ideally positioned to meet the dynamic needs of our customers. We are delighted to add Kanguru to our extensive list of expert partners.
Blue Cube’s head office is based in Forest Row, East Sussex. They can be reached on 0845 094 3070.
Data Security, Portable Storage
Online banking sessions are becoming lucrative targets for hackers and thieves. Dark Reading highlights a recent M86 Security report on attacks at a large UK bank. These sophisticated thieves use malware to hijack the browser on the banking customer’s PC.
Once the victims logged onto their online banking accounts, the attackers captured account numbers and user credentials. They employed a man-in-the-browser attack that intercepted the victim’s money transactions.
One way to prevent such attacks is by ensuring that all online banking is done from a trusted machine. New advances in technology allow trusted virtual machines to boot from a Secure USB stick. The online banking session can be conducted with a hardened browser and multi-factor authentication can be implemented to prevent unauthorized users.
With over $1 million stolen from this one banking institution alone, you can bet that similar attacks are targeting banking customers around the world.
Data Security, Financial
Kanguru is introducing the new RocIT Defender Elite platform to US Army technology experts at the 2010 LandWarNet Conference this week. RocIT Defender Elite is a Secure Mobile Operating System designed to meet military security needs, including support for CAC, PIV and Smart Cards. Instead of using an untrusted host computer, users boot directly to a secure virtual OS running on the encrypted USB flash drive. The local hardware is completely bypassed. RocIT Defender Elite leaves no footprint on the host computer - meaning your privacy and data are secure.
Data Security
Dark Reading reports on two new data breach studies, the Ponemon Institute’s Cost of Cyber Crime Study and a Digital Forensics Association report called The Leaking Vault.
Organizations are getting hit by at least one successful attack per week, and the annualized cost to their bottom lines from the attacks ranged from $1 million to $53 million per year, according to a newly published benchmark study of 45 U.S. organizations hit by data breaches.
Data Security
11 Things You Can Do With Kanguru Defender Elite Encrypted Flash Drives
- Communicate security policy changes and updates directly to the drive and enforce changes as necessary via remote management.
- Audit drive usage to ensure policy updates.
- Create lists (whitelist/blacklist) of approved IP ranges so that drives are only used in trusted locations.
- Track device usage and location via IP addresses.
- Set a master password for administrator access.
- Immunize any PC or Laptop with Defender Elite’s onboard Anti-Virus.
- Disable and/or delete devices that have been lost or stolen.
- Meet regulatory requirements through the use of a verifiable security audit trail.
- Track device activity on each workstation/computer using Kanguru USB Device Control.
- Revoke drive access to former employees still in possession of their drives. (Particularly useful if their drive contains proprietary company info.)
- Sleep well knowing that 100% of your data is secure!
Data Security
With the launch of the Defender Basic, Kanguru now has a Secure USB Flash Drive for every segment and budget.
Defender Basic for consumers and small/medium businesses. Basic model features 256 AES Hardware Encryption and free onboard Antivirus protection.
Defender V2 for large enterprises. V2 adds Remote Management capabilities and additional customizable security options.
Defender Elite for high-end enterprise and government agencies. Elite provides FIPS 140-2 certified encryption and tamperproof housing for the ultimate in security.
Check out our comparison chart to determine which Kanguru Defender is right for your organization.
Data Security, Portable Storage
Tim Wilson at Dark Reading reports on two more data breaches involving lost storage devices:
Online attacks might be getting more sophisticated every day, but two incidents last week are reminding the industry that the loss of physical storage media is still among the most common causes of data breaches.
The term “free credit monitoring” appears in many articles like this one. It should be emphasized that the services will be free to the victims, but will be quite expensive for Care 1st.
Data Security, Portable Storage
The Connecticut State Teachers Retirement Board notified teachers last week that it’s missing a USB flash drive containing personal data. Fortunately, proper security procedures appear to have been in place and the data on the device was encrypted.
“We have numerous controls in place so that financial transactions are properly authorized and executed and have enhanced our internal procedures over the physical control of flash drives,” according to the letter, which was signed by Darlene Perez, administrator of the retirement board.
In Connecticut, data breach notifications are required under General Statute 36a-701(b). This law only applies to data that “has not been secured by encryption or by any other method or technology that renders the personal information unreadable or unusable”.
Does your state have a data breach notification law?
Data Security
Courtesy of CRN.
A number of these incidents involve laptops or USB hard drives. The rule of thumb should be: If it’s portable, it’s easy to steal.
Data Security
The Kanguru Remote Management Console - Cloud Edition was recently reviewed at eSecurityPlanet.com. We’d like to thank Lisa Phifer for thoroughly testing the platform and giving us great feedback and suggestions. While this review provides a helpful tour of the platform, Kanguru is ready to help you evaluate for yourself and “try before you buy”.
We would also like to respond to some of the feedback and give additional details where it might be helpful.
- To clarify pricing: KRMC Cloud retails for $19.95 per drive per year, with volume licensing options available. Optional BitDefender anti-virus renewal is $7.95 per drive per year.
- Linux and Mac OS compatibility will be available soon for Defender Elite flash drives. This functionality will be added to existing hardware through a secure remote software update.
- Automatic license assignment is available for centralized provisioning.
- The ability to deactivate and disable onboard AV without Kanguru’s help will soon be available as a provisioning option.
- A number of the “wish items” are available in the more full-featured Enterprise version of KRMC.
Data Security, Portable Storage
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