You Deposit, They Withdraw…
By Nick Ashton, Founder, CEO,
Tracometry Group of Companies.
Once upon
time the words, “You Can Take It To The
Bank”, meant something. You
completely trusted your bank. Not today!
Having been
in the computer industry since 1976 I have seen it all. Warned many and secured millions who have
listened. High profile security financial
breaches and the resilience of advanced persistent threats from Hackers,
Phishers and Man in the Middle Brutal Attackers have those that
care on more than their guard.
Do you use the mattress or the
bank? Which is safer to store your
money?
Risk of Data Loss
Losing
customer or client data due to lax security or insider misconduct has plagued
banks and other businesses for generations. Since the dawn of cyber
communications and the electronic centralization of all information, these
risks have risen by leaps and bounds, are radically increased, because breaches
can involve millions of victims, and fines or judgments against the offending
institution can soar into millions of dollars.
The risk
isn’t only for large banks. Smaller community banks/Credit Unions are subject
to the same regulations as larger institutions and often don’t have access to
enterprise security the way a Bank of America or Citicorp might.
It all
starts with something you believe is the only way the bank and yourselves can
protect your account, a PASSWORD!
WRONG!
Passwords are shared, lost/stolen and openly
advertised for use within companies and the family circle than a personal viral
disease. Why do we still use a password?
Simple those in the supposed know with financial house and the retail
trade have ignored the risks and believed that they insured against it and why
should they have to worry as someone else will pay!
I can
assure you, it is not the bank that is paying out anything, the insurance
company is left holding the bag and the customers and clients. By not securing your information which is in
their care is careless and disgusting.
By Negating
their Duty of Care and Corporate Governance is a travesty and the
insurance companies will have no more!
CEO’s,
CFO’s, COO’s their minions and the Board of Directors have nowhere to hide any
longer. The hired help, that is what they are, are personally liable for the
security failures if they did nothing to protect your valuable information and
put you though the financial mire.
It is
strange that you have locks on your front and back doors, an alarm system,
which really is a retro device, as it tells you they broken in. Outside you have a shed, housing the lawn
mower and garden tools and a lock on that as well. Is it you think more about
the security of your lawn mower that your personal information and financial
data? It seems so. Then again, we have been conditioned to think
this way, which to be stopped!
Why do
Financial Institutions and “Big Box” Companies ignore front end security and
focus on the after-event? Simple, that
is all they know and have no forethought for Proactive methods which would
stop the back-end issues which are costing masses of time, effort and money,
your money, chasing their own tails.
Proactive
security methods and solutions do not have to be invented, created and tested,
they already have and are working every single day. Under CommSmart
US, our security foundation is solid for the weakness of a secure
connection and obtaining that important step that is essential for all
enterprise data in motion for that end to end security.
It has
taken over twenty years of solid work to create KEYTALK, your secure
connection. Ten years of writing,
testing and creating first for Windows based computing and then expanding into all platforms and Mobile needs, requirements and demands.
Some say
that the Internet is trying, very trying in most cases and HTTP Strict
Transport Security which came out in November 2012 is a partial solution. As yet it is not available on all browsers
until next year. This is typical, just
like all security updates, they are issued after the fact and the damage has
already been done!
Under CommSmart
US’s KEYTALK secure connection none of this is an issue or even
needed!
For any
company to have a full proven enterprise security program has proven
impossible. When you do not involve the
IT Department in a full information experience of the company, the likes of the
Target Retailer situation will cripple you every time. It is not a second cousin, or the Gumshoe
under the staircase of the hotel you only call on when an issue occurs. Reactive actions are always many steps behind
and you never catch up to the real time issues or efficiency.
IT is the Life-Blood
of a company and you better believe IT!
We must
state though, many managers and departments are way behind in keeping up with the
changes that occur on a daily basis.
Proactive measures are hard on us all and that is why we created a
standardized and automated PKI based solution with a twist. The twist is the short lived certificates
with full automation that reduces costs beyond what was expected. PKI is expensive and difficult to
maintain. KEYTALK is not!
The FACTS...
KeyTalk, a 2 factor authentication, acting as
PKI in a Private domain at nearly zero management!
KeyTalk, a two factor authentication, using
your device as the second factor generating a break-through 2SSL peer to peer communication channel
over any untrusted (internet) connection.
The user
automatically receives a short lived device certificate using a corresponding
key pair in the range from 2048 through 4096 bit encryption which changes
automatically every next time. The authentication is via Device DNA, made up from
the device components. Short lived
access keys configurable from minutes thru hours, completely transparent to the
end user and standard server configurations.
KeyTalk generates an intrusion proof data in
motion channel to protect your data.
This is the solid
foundation for our solutions within CommSmart
US philosophy.
When you
can state that all information transmitted via the KEYTALK solution is totally
secure, even in a Public Wi-Fi Hotspot,
then you had better have the goods to prove it and we do, for over twenty years
and billions and billions of bits of data being absolutely secure. Importantly, it is not us that is stating
this, our "pen-testing”, which happens every single year proves this
beyond the shadow of a doubt.
This is the
basis on all we do! It is the CommSmart
US Total Recall approach to all we do today and in the future.
So let us take Total
Recall to a whole new level, the ability to
document in real time events, situations and visual facts. All from the palm of your hand, no additional
expense of buying new equipment, in the majority of cases you already own it.
Eyewitness is the ability to send "live" video, images and audio to your Command or Fusion Center from either a Smart Mobile Phone, Tablet or Laptop. Real time and with the ability to share with
others on their devices instantly. It is
a mobile CCTV surveillance system in
the palm of your hand!
The transmitted
information, video, images and audio are totally secure through a 2048 - 4096 RSA bit encryption
connection and then inside an invisible tube that is totally anonymous to
all.
It is saved and resides
only on your dedicated servers and is secure for use in a court room, as the
data in motion is held within for a total chain of custody. The originator, date, time and GPS location
are part of the information and no residual information whatsoever is left on
the device.
Eyewitness has a myriad of uses within the Public Safety sector, including the FBI for all interviews, Video, audio and images and is
available on a monthly and annual basis.
Commerce will not be
left out either, from survey field information to Loss prevention, the uses are
endless and all in real time and secure.
Connectivity is vital
in this world today and having all communication signals in one device, which
continuously selects the strongest and effective link is a must.
CommSmart
Multi-Connectivity Hub
(CMCH 24) is our so called black box, everyone should have
one! In fact there is one country that
does, in all their police cars, most fire trucks and some ambulances too.
It uses either four mobile phone carriers
or three and one satellite feed. It
literally enables a strong connectivity to send the information, data, video
and telemetry and has no issues.
It creates a 1000 foot
Wi-Fi Hotspot around its location and is useable by authorized devices only.
Excellent for Crime Scene Investigations, major events and sports stadiums for
mobile CCTV.
Our technology works in
the field every single day with exceptional success.
Available for office,
mobile for vehicles and command centers, military rugged use and housed within
a briefcase for field use with battery or mains power.
CMCH 24 uses the KEYTALK secure connection for use with data and
video. It can be used in the field, even
at an event or stadium for ground level handheld crowd surveillance. Never has there been a solution orientated
company as CommSmart US
and we do not stop
there!
In the next 45 days or less biometrics will be introduce for
all. As you know, with KEYTALK, we believe in DEVICE DNA, that is removing the
human element of failure. This will of
course always continue as humans are never going to change!
Biometrics to CommSmart
US is a logical two step process as
it does not have someone thinking up a password, which gets lost, borrowed and
stolen! So what we are talking about and
is in trials right now, is audio, facial recognition, finger print, iris and
signature, from any Smart Mobile Phone, Tablet and Laptop.
Add this to KEYTALK
Device DNA and you have
all the elements for secure information.
Finally, paperless has always been
a dream and reality. It is here with DocUmatic is the ability to use an iOS or Android tablet to
complete on scene information, sending this securely with photographs to a server. Reducing the double handling, transference
and increases productivity and reduces cost.
CommSmart US has the solutions and will discuss how we can assist in all facets of your
information security.
WE are in the NOW and
KEEP YOU; in the KNOW…
Call: +1 (317) 426.0110
Email: info@commsmart.us
Key Talk –
Man-In-The-Middle, Hacking & Phishing Solutions
Straight Talking… Key
Talking… Secure Anonymous Connections
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