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The constant challenge for IT professionals and security experts is to balance security and usability. If the most secure system is too complicated or cumbersome to use, people will circumvent it. Once the official or corporate system is circumvented, security has devolved from professional (IT executive) to amateur (end user). Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email system purportedly set up in her house by a colleague is a perfect, high profile e [...]

All service providers (such as lawyers, doctors, accountants, financial advisors, etc.) who believe their communications with clients are private — and in some situations, privileged — should take note. Conversely, all clients who believe their communications with trusted service providers are private should also take note. If you believe the revelations reported by The Guardian after a recent July 17th interview with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, you should consider [...]

Robert Bond, one of the world’s premier legal experts in data privacy and information security, just hosted an exclusive webinar where he presented a number of practical reasons why every legal professional needs to do more than just use standard Microsoft Outlook or other basic technologies when corresponding with clients, other legal counsel, the courts and other parties. Mr. Bond, Partner and Head of Data Protection & Information Security at Speechly Bircham LLP based [...]

With RMail for Gmail, Millions of Users Can Now Send Registered Email Messages from their Gmail Compose Interface Stockholm, Sweden, and Los Angeles, CA —September 23, 2014– Today, RPost announced the availability of its heavily-anticipated RMail extension for Gmail for national postal operators worldwide. RMail® for Gmail creates an easy method for national postal operators to build themselves into the digital world. With RMail for Gmail, millions of users can n [...]

The Leahy–Smith America Invents Act (AIA), signed into law in 2011, has created new opportunities for those accused of patent infringement to challenge the validity of granted patents, with the institution of new “post-grant” proceedings. Today, the validity of RPost patents have been challenged by companies, including Symantec, Swiss Post, Experian, EBay, Epsilon, and Constant Contact. These companies instituted requests for post grant reviews, including Ex-parte Re-exam [...]