RMail Humanizes E-Security in RPost’s Year-End Update

Dec 1, 2021 | Tech

Now, Empower Your Email, Protect from Mental Mishaps, and Control Your Content Lifecycle All-in-One with RMail

Building on RMail’s traditional features, designed to empower your email all in one app – to track, prove, and certify email opening and delivery, encrypt for easy-to-use privacy and compliance, share large files securely, send for recipient e-signature, and protect against the most sophisticated business email compromise impostor attacks – this major release of RMail delves into solving today’s most challenging e-security issues related to human behavior.

“Continued innovation by cybercriminals in hatching new malicious attacks demands multi-layered email security to protect people and organizations. We are pleased to see RPost infusing new artificial intelligence protections into its RMail email security product. RPost’s five new unique approaches mitigate the risk of human error and assure security and privacy compliance while offering an elegant user experience,” states Michael Sampson, Senior Analyst at Osterman Research, one of the world’s leading e-security and messaging technology analysts.

Some of the most popular new features reported by RMail business users include:

 1. Protection from Mental Mishaps.

In polls conducted recently in RPost webinars for both Florida Bar lawyers and insurance agents, one third of lawyers and two thirds of insurance agents indicated that, after sending an email, they wished it had been sent encrypted (securely).

RMail Recommends™ AI-infused data leak protection solves this problem of having e-security technology that users forget to use. RMail Recommends runs inside the Microsoft Outlook user interface and uses advanced AI to detect in-the-moment of sending email, whether or not the sender should be applying extra protections for that message, and if so, recommending which to apply (i.e., encrypt, track, prove) and then sending in that manner. Because this happens in the sender’s normal email interface, as an added benefit to IT and compliance staff, it automatically sensitizes (trains) end users of their need to treat certain messages differently; and for example, encrypting if so.

In that same poll, when asked whether users had mis-addressed important email (sent to the wrong person accidentally), three quarters of insurance agents and two thirds of lawyers admitted having fallen prey to this mishap.

RMail’s Right Recipient™ data shield AI alerts the sender when RMail determines that he or she is about to send sensitive information to a recipient who he or she has not sent sensitive information in the recent past – so the sender can re-verify that they addressed the email to the proper recipient. RMail learns over time, auto-adapting to user behavior, and in combination with other RMail services, can also remind the user to additionally send that message encrypted, for e-signature, or as a Registered Email™ message after the user re-verifies the intended recipient addresses are correct.

“With more critical information being sent by email today, more time pressures in business, and more distractions with a hybrid work environment, more human mistakes are made,” adds Volker Sommerfeld from Frama AG Switzerland, a global RPost service provider. “Sending to wrong recipients is an increasing threat as common email clients suggest email addresses automatically and senders often do not verify them. RMail’s new Right Recipient™ address verifier really gets it right, providing the extra security in a user-elegant manner.”

2. Control Your Content Lifecycle.

 Furthermore, two-thirds of insurance agents and half of lawyer poll respondents reported that they have been concerned after seeing their sensitive email content come back to them in a reply email thread.

The problem, as explained, is that they sent a message encrypted only to be surprised when the recipient simply replies with a “Thanks! Got it” message — not thinking that their (presumably) unencrypted reply contained personal or financial information in the email thread. And even worse, to save them time, emailers often keep going to the prior email and re-replying to it with each reply re-exposing the sensitive information.

This RMail update now includes email content controls, which make it seamless for a sender to make certain information in a message that they send disappear after it has been read or received at the recipient.

RMail’s new Disappearing Ink™ and Redact+™ features protect the email thread by automatically extracting parts of a message and applying sender-designated email content controls to those message parts after sending, after reading, or while at the recipient.

RMail’s new Registered Encryption™ feature provides the sender visibility around whether the sent email was in fact delivered encrypted from the sender’s desktop to the recipient’s inbox. It can record whether the email was sent to remain encrypted inside the recipient’s inbox while the message is at rest; and can prove if needed – with an auditable and authenticatable record – that the sender did transmit specific content in their message end-to-end encrypted. This provides not only sender assurance, confidence, and peace-of-mind, but it also provides compliance staff audit-ready proof of compliance and IT staff early warnings if a server somewhere in the email path is misconfigured from a security perspective.

“These and other newly released RMail features are designed to help companies mitigate the risk of human error, which opens up a vector for criminals to bring on ransomware, wire transfer fraud and other problems, imposing their sophisticated chaos on today’s businesses,” adds RPost CEO, Zafar Khan. “And best of all, we’ve made it instant and easy to install RMail in your main email programs.” Click here to download the free RMail for Outlook app which includes these features.

About RPost

A global leader in e-signatures and cybersecurity, RPost has been specializing in email encryption for privacy and compliance, e-signatures, legal e-delivery proof, rights management, and AI-infused services to prevent data leaks and human e-security errors. Millions of users have enjoyed RPost’s patented RMail e-security, RSign e-signature, and Registered Email™ platforms since 2000. Our customers include some of the world’s most respected brands across industry and geography. Learn more at RPost.

VSPL Introduces UI/UX Design Services

Dec 1, 2021 | Tech

In addition to catering to the demands of custom VoIP and telephony solutions, VSPL has announced its UI/UX design services. In the current market, customer experience and brand identity plays an important role in drawing in new prospects while retaining existing customers. Hence, visuals have become an integral part of every client-facing point of contact such as websites, social media posts, application interface, promotional flyers, logo design, etc. UI/UX designs is all about creating user-friendly layouts and designs that are aesthetically pleasing yet functional.

Observing the current gap in customer’s demands and existing solutions available in the market, VSPL’s UI/UX design services can be availed by the end-users for their own usage. The UI/UX design service has applications in multiple industries and can be leveraged by individuals or brands looking for improving customer experience on the digital front. Under the umbrella of UI/UX design services, businesses can choose any of the following design specialties as per their design requirement.

Frontend Design and Development Website wireframe and Development Graphic and Visual Design
• Logo Design Graphic Design Brochure Design Image Touch Up Business Card Design

On the news of UI/UX design service launch, Mr. Bhaskar Metikel, the CEO of Vindaloo Softtech Pvt. Ltd., made the following statement.

“To thrive online and compete in this cut-throat competition, brands and businesses need to put their best foot forward everytime. One of the first things someone registers about the brand is how visuals make them feel. Right from visuals, colors, shapes, site navigation (for website) to even your logo leaves an impression on your prospective customers. VSPL launches UI/UX design services to help your business achieve the same.”

VSPL claims to have some of the best UX/UI designers with multiple industry experiences and years of experience under their belt. No matter how complex the design brief, the experts understand the requirements and create a prototype in the shortest turnaround time. As per the details discussed in the Press Release, the process for availing the services is as simple as filling out a design brief, providing any references or samples, and getting on a call to explain the requirements. In minimum interactions, the final design will be delivered to the client.

Some of the benefits and prepositions of their UI/UX design services:

Benefits:

Scalable Designs Custom Dashboard design Cutting edge technologies and softwares 24/7 customer support Targeted Conceptualization Feature-rich Ecommerce Site Design Image Retouch and Upscaling services

About the VSPL

Vindaloo is a trusted company rendering top-notch VoIP solutions and services worldwide and has recently ventured into UI/UX design. Operated from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the company is also specialized in rendering other services such as Mobile App Development, FreeSWITCH Development, Opensips Development, Asterisk Development, Custom CRM Development, Digital Marketing Services, and more.

5 Cybersecurity Threats to Watch Out For in 2022 By Neelesh Kripalani, Chief Technology Officer, Clover Infotech

Nov 28, 2021 | Tech

In 2021, cyber criminals delivered a wave of cyber-attacks that were not just highly coordinated, but far more advanced than ever seen before. You may have read about recent cybersecurity incidents impacting some of the largest corporations in the world. A flurry of new threats, technologies, and business models have emerged in the cybersecurity space as the world shifted to a remote work model in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and has subsequently moved to a ‘hybrid’ work culture. These cyberattacks target everyone, but trends show that small businesses are one of the most common targets.

Here are the five cybersecurity threats that businesses should be prepared to mitigate in 2022:

1. Remote Work Attacks: Within the organization’s set up, one can mitigate the common cybersecurity risks through a firewall, employee awareness, and stringent policies etc. However, when employees are working remotely, putting up cybersecurity measures becomes difficult. A recent survey from the UK and US-based security firm, Tessian, found that 56% of senior IT technicians believe their employees have picked up bad cyber-security habits while working from home. Some of the top cybersecurity risks associated with remote work include unsafe networks, use of personal devices, human error etc. Implementing security measures such as VPNs, anti-phishing tools, anti-virus, constant employee education etc. can help to mitigate the risk to a great extent.

2. Cloud Vulnerabilities: Organizations are rapidly using the cloud to fast-track their digital transformation journey. Despite the increasing adoption of cloud, the data security still remains a key concern for many enterprises. Some of the top causes of cloud vulnerabilities are improper management of RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), misconfigurations, weak authentication, and shadow IT use etc.

3. Internet of Things (IoT) Vulnerabilities: Digital transformation is about becoming data-driven. The IoT is one of the key providers of that data. IoT devices are vulnerable mostly because they lack the necessary built-in security controls to defend against threats. As per Kaspersky, IoT cyberattacks have more than doubled in 2021 compared to the previous year.  Vulnerabilities in IoT devices allows cyber criminals to gain access to the sensitive data and to further launch attacks against other connected systems.

4. Double Extortion Ransomware Attacks: The traditional story of ransomware was one of malicious code rapidly encrypting files with public-key RSA encryption, and then deleting those files if the victim did not pay the ransom. The ‘Double Extortion Ransomware Attack’ aka ‘pay-now-or-get-breached’ involves threat actors stealing data from organizations in addition to encrypting files. This means that, in addition to demanding a ransom to decrypt data, attackers can later threaten to leak the stolen information if an additional payment is not made.

5. Credential Stuffing: Credential stuffing is a cyber-attack in which credentials obtained from a data breach on one service are used to attempt to log in to another unrelated service. Such attacks are on the rise due to the more sophisticated bots that simultaneously attempt several logins, and appear to originate from different IP addresses. The main reason that credential stuffing attacks are effective is that many users reuse the same username/password combination across multiple sites. If this practice continues, credential stuffing will remain a serious threat.

Wrapping up

Cybersecurity risks are increasing with rise in digital adoption. Being aware of what could go wrong in terms of cybersecurity is the first step towards prevention. In 2022, we should see a massive increase in cybersecurity awareness. There needs to be a shift from ‘It can’t happen to us‘ to ‘It can happen to anyone and anytime‘. This shift will help to reduce the cyber risks to a great extent.