Imerja is pleased to announce it has been included as a finalist in this year’s Computing Security Awards.

Shortlisted for the Security Reseller of the Year Award Imerja has been recognised as a leading provider of solutions and services that keep its customer organisations secure.

We invite all our customers and business partners to vote for Imerja by visiting the Computing Security Awards web site, clicking the Vote option on the left and selecting Imerja in the Security Reseller of the Year category, which appears towards the end of the nomination list.

Mark Evans, marketing & communications director at Imerja commented, “We are delighted to have been included in the list of finalists. This year has been an exciting time for Imerja – building on our ISO27001 certification we have achieved N3 Approved Supplier status and continued to secure new managed service contracts to for secure solutions in both the public and private sector. Our strong technical capability, underpinned by high levels of vendor accreditation with the likes of Check Point, Juniper and a best of breed technology portfolio ensures we continue to deliver leading solutions and services to our customers.”

Thank you to everyone for taking the time to vote for Imerja – we are grateful for your support.

Researchers at University of Ulm in Germany have discovered a weakness in the Android operating system that means it is possible to tap into the transfer of information between the phones and the internet, and thereby gain access to personal data.

The story was reported by the BBC earlier today, and news of the security weakness has quickly spread causing concern to users of the technology. The researchers went on to report that alarmingly most versions of the Android operating system pass unencrypted authentication tokens, and were therefore vulnerable. Although this vulnerability was fixed in version 2.3.4 of the operating system, official figures suggest that only 0.3% of Android phones are currently running this software.

If you are an Android user and haven’t done so yet, upgrade to the new operating system quick!

As businesses beome more accepting of mobile working practices, and in turn reliant on their employees using tablet and smartphone technology to stay in touch and remain productive (either corporate devices or personal handsets), it is importnat they design and implement robust security policies that will protect the user and data they may access with these devices.

Adding encryption solutions to protect corporate applications and information accessed on mobile devices is an essential step, such as that offered by Good Technology, providing an effective and easy to deploy measure to safely bridge the gap between social and secure usage, protecting business and personal information so that users can connect and collaborate safely.

For more on the story and Imerja’s comment on the news, read: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1388107/New-smartphone-privacy-alert-Android-handsets-prone-leaking-data.html#ixzz1MeKSCnCw

Imerja achieved Runner-up for Reseller of the Year at this year’s annual Network Computing Awards.

The celebrations were shared with Imerja’s key vendor partner, Check Point, which picked up two awards in the categories of UTM Product of the Year and Hardware Product of the Year – congratulations to them. 

This national award recognises excellence in the delivery of solutions, service and support, taking into consideration the ability to deliver real benefits and meet customer objectives in terms of improved efficiency, ROI and investment protection, and cost reduction. Being associated with the award as a finalist is a great accolade for Imerja, and we would like to thank everyone who voted for taking the time to support our nomination.

AWARDS UPDATE: Imerja has been shortlisted in this year’s national Computing Security Awards for Security Reseller of the Year - for more information and details on how to vote for Imerja please read our blog.