Skype for Business

Dec 08,2015

New application firewall security solution for Skype for Business

SkypeShield has launched a new application firewall solution for securing guest and anonymous requests when entering corporate networks. The need for the new solution arose because, as part of the Skype for Business (Lync) topology, requests are sent anonymously to the front server in the corporate network without being authenticated…

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Nov 30,2015

What’s broken with Skype for Business security and how to fix it

Two factor authentication (2FA) security solutions are gaining popularity as they add a meaningful extra level of protection against phishing, keyloggers, password reuse and other threats. At the same time, users of Microsoft’s on premises products, such as Skype for Business (Lync) and SharePoint are left behind. The vast majority…

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Oct 29,2015

SkypeShield appoints NextiraOne as its distributor for Skype for Business security solutions in France

SkypeShield has chosen NextiraOne, a European multinational company that designs, installs, maintains, and supports business solutions and communications services throughout Europe, as its leading distributor in France. “As part of our overall strategy to further expand our activities in Europe, we have chosen to work with NextiraOne in order to substantially…

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Oct 21,2015

Ethical wall solution offers granular control over Skype for Business federation

SkypeShield launched a new Federation Ethical Wall solution, which offers granular control over federation to address security and data protection when federating with external companies. Enabling federation raises serious business and security issues that need to be addressed by applying granular policy rules defining permitted operations between communicating parties. Companies…

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Sep 14,2015

SkypeShield presented new Skype for Business security solutions at Microsoft’s partner meeting in Hong Kong

SkypeShield has presented a complete security suit for safely connecting to corporate Skype for Business (Lync) servers from mobile and external devices at the upcoming Microsoft partner meeting Channel Kick-off 2015, which took place in Hong Kong on September 11, 2011. SkypeShield’s solutions had been presented at the event by Continuous Technologies,…

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Aug 18,2015

Keep your corporate email safe while publishing Skype for Business

Skype for Business (Lync) is gaining popularity among organizations that wish to benefit from high-quality communication within the corporation. These organizations should realize, however, that as part of the Skype for Business deployment, Exchange Web Services (EWS) are required to be published externally in order to allow meeting information to…

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Jul 12,2015

How to limit Skype for Business usage only to devices with MDM?

One of the main security challenges many organizations using Skype for Business (Lync) are facing is the need to restrict workers to using Skype for Business on managed devices only. Many enterprises require that Skype for Business access would be limited to managed devices with installed corporate Mobile Device Management…

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May 14,2015

Survey: Half of IT professionals have adopted Lync/Skype for Business

Following Microsoft’s announcement that it has launched the next version of Lync as Skype for Business, No Jitter conducted a survey to assess enterprise adoption of and attitudes toward the Microsoft Unified Communications (UC) platform and all its various components. The survey on Lync/Skype for Business use included responses from…

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Feb 03,2015

The ultimate Lync security suite for the enterprise market

The number of organizations seeking to protect themselves and avoid any unauthorized use of Lync is growing rapidly and LyncShield is constantly asked to expand its Lync security suite and add new features. We have addressed all these requests, and are proud to be able to offer now the ultimate…

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Jan 12,2015

Get ready for Skype for Business

Microsoft recently announced that the next version of Lync would become Skype for Business. Skype for Business is expected be released in the coming months and current Lync Server customers will be able to update from Lync Server 2013 to the new Skype for Business Server in their datacenters. The…

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