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ESET earns a 2021 Tech Cares Award from TrustRadius

Bratislava — ESET, a global leader in cybersecurity, today announced that it has been recognized for giving back to its community with a 2021 Tech Cares Award from TrustRadius. The second annual Tech Cares award celebrates companies that have gone above and beyond to provide strong Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). To be accepted for the Tech Cares Award, each nominated organization had to be a B2B technology company that demonstrated strong CSR in 2020 and 2021. Anyone was welcome to nominate an organization for the award, including people who work for or with the company. All nominations were thoroughly vetted by the TrustRadius research team on their CSR initiatives. Alongside other pioneers in the technology industry, ESET is leading the way in pursuing meaningful progress in social, environmental, and cultural spaces. By encouraging employees across various volunteering activities, ESET is playing an active role in society and demonstrating a commitment to the broader community. The ESET Foundation provides support through ESET’s own Employee Grant Program to offer employees aid and assistance for projects for which they volunteer. The Safer Kids Online program reflects ESET’s dedication to building a safer online environment for children to enjoy the internet’s full potential without risk. In addition, the ESET Science Award promotes the importance of significant scientific breakthroughs to society. Launched in 2019, the award aims to attract talented students into scientific careers and raise awareness of Slovak science on a global scale. ESET is a firm believer that high-quality science is essential for countries to develop and progress. ESET is also a member of the Digital Skills initiative, which supports digital education among teachers. Additionally, ESET regularly monitors its energy consumption and waste production in cooperation with the Institute of Circular Economy (INCIEN) to reduce the company’s overall impact on the environment. To find out more about ESET’s CSR activities, visit our Social Impact website. Zuzana Legáthová, analyst relations manager at ESET, commented: “At ESET, we are committed to managing our business operations in a socially responsible and environmentally sustainable way. Working with ethical and passionate people, we are dedicated to building a safer technology environment. Through our cutting-edge cybersecurity solutions and by supporting education and a commitment to research and development, we aim to bring about change not only in the digital world but across wider society.” To find out more about ESET, visit our website.

About Version 2 Digital

Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About ESET
For 30 years, ESET® has been developing industry-leading IT security software and services for businesses and consumers worldwide. With solutions ranging from endpoint security to encryption and two-factor authentication, ESET’s high-performing, easy-to-use products give individuals and businesses the peace of mind to enjoy the full potential of their technology. ESET unobtrusively protects and monitors 24/7, updating defenses in real time to keep users safe and businesses running without interruption. Evolving threats require an evolving IT security company. Backed by R&D facilities worldwide, ESET became the first IT security company to earn 100 Virus Bulletin VB100 awards, identifying every single “in-the-wild” malware without interruption since 2003.

Because not only autumn has a place in October: Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Is Cybersecurity Awareness Month the event of the year?

Welcome back to the incredible and majestic Pandora FMS blog. In today’s post, we are going to deal with an event belonging to the month of October, that depressing month in which we become aware of fall, it is colder and someone keeps cutting short our daylight hours. If April is the month of flowers and November the month of the male mustache for testicular cancer, October is the Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

What is Cybersecurity Awareness Month?

Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which is commemorated every October, was created between the United States government and national industry to ensure that everyone had the necessary resources to stay safe and secure online.

Since its inception, under the supervision of the US Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance, Cybersecurity Awareness Month has grown stronger and more widespread, reaching out to millions of users and businesses, and all types of corporations and institutions. Today, in 2021, it continues to make an impact, and not only in its country of origin, it already does around the world because, who would not join the cause of feeling more protected in these times we live in?

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Origins

As we’ve explained, the National Cyber Security Alliance and the US Department of Homeland Security launched Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October as a shared effort to help Americans stay safe online. And they did it a few of years ago, at least all those that distance us from October 2004.

When a baby starts to walk, the first steps are short and simple. So were the early Cybersecurity Awareness Month awareness efforts. Most of them focused on giving recommendations on how to update the antivirus, at least twice a year. But little by little they increased their ambitions, their reach and their participation. For example, launching complex campaigns in the industry, involving clients, NGOs and even university campuses.

The organizers made it clear in these years that responsibility for cybersecurity problems is fully shared. From large companies to small users with their battered laptops, all of us must protect our digital treasures and always keep them under supervision.

The European Cybersecurity Month (ECSM)

What is European Cybersecurity Month? The European Cybersecurity Month works, like the American Cybersecurity Awareness Month, as an annual campaign devoted to promoting cybersecurity among users, companies and institutions. The only difference is that the European Cybersecurity Month is promoted by the European Union.

Throughout the month of October, safety information is provided online and awareness is raised through good practices. Activities are carried out around the entire continent: conferences, workshops, seminars, presentations, etc. Everything in order to make us finally aware of digital hygiene.

We must thank the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) and the European Commission for the fruitful month of European Cybersecurity Month, which, of course, has the full support of the EU Member States.

Some events of Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Like the Homecoming Week for high schools, Cybersecurity Awareness Month is also divided into different segments. We are going to list those established by the National Cybersecurity Alliance this year, 2021.

First week

The first week will be themed on creating strong passwords, using multi-factor authentication, backing up data, and updating software.

Only that way will we be able to realize how dependent we are on technology and reconsider the amount of personal and commercial data that we treasure on platforms located on the Internet. There, at the hand of any cybercriminal.

Second week

The motto? “You must be careful with emails, text messages, and chats opened by strangers and incognitos.” You are just one click away from a suspicious email, link, or attachment, to bother the hell out of you. Indeed phishing and digital scams in general have been on the rise since we began with this pandemic. Since we have the damn COVID among us, phishing attacks represent more than 80% of reported security incidents.

Third week

The third week of Cybersecurity Awareness Month will be focused on supporting, inspiring and applauding students who have chosen, or want to choose, a university career focused on cybersecurity. Whether they are teenagers, adults or confused kids who want to change fields of study. Cybersecurity is cool, youngster! It is fully growing and has space and credits for everyone!

Fourth week

This week we will try to make security a priority for companies more than ever. Incorporate security in products, processes, tools… Promote cybersecurity in employees and teams. Get cybersecurity in the minds of department heads until they themselves celebrate the vanguards and news of this discipline on a daily basis.

About Version 2 Digital

Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About PandoraFMS
Pandora FMS is a flexible monitoring system, capable of monitoring devices, infrastructures, applications, services and business processes.
Of course, one of the things that Pandora FMS can control is the hard disks of your computers.

IoT Profiling, Visibility & Classification, Powered by Portnox CLEAR

IoT/OT Blind Spots Across Your Network

At present, hundreds of millions of IoT/OT devices are in use, and that number continues to rise as organizations increasingly adopt such devices to improve productivity, insight and real-time decision making. Unfortunately, IoT/OT devices are particularly at risk to external and internal cyberthreats due to a lack of device patching and overall visibility and contextual understanding across networks. This makes IoT profiling quite difficult.

The healthcare, hospitality and manufacturing sectors are especially vulnerable due to their heavy reliance on ultrasound machines, avionics, building automation, VoIP, medical devices, printers, computers, networking equipment and energy and power infrastructure. To close this IoT/OT device visibility gap, Portnox CLEAR is introducing its IoT/OT Visibility Add-On, which enables organizations to see, profile and classify all IoT/OT devices on the network without an agent.

IoT Profiling in CLEAR: How it Works

Portnox CLEAR utilizes several methods and leverages multiple data points to actively and passively identify, profile and classify IoT/OT devices across enterprise networks, delivering detailed device profile data that takes into account device families, types, models and vendors.

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With the IoT/OT Visibility Add-On, Portnox CLEAR can continuously discovers all IP-connected devices without requiring agents, the instant they enter your network. the add-on provides in-depth visibility into those devices using a combination of active and passive discovery, profiling and classification techniques.

IoT Profiling Capabilities with CLEAR

  • Device Discover – Automatically discover IoT/OT devices without needing to install yet another third-party agent across managed devices.
  • Device Profiling – Classify IoT/OT devices based on type, like MRI machines, printers, sensors and beyond.
  • Device Type Enforcement – Continuously monitor IoT/OT devices and enforce network segmentation and access policy based on device type.

IoT Profiling Advantages with CLEAR

  • Cloud Delivery – Portnox CLEAR leverages a central cloud database that utilizes crowdsourcing and machine learning to deliver better device predictability.
  • Microsegmentation – Automatically segment groups and enforce unique policies to reduce the network attack surface, improve breach containment and strengthen regulatory compliance.
  • Access Control – Define and enforce access control policies based on IoT/OT device types.
  • Complete Asset Management – Be able to report on and visualize in real-time the device types, locations and level of access for every IoT/OT on the network.

About Version 2 Digital

Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About Portnox
Portnox provides simple-to-deploy, operate and maintain network access control, security and visibility solutions. Portnox software can be deployed on-premises, as a cloud-delivered service, or in hybrid mode. It is agentless and vendor-agnostic, allowing organizations to maximize their existing network and cybersecurity investments. Hundreds of enterprises around the world rely on Portnox for network visibility, cybersecurity policy enforcement and regulatory compliance. The company has been recognized for its innovations by Info Security Products Guide, Cyber Security Excellence Awards, IoT Innovator Awards, Computing Security Awards, Best of Interop ITX and Cyber Defense Magazine. Portnox has offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. For information visit http://www.portnox.com, and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.。

訊連科技U會議重磅升級 提供遠距教學及視訊開庭安全、互動性佳並方便管理的視訊會議

【2021年9月22日，台北訊】多媒體創作軟體及AI人工智慧領導廠商訊連科技（5203.TW）推出「U會議」之重大改版，推出多種針對遠距教學和視訊開庭設計的全新功能。於畫面分享模式時，可同時顯示四個與會者畫面，並可透過全新的「舉手」功能進行發問，讓講師可更有效的進行課程互動。此外，亦強化了主持人管理權限，可設定僅限會議主持人可錄影或將其他與會者靜音，可於線上開庭應用中，更有效地管理會議進行之秩序。

在疫情期間，訊連科技U會議獲得許多教學機構採用，作為線上教學工具。同時，諸多地方法院也採用U會議，作為視訊開庭使用工具。為提供眾多用戶更好的線上教學與視訊會議工具，訊連科技持續強化U會議之管理與互動功能，並改善U通訊使用體驗。

 

此次推出的U會議7.0版中，大幅強化了主持人之權限，會議中主持人可設定僅限主持人能錄影或將其他與會者麥克風靜音。於線上教學時，老師或助教能有效控制上課流程；在線上開庭場景中，法官可更有效的控管會議安全，並管理開庭秩序。此外，於U會議PC與macOS版本進行螢幕分享時，畫面分享者（如老師或法官）可同時看到4個與會者的視訊畫面，可方便用戶更有效的了解其他與會者的即時反應或提問。

 於電腦上進行螢幕分享時，可同時顯示4個與會者視訊畫面

為了強化會議或線上教學的即時互動，與會者可在會議中透過「舉手」功能對講師提問，講師可立即和與會者互動討論，讓課程或會議的互動更密切。針對線上教學常用的舉手發問、攝影機和麥克風切換等功能，U會議 7.0版也大幅改善了使用者介面，用戶可於工具列上快速切換攝影機、麥克風等，或於U App中快速瀏覽或修改已預約的會議，會議使用與安排更靈活便利！針對iPad用戶，U會議7.0也提供iPad用戶全新的全螢幕介面，讓使用者可以充分享受大螢幕的每一分空間。

  U會議 – 舉手發問功能

「今年疫情仍嚴峻，訊連開發之『U會議』和『U通訊』獲得眾多企業與政府機關採納，將視訊會議和遠距溝通納入日常業務溝通之一環。」訊連科技黃肇雄執行長表示：「因疫情影響改變工作型態，訊連科技持續改進『U會議』之管理操作功能和『U通訊』之使用便利性，提供企業用戶安全易用之視訊會議和遠距溝通解決方案。」

 

用戶可於即日起至U官方網站下載最新「U會議」和「U通訊」7.0版，或透過程式內建的升級功能取得7.0版更新，體驗最新功能。

 

U會議/ U通訊重要新增功能

  • 可於會議中僅限主持人能將與會者靜音及進行錄影，強化會議安全。
  • 於電腦上進行螢幕分享時，可同時顯示4個與會者視訊畫面。
  • 與會者可透過「舉手」功能向講師進行發問，讓線上課程互動更順暢。
  • 工具列上新增攝影機及麥克風切換按鍵，清楚顯示視訊與音訊狀態。
  • 使用者可於U App主頁之「檢視和編輯已預約的會議」項目中快速查看、修改或刪除已預約的會議。
  • 提供iPad用戶全螢幕使用介面，大幅改善使用體驗。
  • 使用者可在個人設定頁面勾選「是否允許他人搜尋您的帳號」，保障帳號隱私。
  • U通訊新增支援「開放文件格式」之檔案分享，分享溝通更便利。

關於Version 2

Version 2 Digital 是立足亞洲的增值代理商及IT開發者。公司在網絡安全、雲端、數據保護、終端設備、基礎設施、系統監控、存儲、網絡管理、商業生產力和通信產品等各個領域代理發展各種 IT 產品。透過公司龐大的網絡、通路、銷售點、分銷商及合作夥伴，Version 2 提供廣被市場讚賞的產品及服務。Version 2 的銷售網絡包括台灣、香港、澳門、中國大陸、新加坡、馬來西亞等各亞太地區，客戶來自各行各業，包括全球 1000 大跨國企業、上市公司、公用事業、醫療、金融、教育機構、政府部門、無數成功的中小企及來自亞洲各城市的消費市場客戶。

關於CyberLink
訊連科技創立於1996年，擁有頂尖視訊與音訊技術的影音軟體公司，專精於數位影音軟體及多媒體串流應用解決方案產品研發，並以「抓準技術板塊，擴大全球行銷布局」的策略，深根台灣、佈局全球，展現亮麗的成績。訊連科技以先進的技術提供完美的高解析影音播放效果、以尖端的科技提供完整的高解析度擷取、編輯、製片及燒錄功能且完整支援各種高解析度影片及音訊格式。產品包括：「威力導演」、「PowerDVD」、「威力製片」、「威力酷燒」等。

What is the importance of the Gartner Magic Quadrant?

All of us at some point have heard of digital transformation. This phenomenon affects companies of all verticals and sizes and has been gaining attention in the market. Digital transformation increasingly requires organizational leaders to adapt their organizational strategies to meet new and more demanding business requirements. This includes aspects such as customer experience, agility, and improvement of their business processes.

Thus, meeting these new market demands has become much more than a trend, it is a business imperative. These actions include the implementation of technology solutions in organizations to optimize their operations, reduce costs, and thus deliver the best experience to their clients.

To meet the new requirements arising from the digital transformation process, market suppliers, including IT, have developed solutions to be implemented by companies. With so many options available, it is often difficult for organizational teams to choose the best solutions that meet their needs and can fill the gaps created by these new market requirements.

Gartner is a company recognized for providing impartial, high-quality consulting and research on many markets, as well as providing valuable information and insights to the entire technology community. In addition to being part of the S&P 500, an index of the top 500 publicly traded companies in the United States, Gartner provides research and analysis of solutions in areas such as finances, legal, compliance, and Information Technology.

Through its more than 15,000 employees, Gartner also contributes to determining the IT standards in place and the market trends that will become a reality in the future. Its reach is global, being located in more than 100 countries.

Gartner provides strategic market research and tools for IT leaders to build their strategies and assist in decision-making.

More than 15,000 companies are listed as Gartner clients around the world. To get an idea of its relevance to the market, 73% of the companies that make up the Fortune Global 500 – the annual ranking of the 500 largest companies prepared by Fortune magazine – are Gartner clients and use its services in their business strategies.

If organizational and security leaders do not use the proper tools to choose security solutions such as those offered by Gartner, the organization is subject to not implementing the proper tools to solve its business problems. Or even worse: companies may even implement these solutions and not fully take advantage of all the functionality offered by these technologies.

This is because, in many cases, the chosen solutions may not be in line with their strategy and business needs. By not adapting their operations to the changes required by phenomena such as digital transformation, organizations can suffer from drops in performance, productivity, agility, and effectiveness in the execution of their business strategies.

When this occurs, organizations are subject to greater business and cybersecurity risks. Furthermore, they are subject to not obtaining a greater competitive advantage over their competitors in the market, which can affect their operations’ continuity.

To support their strategy and help organizations of all sizes choose which solutions to deploy in their infrastructure, IT leaders should use tools developed by Gartner, such as the Magic Quadrant reports.

Gartner’s Magic Quadrant uses a uniform set of assessment criteria with results represented in a graphical form showing the competitive positioning of different vendors of digital products and services in different markets. This representation makes it easy to see how these vendors meet different market requirements and work against Gartner’s market view.

Gartner uses a qualitative data analysis methodology to indicate trends in different markets. This analysis includes the direction and maturity of different markets, in addition to their respective players. The analytics developed by Gartner are tailored for specific technology industries, including PAM, and are updated every one to two years.

The Magic Quadrant for PAM allows you to assess different vendors and their market positioning, as well as their vision and how they perform according to Gartner’s market vision.

This is done through the two axes of the quadrant: one axis representing the vendor’s market awareness, called Completeness of Vision, and the other that reflects the Ability to Execute its market view.

The graph with the two axes is divided into four quadrants, which indicate the capabilities of different vendors with respect to the Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision aspects.

The different quadrants of the Magic Quadrant are: Niche Players, Visionaries, Challengers, and Leaders. The Magic Quadrant is the first step in understanding what these vendors and their associated technology do. This tool helps you understand visions, strategic roadmaps, and all their ability to operate according to your specific needs.

Speaking specifically about the Privileged Access Management (PAM) market, Gartner has launched the Magic Quadrant report with 14 vendors in 2018. However, each year this number has been decreasing: in 2020, 12 vendors were listed, and the last report, released in July 2021, brought only 10 PAM technology vendors. According to the Gartner analyst, the “air is thinner”, that is, the PAM market is even more competitive than in previous years.

Gartner’s Magic Quadrants are important because they influence the buying decisions of organizations of all sizes and verticals. Large companies often turn to Gartner and its reports to support their strategies and choose which IT vendors they will hire.

By using information from Gartner’s Magic Quadrant report, organizational and security leaders can better understand the dynamics of the different markets covered by Gartner.

Also, those using Gartner-developed reports can quickly obtain information about the different vendors centrally. It is also possible to know the strengths and weaknesses of the solutions assessed in the reports, allowing them to assertively choose the best tools to meet their business requirements. Thus, organizations are able to increase their operational efficiency, improving the experience of their customers, partners, and employees, reducing risks and ensuring the continuity of their operations.

About Version 2 Digital

Version 2 Digital is one of the most dynamic IT companies in Asia. The company distributes a wide range of IT products across various areas including cyber security, cloud, data protection, end points, infrastructures, system monitoring, storage, networking, business productivity and communication products.

Through an extensive network of channels, point of sales, resellers, and partnership companies, Version 2 offers quality products and services which are highly acclaimed in the market. Its customers cover a wide spectrum which include Global 1000 enterprises, regional listed companies, different vertical industries, public utilities, Government, a vast number of successful SMEs, and consumers in various Asian cities.

About Segura®
Segura® strive to ensure the sovereignty of companies over actions and privileged information. To this end, we work against data theft through traceability of administrator actions on networks, servers, databases and a multitude of devices. In addition, we pursue compliance with auditing requirements and the most demanding standards, including PCI DSS, Sarbanes-Oxley, ISO 27001 and HIPAA.