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2011 Security in Review and What’s Coming in 2012

victor — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 11:35:00 +0000

Every year at this time we all tend to take a look back at the year that is ending. In computer security this past year some colossal breaches came to light. Dozens of organizations as diverse as Google and NASA were attacked with varying degrees of success. Android apps were hit as were banks and even the certificates that authenticate secure websites were hacked.

Bottom line is ‘it ain’t gettin’ any safer’ out there and if your networks don’t already have great security, now is the time to get ready for 2012 and beyond. BYOD, “the cloud”, virtualization, apps, iOS, and who knows what may come – 2012 is certain to bring even more security challenges.

Here’s an article from NetworkWorld.com aptly named, “2011′s greatest security snafus”. (Google “snafu” and you’ll understand that why this is a good name for internet security threats.) This is the normal situation for now and the future. Click here for the article and check out the video below on what to look out for next year.

If you would like a free security assessment of your network let us know, click here.

Happy New Year, welcome 2012 and safe and secure wishes to all.

Network Box Thailand – Bangkok

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US Chamber of Commerce Hacked by Chinese

victor — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:40:38 +0000

If you think that you do not need top notch computer security for your company, read this article. Seriously, read it all. Wall Street Journal 21 December 2011

“The break-in at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is one of the boldest known infiltrations in what has become a regular confrontation between U.S. companies and Chinese hackers.”

Your company may not be quite as sweet a target as the USCoC but your secrets are big juicy plums to your competitors just the same.

Do you think, “Well, if they got into somewhere as secure as USCoC and all the other big organizations that you hear about, we can never be safe, right?” If you do think this, you would be wrong. You can protect your organization from attacks like this one. If you would like to know how, click here and send us a note. Thanks.

Network Box Thailand – Bangkok

China Hackers Hit U.S. Chamber

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SEA Manufacturers Targets of New US Law

victor — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:30:37 +0000

Washington state, home of retail giants Costco and Amazon passed a law in July that makes it illegal for a company – like Amazon or Costco – to buy products from a manufacturer that uses illegal or unlicensed software to manufacture those products. Simply put that means that large import buyers located in Washington must audit their supplier-manufacturers to be sure that they use legit software in their operations.

The article linked below from New Straits Times states that unlicensed software installed on computers in SEA amount to more than $18 billion US in value. The demand by US buyers for their suppliers to verify the legality of software will grow significantly with this kind of regulation, which is now being considered in 39 more states after Washington. Will the EU be far behind?

Pressure seems to be mounting from many corners for businesses in Southeast Asia to clean up their acts as far as computer software goes. If you would like to learn about the software licenses on your computer network are legal – please click here.

US law targets manufacturers using stolen IT

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How to Keep 98% of Your Customers – Year after Year

victor — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:24:23 +0000

In a world of constant failures and breaches of computer security a company that keeps 98% of their customers year after year for the last 11 years would be labeled as doing a pretty good job. Network Box is one such company.

This month Network Box USA is featured in PC Today magazine. Our colleague Pierluigi Stella, CTO of Network Box USA is quoted in the article saying, “You can’t just install a firewall and walk away.” It is always amazing to us how many companies and how many IT “experts” tell us they are protected and then when prodded a little, we find out they did exactly as Pierluigi said, they installed a firewall and then promptly forgot about it.

Network Box managed security services are 24/7/365. We never forget and we never walk away.

Check out the full article by clicking on the image below. For a full and completely free evaluation of your network security, click here.

Network Box Thailand – Bangkok

PC Today Magazine, Dec 2011 - Click on the image to read the full article

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New TV Commercial from Network Box

victor — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:36:14 +0000

Check out the spiffy commercial from Network Box Hong Kong. “Not just simple security – but a large safety vault for your network.”

For a free security evaluation of your network click here.

Network Box – Thailand

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DeskCenter – 1 Minute Videos

victor — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:56:42 +0000

Believing that showing is better than telling, DeskCenter has produced a series of minute long videos telling about the basic features of the software. Here you can quickly go through, time saving features, managing software inventories, OS deployment and more.

Two of the short English language videos are embedded below. Thanks for checking them out.

To test drive the DeskCenter software on your network and learn first hand how this revolutionary application will save your organization time and money, please click here.

DeskCenter APAC – Bangkok

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Michael Gazeley on CNBC

victor — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 08:56:19 +0000

In late August the Hong Kong stock market web sites were hacked and CNBC’s Bernie Lo interviews Network Box founder and Managing Director, Michael Gazeley about the incidents. Two attacks in two days left the Hong Kong Exchange shaken. With rising vulnerability in the online space, corporates flock to computer security experts. Network Box is the best managed service provider in the world today. For a free security evaluation of your networks, click here.

Network Box Thailand, Bangkok

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What is Call Accounting Software?

victor — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:26:38 +0000

"You can't manage what you cannot measure"

How does a company benefit from call accounting and what is it? Any company with a private branch exchange or PBX buys phone service in bulk from their phone companies. They pay for usage of large “trunk” lines. Then calls in or out are “switched” at their company location by a piece of equipment called a PBX. So the telco only bills for the bulk calls – the company has no idea where a call went or where it came from inside their building. That’s where call accounting comes in. This software takes the data from the PBX and gives managers information that they can use to better manage their business.

This is a great article that describes a few of the benefits of call accounting.

Call Accounting Software Benefits by Rito Salomone

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Network Box Featured in Processor Magazine

victor — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 03:49:56 +0000

Network Box was on the front cover of Processor Magazine in the USA, in an article which covers what we can do to secure Small and Medium sized Enterprises from cyber attacks. It’s called, “Enterprise-Class Security Even Small Businesses Can Afford.”

Click on the image to view the online version of the magazine.

Network Box – Bangkok

Network Box on the Cover - Click on the image for the full magazine

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Network Management Saves Money

victor — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 03:38:22 +0000

It has been shown that managing computer networks large and small saves companies millions of dollars, probably even billions over all industry. Managing power usage alone has been show to save business $18.6 billion! Just turning off computers when they are not used, saves money. Not to mention how that is better for the environment.

Add to energy savings, savings made from better license management, improved efficiency in software deployment and upgrades, elimination of unnecessary trips to and from local machines, lifecycle management, savings in IT expense – all adds up to real money, even in organizations as small as 40 to 50 computers.

DeskCenter Asia is looking for partners in all APAC countries please contact us here for more information or email to info@ncithai.com.

DeskCenter recently released v9.3 of their management software. This presentation covers the features and benefits of it. Thank you for taking a look.

Network Consulting – Bangkok

DeskCenter Network Management Suite

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