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Sekur Private Data Ltd
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Close 2023-03-30 C$ 0.13
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Sekur Private adds 2-factor authentication to services

2023-03-30 12:48 ET - News Release

Mr. Alain Ghiai reports

SEKUR PRIVATE DATA LTD. LAUNCHES 2FA IDENTITY SECURITY FEATURE FOR ITS SWISS HOSTED SEKUR SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESSES AND CONSUMERS

Sekur Private Data Ltd. has launched a new security feature for all its Web-based Sekur solutions. The feature is called 2FA or two-factor authentication and allows Sekur users to opt in and increase their log-in credential security.

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an identity and access management security method that requires two forms of identification to access resources and data. 2FA gives businesses and consumers the ability to monitor and help safeguard their most vulnerable information and networks. 2FA will be applied to all the company's solutions, including its upcoming SekurVPN.

Alain Ghiai, chief executive officer of Sekur Private Data, said: "We are very pleased to launch the 2FA feature to all our solutions. We have been looking at a lot of solutions in the past year and have decided that the one being implemented is the most efficient and easy to use for our users. The opt-in 2FA is optional of course; however, we recommend business users to implement this extra security measure to minimize cyber intrusions into their account. With 2FA implemented, we are increasing our chances of getting more and more businesses adopting Sekur as their communications platform of choice. Our prime directive is to provide private and secure communications for everyone, and, as we are not connected to any big tech or hyperscaler platform, we offer a truly independent, private and secure means of communications without any data mining, through our proprietary technology and our secure servers based in Switzerland. We look forward to continuing to offer true data privacy to all individuals and their businesses and protect their intellectual property, and their privacy, from data miners and malicious hackers."

Sekur, which includes SekurMessenger and SekurMail, is part of a bundle of e-mail, messaging and file transfer into one application, which includes the company's latest SekurMail technology, which includes a proprietary anti-phishing and privacy feature called SekurSend. SekurSend lets a user send an e-mail to any other recipient, whether they have Sekur or not, in full privacy and security as the e-mail never leaves Sekur's encrypted e-mail servers based in Switzerland. The recipient can then click on the notification and reply in the same manner using SekurReply, without the recipient having to register for a Sekur account. The sender can also decide to protect any e-mail sent by adding a password to open it, a read limit and a self-destruct timer as well. Sending an e-mail with the SekurSend feature allows the senders and recipients to add limitless size attachments to the e-mails without crowding the recipients' e-mail box. This also eliminates BEC (business e-mail compromise) attacks for businesses and e-mail phishing attacks. Additionally, SekurMail includes full control of e-mail delivery, automatic data export for large enterprises and an automatic data loss prevention technology (DLP) with real-time continuous archiving.

Recent data breaches in messaging applications have created a certain urgency for businesses and data privacy advocates to protect their communications from cyber attacks and identity theft via mobile and desktop devices.

SekurMessenger now comes with a proprietary feature and technology called Chat-By-Invites. This feature allows a SekurMessenger user (SM user) to invite a non-SM user, or a group of non-SM users, to chat in a fully private and secure way, without the recipient ever having to register to SekurMessenger or download the app. At the end of the chat, the initiator of the conversation can remotely terminate the conversation and all traces of the conversation are deleted from all users, including the recipient. This unique feature is now fully deployed and functional on all iOS and Android devices and Web platforms. The target sectors are numerous, including, but not limited to, real estate, legal, finance, insurance, medical, government, energy, manufacturing, trade and pharmaceutical sectors.

SekurMessenger also eliminates many of the privacy and security risks by not only not requiring a phone number, which would divulge a user's phone device ID, but also by not social engineering a user's phone or computer contact list and infecting the contacts by default as well, eliminating a huge loophole in security and privacy. SekurMessenger issues each user a username and a Sekur number. The Sekur number is the contact ID a user would disclose in order for other Sekur users to be added. The service comes with a self-destruct timer and other features as well, including Sekur's proprietary VirtualVaults and HeliX technologies with all data stored in Swiss-hosted encrypted servers.

Sekur's data privacy solutions are all hosted in Switzerland, protecting users' data from any outside data intrusion requests. In Switzerland, the right to privacy is guaranteed in Article 13 of the Swiss Federal Constitution. The Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) of June 19, 1992 (in force since 1993), has set up a strict protection of privacy by prohibiting virtually any processing of personal data which is not expressly authorized by the data subjects. The protection is subject to the authority of the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.

Under Swiss federal law, it is a crime to publish information based on leaked secret official discussions. In 2010, the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland found that IP addresses are personal information and that under Swiss privacy laws they may not be used to track Internet usage without the knowledge of the individuals involved.

About Sekur Private Data Ltd.

Sekur Private Data is a cybersecurity and Internet privacy provider of Swiss-hosted solutions for secure and private communications. The company distributes a suite of encrypted e-mails, secure messenger and secure communication tools. Sekur Private Data sells its products through its own website, approved distributors and telecommunications companies worldwide. Sekur Private Data serves consumers, businesses and governments worldwide.

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