Genea Creative signs up for the distribution in Mexico of S-Filer/Portal
August 2008 by Marc Jacob
Genea Creative, a Mexican firm specialized in the management of creativity and new technologies for strategic business development, has signed an agreement for the distribution in Mexico of S-Filer/Portal, a secure file transfer solution developed by Canadian-based OKIOK, whose information security products and expertise are widely recognized by the banking, governmental, health and financial industries around the world. The deal brings OKIOK’s forefront information security product to the Mexican market, while helping Guadalajara-based Genea Creative serve its clients’ need for securing the transfer of heavy and sensitive files.
OKIOK’s flagship S-Filer/Portal should be setting a security standard among corporations who are willing to avoid data breach and protect confidential files. The usability of S-Filer/Portal will ensure that employees, partners, clients and suppliers use the utmost protection to send single files or even whole file directories, whatever the size and wherever on the globe. Using a community-based approach, S-Filer/Portal lets administrators create communities of users such as employees of company divisions and departments, or bankers, insurers, medical practitioners, lawyers, accountants, engineers, producers, project managers, and other professionals regularly or sporadically exchanging medium-to-huge-sized files.
Main characteristics of S-Filer/Portal
• Transfer of engineering documents, CAD/CAM, plans, projects, legal texts, negotiations, artwork, intellectual property, images
• Encryption, storage, and transfer of complete file directories
• Totally transparent for end-users - No certificates or keys to manage
• E-mail notification of file transfers, deletions, and of creation of accounts
• User-friendly Web-based solution
• Community-based approach
• Ease of administration – Automated key management and simple document management structure
• Selectable security level (encryption algorithm) by each community
• One server only needed
• Detailed logs and complete statistics reports of all transfer activity
• Connects to companies’ proxy servers, thereby respecting their security policies.