Planet IT... Planet Views

Winter 2011

Planet Views

Welcome to the first edition of our quarterly newsletter, Planet Views. We're deeply involved with new developments, and keeping track of old ones in the IT security industry. And with all of our experience and vendor contacts we thought we'd like to share our knowledge with you.

If there's anything you'd like more information on we'll be happy to help, so please get in touch. And if it's something we can share we'll write it up here.

So please look out for Planet Views every quarter - and add us to your whitelist!

Best regards,

Sean Smith
Managing Director

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What's new?

We've been in touch with you before so hopefully you'll have some idea of what Planet IT has to offer. However, you may not be aware of the breadth of IT security solutions we have experience in. These include:

• Anti-virus
• Encryption & data loss prevention
• Spam, web and IM filtering
• Multi-factor authentication

Plus of course all the supporting IT hardware that may be required for a complete solution.

We work with multiple technology vendors so that we can provide you with a system that meets your technical and budgetary requirements. We aim to exceed your expectations, providing you with the right solution with the least effort on your part. That way we're confident that you will continue to do business with us.

Read more about our solutions here

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New Consultancy Services

Planet IT can now offer complete consultancy services in IT security. So if you're deciding on strategy, in the planning stages, or need to demonstrate the effectiveness of your existing arrangements, we can help.

Please get in touch with us to discuss your requirements.

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Unified Communications

Organisations large and small constantly look to find ways to maximise efficiency, productivity and value for money. Two areas of technology are combining to meet these needs - stop chaining staff to desks through live, mobile access to systems; and at the same time maximising the use of networks.

Unified communications (UC) is the buzz-word for achieving this, integrating communications, presence, telephony, video. services - and others. The concept is to allow an individual to send a message on one medium and have it delivered to the recipient in whichever medium is the most appropriate at the time - not necessarily how it was initially sent.

Read more about security issues for UC.

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Data Leakage Prevention

Data Leakage or Loss Prevention (DLP) is becoming a high profile area for many organisations. With inadvertent loss of data having hit the national press, this kind of publicity is unwelcome for most.

However, many vendors claim DLP credentials, so how should the budget-restricted IT security manager go about choosing the most effective approach? The first step should be to perform a risk analysis to determine the technology areas that represent the most vulnerable areas

Armed with this knowledge, a discussion with an IT security specialist will help to make the right decisions in terms of which products make most sense. Many technologies could help, including those dealing with intrusion prevention, email & web filtering and end-point security. With so many products on offer it helps to have external assistance to identify the best fit.

See here for more coverage

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