There’s no better way to kick off the new year than with a new release of Linoma Software’s GoAnywhere™ Director, our popular managed file transfer software.

GoAnywhere Director is the flagship component of the GoAnywhere managed file transfer suite, and it’s used by thousands of enterprise customers who need to initiate secure file transfers as part of their daily workflow.

Whether exchanging data with trading partners, vendors, customers, or even other servers, GoAnywhere Director is the preferred solution for our clients in both the IBM Power Systems environment as well as Linux, Windows, Solaris and others because it simplifies, automates and secures file transfers efficiently, while still remaining affordable.

Director 4.0 has added a variety of features to improve the user experience, including enhanced job controls, custom add-ons, new options for holiday calendars for scheduling, and more than 30 additional advanced functions.

For more details, check out our latest announcement, or dig deeper by reviewing the software release notes.

If you’ve been considering a different solution for handling your secure file transfers, we invite you to begin 2012 by investigating GoAnywhere. Learn more about our managed file transfer solution, or simply request a free trial.

This week, bankers and banking security experts from the U.S. and Latin America will gather at the InterContinental Hotel in Miami for one of the largest annual bank security conferences for senior Latin American bankers. CELAES 2011, the 26th Annual Conference of Banking Safety takes place September 15-16.

Given that Latin America has one of the highest rates of users who access banking online through computers and mobile technology, bankers have plenty of reason to stay on top of the latest cyber threats and security measures.

The Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA) and the Federation of Latin American Banks (La Federación Latinoamericana de Bancos – FELABAN) are hosting this unique joint Spanish/English conference. Attendees can participate in a variety of educational sessions on best practices for banking security, as well as gain access to vendors offering the latest security hardware, software cloud computing strategies for the banking sector.

Cyber crime is not just Latin America’s concern

A large portion of this year’s conference is devoted to preventing data breaches through security management of data, cloud services, electronic fraud detection and risk mitigation.

What makes Latin America’s challenges relevant is that the tactics developed by the cyber criminals that thrive there can be used on any financial system in the world. Conferences like the  CELAES 2011 conference helps educate and present solutions to banking executives in Latin America and help close the doors on cyber criminals.

Cyber crime in Latin America’s financial industry remains a serious concern for a variety of reasons. The developing legal systems in many Latin American countries are adding laws to combat cyber crime, but enforcement is lacking. This is further compounded by the absence of the “personal privacy” notion within many of the governing entities in some Latin American countries. Another issue for the Latin American financial sector, according to Frost & Sullivan, is that 70% of people making online transactions believe that the bank or service provider is responsible for fraud and protecting their online security.

Phishing, fraud and malware are common

Crime organizations and cartels present in Latin America have contributed to or funded cybercrime networks, making Latin America a haven for illegal electronic activity. Not only are these organizations stealing money and account information through online phishing/fraud, Bloomberg reports that one Mexican cartel is openly selling their own pirated versions of Microsoft products. Sold for a fraction of the retail cost, who knows what Trojans and back doors are included as “features.”

The ESET Trends and monthly Threat Reports calculate that 1 in 20 computers in Latin America are infected and the spread of malware is gaining speed as USB devices and now gaming consoles account for 40% of malware propagation. The growing number of infected machines gives the attackers a strong network of resources for both direct and indirect attacks on the financial sector.

The same PCI Data Security Standards required for financial institutions in North America are making an impact in Latin America. Financial institutions are realizing that they are less susceptible to a breach during a cyber attack when they’ve spent the time and resources to implement even a few of the PCI requirements like network monitoring, complex passwords and data encryption of account and payment information (PCI DSS requirements now apply to International payment processing).

Linoma Software is part of the solution

During the conference Linoma Software’s partner Green Light Technology, a conference sponsor and a respected solutions provider for  the Latin American banking industry, will present Crypto Complete for database encryption and the GoAnywhere secure managed file transfer solutions. Both products protect and encrypt sensitive data, reduce access to primary systems, provide data workflow automation and detailed audit features.

Thanks to the efforts of FIBA, FELABAN and cooperation among international agencies, Latin American banking and finance representatives have the opportunity to fight back against cyber criminals, and the lessons learned will benefit all of us.

We’re always looking for new ways to illustrate the power and versatility of our GoAnywhere suite of secure file transfer and encryption solutions.  Very simply, GoAnywhere helps you streamline, encrypt and automate your file transfer processes to save time and money while meeting ever-growing compliance requirements.

Still, we find it’s sometimes challenging to quickly explain the power and convenience of our managed file transfer software, so we’re excited to introduce some brand new videos to showcase the flexibility and control GoAnywhere clients have.

GoAnywhere’s suite of secure file transfer solutions helps you manage all of your organization’s inbound and outbound file transfers — both internally as well as with external trading partners.

With support for virtually any platform and protocol, including FTP, FTPS, SFTP, HTTP/S, AS2, SMTP and ZIP, GoAnywhere puts local control of the entire process into one intuitive dashboard.  GoAnywhere eliminates the need for custom scripts, generates detailed audit logs, and provides a rich catalog of features for comprehensive management, all without additional hardware or specialized skills.

If you’d like to test drive a free trial, let us know.  We’d also love to hear what you think of our videos!

When you’re an international bank striving to protect your clients’ data, should you rely on new hardware or a data encryption software solution?

In Linoma Software’s latest case study, IDB (Swiss) Bank faced this dilemma, and after careful research, chose Crypto Complete to help them serve the privacy needs of their clients while meeting compliance requirements.  Crypto Complete provides both field and file encryption as well as backup and IFS encryption.

Thanks to the cost-effective backup encryption options Crypto Complete delivers for iSeries users, as well as the attentive support both from Linoma Software and the local team from the European Software Business Development (ESBD), IDBS was up and running quickly with a long-term strategy in place.

To learn more about how IDBS made the decision to choose Crypto Complete, please explore our newly released case study.