FaceTime
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Our award-winning solutions (including FaceTime) have been helping businesses secure their data and achieve regulatory compliance since the mid-nineties by providing cutting-edge technology alongside accredited consultancy and testing services. GSS has a single aim; information assurance. delivered.
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About FaceTime
FaceTime Communications is the leading provider of security solutions enabling businesses to secure and control greynet applications such as instant messaging, Skype, web conferencing and P2P file sharing.
FaceTime's products allow IT professionals to take a comprehensive approach to securing, managing and extending IM and real-time communications in the enterprise.
FaceTime applications seamlessly integrate with each other and with existing IT infrastructure, such as email and archive storage, anti-virus, content scanning, encryption, and name space management, so businesses protect and optimise their existing technology investments.
FaceTime products are scalable and flexible, allowing companies to choose which platforms, networks, and applications to use without changing business workflow.
FaceTime has built the industry's most comprehensive ecosystem of partners to provide customers with the best solutions available for the security, management and control of real-time applications. FaceTime supports or has strategic partnerships with all leading public and private IM network providers, including AOL, Google, IBM, Jabber, Microsoft, Skype, Reuters and Yahoo!, as well as with a wide range of leading technology partners that complement and extend our solutions in the enterprise.
FaceTime Products
FaceTime Internet Security Edition enables the safe and productive use of the Internet including web browsing, IM, P2P, Skype and other realtime communications applications. Purpose-built and integrated to provide total visibility and control, FaceTime Internet Security Edition allows organisations to implement powerful policies that detect, secure, manage and enable realtime collaborative applications while preventing malware threats, minimising information leakage, and control employee Internet use.
Unified Security Gateway is a secure Web gateway appliance that enables organisations to integrate management, security and compliance of Web usage, greynet applications such as public IM, Skype and P2P, and enterprise-class unified communications platforms such as Microsoft’s OCS and IBM Lotus Sametime.
FaceTime Enterprise Edition is a comprehensive solution for the security, management and compliance of real-time communications, consisting of user policy management, message hygiene, spyware prevention and targeted remediation, archiving for compliance, blocking unauthorised usage, and protecting the network against sophisticated user workarounds.
IMAuditor addresses the security, management and compliance needs of enterprises that must enforce corporate messaging standards and adhere to government regulations that require all electronic communications, including IM, be properly secured, managed and archived.
Real-Time Guardian (RTGuardian) is the most advanced perimeter security solution for managing web browsing, securing an authorised IM and P2P usage and blocking the spread of malware in the enterprise. RTGuardian integrates with FaceTime IMAuditor to form the industry's leading IM Security and Compliance Solution. With FaceTime Greynet Enterprise Manager, RTGuardian provides the ability to identify and remediate infected endpoints.
Greynet Enterprise Manager (GEM) provides total visibility and control over IM and P2P communications channels with integral targeted spyware infection remediation. Working in conjunction with FaceTime's RTGuardian, the most advanced gateway security solution for greynets, GEM delivers clientless, non-intrusive targeted remediation and inoculation to efficiently clean and prevent spyware infections at the desktop.
FaceTime Industry News
Enterprise users get tips on iPhone 4 video calls Apple has released guidance aimed at enterprises looking to use the iPhone 4 for internal video calls. The company recommends that enterprises open up a number of their network ports in order to take advantage of the phone's FaceTime feature. "Internet traffic moves through a firewall based on service-identification numbers that are referred to as ports. Certain ports must be open for FaceTime to work," the firm said."Network admi......
[more] Social networking raises legal, regulatory issues for businesses Popular social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, are causing a stir in the financial services community as well as other highly regulated industries as companies seek ways to control how the sites are used to communicate with potential clients and colleagues. Social networking sites have proved valuable for sales-lead generation, marketing and general broker-client relations, but regulators have been quick......
[more] Social Media Complicates Work-Life Balance Social media usage has soared not just among the general population but also among at-work Internet users, who are heading to the sites for both personal and professional reasons in greater numbers. "The Collaborative Internet" report from Internet security firm FaceTime Communications found increases in the proportion of at-work Web users worldwide logging on to each network studied. LinkedIn was the top site for professional social networki......
[more] Facetime survey reveals rising use of web 2.0 services in companies A major survey of company internet usage, focusing on staff use of social networking sites, instant messaging and internet telephony services, has revealed a significant gap between the perception and the reality as far as IT managers are concerned. According to Sarah Carter, marketing communications manager with Facetime, the company that undertook the research, whilst 61% of firms view malware are their greatest security risk......
[more] Facebook comes under heavy criticism from users and security commentators after it changes policy on privacy controls Facebook has come under heavy criticism over privacy settings after users were warned about changes to the controls on its homepage. The message tells users of the social networking site ‘we're making some changes to give you more control of your information and help you stay connected. We've simplified the Privacy page and added the ability to set privacy on everything you share......
[more] Check Point acquires FaceTime classification and signature database to secure Web 2.0 applications The momentous growth of Web 2.0 platforms and the benefits gained through their use introduces significant new compliance and policy challenges. Government agencies and corporations worry about sensitive information leaking out over Twitter or Facebook and organizations now face new rules, from regulatory bodies such as FINRA, specifically relating to content posted to social networks. Check Point......
[more] Check Point adds web app and widget control Soon businesses that run Check Point security tools will be able to understand how thousands of web applications and web 2.0 widgets are used, giving executives better control over what employees do with their computers at work. The company is developing a software blade that customers can buy to address use of social websites and web applications. Check Point has licensed extensive libraries from FaceTime that identify 4,500 web applications and more......
[more] Inhibiting employee use of Web 2.0 applications is a double edged sword With strong evidence now emerging that allowing employee access to Web 2.0 sites is beneficial, many organisations are starting to reverse their decisions to ban the new internet. However, with no controls in place to manage sites accessed and content posted, companies are still in danger from data leaving undetected, employees posting negative and possibly libellous comments and escalating bandwidth usage. Organisations th......
[more] Twitter now blocking bad URLs, but imperfectly Hoping to deal with a growing problem, Twitter has quietly introduced a feature to prevent users from posting links to malicious Web sites. But security experts say that it can be easily circumvented. The feature was first noticedMonday by Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer with security company F-Secure. When someone tries to post a link to a malicious Web site, Twitter pops up a short notification saying "Oops! Your tweet contained a URL......
[more] Spammers cashing in on Twitter, Iran, new iPhone Spammers are never far from a hot story, it seems, and in the past day they've been flooding Twitter with phoney messages about Iran and the latest iPhone 3.0 operating system. In one campaign, the spammers apparently took their lead from a Mobile Crunch article about 20 things to check out in iPhone 3.0. They've set up fake Twitter accounts and posted Twitter messages that link to a Web site promoting male enhancement products. The Twitter messa......
[more] FaceTime finds employee Web 2.0 usage in corporate networks up to 10 times more than IT managers' estimates Actual network data from FaceTime Communications reveals that employee use of Web 2.0 applications such as instant messaging, IPTV, VOIP and social networking on corporate networks exceeds IT estimates by up to 10 times. FaceTime also today announced version 2.0 of its Unified Security Gateway (USG), a secure Web gateway purpose-built for the new Internet to provide a single point of cont......
[more] Final countdown to Conficker 'activation' begins Security watchers are counting down to a change in how the infamous Conficker (Downadup) worm updates malicious code, due to kick in on Wednesday 1 April. Starting on 1 April, Windows PCs infected by the latest variant of the Conficker worm (Conficker-C) will start attempting to contact a sample of 50,000 pre-programmed potential call-home web servers from which they might receive updates, a massive increase on the 250 potential web server locale......
[more] Is it possible to ban chat programs on an enterprise LAN? Q: How do I ban MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Skype and other chat programs on an enterprise LAN? My network connects to the Internet through a hub, and from the hub it connects a wireless router/modem to the Internet. I've tried blocking URLs and outgoing ports, but to no avail. I can't install any blocking software because I don't have a server in between the router and the network PCs. A: As you have discovered already, imposing con......
[more] Strong prospects in software to spy on bank staff If you work for a bank, a computer may be reading your e-mails, listening to your phone calls or analysing chat conversations as you type. Even banking workers used to the idea of surveillance might balk at the thought of a computer doing the job. But there are strong prospects for the software niche, as banks try to keep a much closer eye on staff in the wake of scandals such as Jerome Kerviel's rogue trading at Societe Generale, or the aggressi......
[more] Glory hunter hacks MySpace pages of Timberlake, Hilary Duff Several celebrity MySpace.com sites were defaced Wednesday by someone hoping to impress a hacker crew, a security researcher said today, a motivation of yore that harks back to when hackers sought notoriety rather than credit card numbers. A hacker identified only as "Tesla" broke into the MySpace pages of model/singer Tila Tequila, singer Justin Timberlake and actress/singer Hilary Duff, said Chris Boyd, the director of malw......
[more] New Web scam: Pssst... wanna buy a house? Web scammers are turning to online property forums to collect personal information about users for later attempts to swindle them out of money, according to a security researcher. Renters and buyers often post phone numbers, instant messenger nicknames and e-mail addresses on forums along with specific descriptions of the kind of property they're looking for.This makes it easy for scammers to write proposals that will elicit further information, said Ch......
[more] 'Italian job' Web attack hits more than 10,000 sites The attack, which is primarily hitting Italian sites, has turned the pages into malware distributors Online criminals have launched a widespread Web attack that has turned tens of thousands of legitimate Web sites into weapons, security vendors said Monday. The attack began late last week, and by Monday morning, more than 10,000 Web sites had been compromised, according to security firms Trend Micro and Websense.Although attackers have hit tar......
[more] Attackers get chatty on VoIP The hacker attacks happening via Skype will become more severe and sophisticated as businesses start adopting VoIP technologies, analysts say The recent spate of malware attacks propagating throughout the user base of the Skype Internet calling system illustrates a broader trend toward cyber-criminals moving to take advantage of VoIP platforms as they become increasingly popular. Security researchers tracking the latest pack of worm viruses to wriggle their way thro......
[more] Skype worm jumps to ICQ, MSN A new variant of the Stration worm, which has been plaguing Windows users for the past year, has made the jump from Skype to the ICQ and MSN Messenger networks. This latest variant popped up earlier this week, according to Chris Boyd, a researcher at FaceTime Communications, who blogs under the pseudonym "Paperghost." "They're using Skype as a jump off into other more established networks," Boyd said. "The infection will go looking for......
[more] Mobile IM keeps users connected Mobile email was the killer app for a while. And though it's convenient -- some would say critical -- to keep up with messages on the go, it isn't real-time. Mobile instant messaging (IM), on the other hand, adds a level of real-time communication to and from mobile devices. Today, mobile management vendor Sybase iAnywhere released a mobile IM and presence component to its Information Anywhere suite, an enterprise-class tool that Sybase said brings mobile IM and......
[more] Business fails to keep up with IM spyware threat Instant Messaging (IM) software in the workplace is running under the radar of IT and most security measures, a new study shows. It suggests many businesses are leaving themselves open to a flood of spyware by failing to manage their employees' use of IM. Many businesses are leaving themselves open to a flood of spyware by failing to manage their employees' use of instant messaging (IM).A survey of over 200 UK organisations in the private and pub......
[more] MySpace worm goes phishing A malicious video on MySpace.com pages changes people's profiles when played, embedding itself and adding links to fraudulent websites, experts have warned.The video is a rigged QuickTime file that exploits a MySpace vulnerability and support for JavaScript in Apple's embedded media player, web security company Websense said in an alert posted last week.When played by a MySpace user, the video adds itself to the user's MySpace page and replaces the links on the user's......
[more] Worm burrows to heart of Windows Live The latest worm to infect instant-messaging networks is aptly named Heartworm. The worm, actually called W32.heartworm.a, affects users of Microsoft's Windows Live Messenger service (formerly MSN Messenger), presenting users with a link to a Web site that tells them a virtual greeting card is waiting for them, according to FaceTime Security Labs, a division of IM management and security company FaceTime Communications. That link brings unsuspecting users to......
[more] IM boom brings security concerns By 2007, it will be considered strange if a company is not using some form of instant messaging (IM) technology. That's a far cry from a few years back, when IM was still somewhat mysterious and many enterprises did not allow its use for fear of plummeting productivity and information leaks. But as 2006 marks the year IM breaks into the workplace, network managers have new security concerns, such as worms, viruses and leaks of sensitive information. Many product......
[more] Adware targets Myspace users Users of the popular social networking website Myspace.com were warned against downloading videos from friends after it was revealed that the videos led to adware being installed on computers. According to Chris Boyd, director of malware research for security vendor FaceTime who blogs under the pseudonym "Paperghost," users are being tricked into downloading the adware through embedded video links on friend's profiles."Well, I was rattling around Myspa......
[more] Data-thieving worm targets Orkut users A new worm that attempts to steal online banking credentials is propagating on Google's social-networking Web site, a security company warned Friday. The worm, dubbed MW.Orc, primarily targets Brazilian users of Google's Orkut Web site. It uses a message in Portuguese to entice people to click on a file that is disguised as a JPEG image, FaceTime Security Labs said in a statement. The initial file, called "minhasfotos.exe," creates two additional......
[more] Yahoo Messenger worm turns on IE Researchers have identified an "insidious" threat affecting Yahoo Messenger. A self-propagating worm, named yhoo32.explr, installs a piece of software called 'Safety Browser' and then hijacks the Internet Explorer homepage, leading users to a site that puts spyware on their PCs.Because Safety Browser uses the IE icon to identify itself, users can easily mistake it for the legitimate Internet Explorer. This is the first recorded incidence of malwar......
[more] AOL developing workplace version of AIM America Online is developing a version of its instant messaging (IM) service for workplace use, an attempt to give the consumer-oriented AIM the security, collaboration and IT management features businesses require, company plans to announce this week. Developed with online meeting specialist WebEx Communications, the new AIM Pro will become available in this year's second quarter. Pricing details haven't been finalized, but it will probably be offered on......
[more] Gartner warning on corporate use of IM Gartner is warning enterprises to prepare carefully before they leap into the murky waters of public instant-messaging services, and should look at using new federated systems from the likes of Microsoft and IBM.
Such services show that IM networks designed for consumers are penetrating ever-deeper into the enterprise, Gartner says. While it is useless to resist the trend, companies need to be aware of the additional security risks, nuisance and expense......
[more] New year brings fresh security fears Everybody knows that the pace of change in the technology world is relentless and that today's hi-tech hotshot can be tomorrow's also ran. Change also happens quickly in hi-tech crime circles. What was a popular technique or target one month may fall out of favour quickly.
In 2005 the increasing speed with which computer security firms react to new strains of viruses, spyware and other malicious programs was motivating tech-savvy criminals to find fresh wa......
[more] Instant messaging attacks rise in 2005 MSN and AOL's IM networks experienced a sharp increase in security incidents in 2005 Security attacks over instant-messaging (IM) networks became more prevalent in 2005, according to a study published on Monday.
The MSN network experienced the largest number of IM security incidents in both 2004 and 2005, while year-on-year incident growth rates were largest on AOL's AIM network, according to the report, from IM security vendor FaceTime Communications.
In......
[more] AIM worm plays nasty new trick A worm found spreading via America Online's Instant Messenger is carrying a nastier punch than usual, a security company has warned. The unnamed worm delivers a cocktail of unwanted software, including a so-called rootkit, security experts at FaceTime Communications said Friday. A rootkit is a tool designed to go undetected by the security software used to lock down control of a computer after an initial hack.
"A very nasty bundle is downloaded to your machine" w......
[more] Anti-Spyware Vendors Tag Ask Jeeves Software Sunbelt Software and Facetime say that Ask Jeeves doesn't adequately inform users that the browser plug-ins are being installed. Ask Jeeves Inc.'s web browser plug-in programs have been flagged by at least two anti-spyware vendors that claim third-party companies distributing the search engine's applications fail to adequately notify computer owners before installing the software. The issue isn't whether Ask Jeeves's software damages a person's compu......
[more] User downloads = spyware hell Spyware is costing companies $130,000 because they do not know what applications are being downloaded onto their networks, a survey has revealed The survey, of 600 IT managers and 1000 end users, shows applications such as IM, peer-to-peer connections and Skype are sneaking onto networks and bringing with them a host of problems.
"Users feel they have the right to introduce these things without realising the implications," said Frank Cabri, VP marketing at Facetime......
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