ISA receives McAfee Top North America Solution Provider

Award for 2009

“Information Systems Architects have grown their McAfee revenue by 55% YOY.  They also lead all solution provider partners in Canada in terms of mid-market revenue and most important new deal registrations.”
– Alex Thurber, Senior VP, Worldwide Channel Operations, McAfee, Inc.

ISA Donates Time and Money to Haiti Relief

It’s been more than four weeks since the disastrous earthquake in Haiti. At a catastrophic magnitude of 7.1 on the Richter Scale, the poorest country of the West Hemisphere was badly jolted with the earthquake and more than 52 aftershocks were felt by 24 January. As the news got broadcasted around the world, various countries offered help and aid immediately.

Numerous organizations have initiated fundraising efforts for Haiti since the disaster and continue to reach out for help.

The government of Canada pledged “up to $50 million to match Canadians' donations to charities aiding relief efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti” on January 14. For information on CIDA's donation matching program, here's an FAQ provided by the government.

Now, more than ever, your help is needed to help families in Haiti and let them know they are not alone in this emergency. To help those affected by the earthquake, here's a list of organizations accepting donations.

TECH CORNER

ISA becomes a McAfee Authorized Support Provider

We are delighted to inform all our Gold Support customers that ISA has been selected to become a McAfee Authorized Support Provider (MASP).  Under this program, you will contact ISA to log cases for support on your McAfee products with the confidence that advanced McAfee technical resources are available to support ISA. Please note that as part of the program, you will receive a customer satisfaction survey from McAfee after the resolution of a support case. Your Gold Support Service Level Agreement deliverables will not change. Learn more.

EVENTS

ISA and McAfee HOCKEY 2010
Hockey Game and Cocktail Reception

February 18, 2010
Canlan Ice Sports York, North York

ISA and McAfee Seminar
Secure Business Seminar

March 11, 2010

Hilton Garden Inn, Toronto

McAfee Operation Aurora Outbreak

On January 12, McAfee Labs identified a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer that was used as an entry point for “Operation Aurora” to exploit Google and a rapidly-growing list of other companies. Microsoft has issued a security bulletin and McAfee is working closely with them on this matter. “Operation Aurora” was a coordinated attack which included a piece of computer code that exploits a vulnerability in Internet Explorer to gain access to computer systems. This connection was used to steal company intellectual property and, according to Google, additionally gain access to user accounts. Learn more.

Encryption

Do you know what information is on your USB device if it were to go missing? In fairly recent news: Ontario's privacy commissioner is investigating the loss of medical records of thousands of people after a nurse misplaced an unencrypted USB key.

Mistakes happen, as we tell our children everyday, but what can be done to avoid it in the future? In the case of data protection – it starts with "Encryption".  If you do not have a solid data protection plan in place, now is the time to keep your company out of the news.
Contact ISA today to learn more.

PRODUCT/SOLUTION FOCUS

Imperva Data Security

Imperva is the global leader in application data security, delivering unmatched data governance and protection solutions that monitor, audit and secure business applications and databases. Learn more.

McAfee Solidcore and Operation Aurora

The highly sophisticated zero day attack known as “Operation Aurora” is part of a group of malicious code known as  “advanced persistent threats” (APT). By combining the capabilities of code execution control with memory protection, McAfee Application Control has been shown to prevent these threat vectors, and other types of malicious activity by holistically protecting servers and endpoint devices. Learn more.