Archive for May 14, 2025

Zoho Introduces “Ulaa Enterprise” Browser With Enhanced Security and Granular Control Options

Posted in Commentary with tags on May 14, 2025 by itnerd

Zoho Corporation, a global technology company, today announces Ulaa Enterprise, an enterprise-ready version of the company’s privacy-focused browser tailored specifically to the security and visibility needs of enterprise organizations. With Ulaa Enterprise, companies can prevent threats at the browser level while striking a balance between potent security, ease-of-use, and extensive control features, all without the complexity of third-party tools or virtual environments. 

Security for the Modern Workplace 

Modern browsers serve as enterprise workspaces, with employees performing critical operations across SaaS apps, handling corporate data, and managing transactions entirely through browser windows. Ulaa Enterprise is built with protection at its core, reducing reliance on external tools and ensuring tighter security without requiring extra layers, third-party integrations, significant IT overhead, or virtual desktop software prone to lag. 

Ulaa Enterprise offers the following security features: 

  • Centralized Policy Management: Admins can define access controls, restrict downloads, manage extensions, and govern user behavior through central policies applied across users and groups. 
  • Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Ulaa enforces DLP at the browser layer, blocking unauthorized uploads, copy-paste actions, screen captures, and downloads of sensitive data. 
  • Complete Visibility and Granular Control: IT teams can monitor risks, view detailed audit logs, and enforce security policies with precision at the browser level, reducing or eliminating the need for reactivity. 

Enhanced by AI Zia

Zoho’s AI-driven automation and insights agent, is fully integrated with Ulaa Enterprise and offers enhancements that allow IT teams to maintain control while ensuring efficient and secure operations: 

  • ZeroPhish (powered by Zia): Detects phishing attempts before users click, analyzing URLs and page behavior to block evolving threats in real-time. 
  • Smart Web Categorization: Zia automatically categorizes websites and blocks unsafe content, ensuring secure browsing. 
  • Tab Organization: Zia organizes tabs based on user behavior, improving productivity and browser management. 

Usable by IT and Others

Ulaa Enterprise provides a simplified user experience for both general employees and IT teams in the following ways: 

  • Low IT Overhead: Ulaa does not require heavy virtualization or complex infrastructure. Deployment is straightforward, management is lightweight, and policy changes propagate instantly without introducing performance overhead for end-users. 
  • Intelligent Monitoring: Ulaa supports ethical, targeted security monitoring, without turning into invasive surveillance, to build employee trust. 
  • Familiarity: Ulaa Enterprise combines Chromium’s familiarity with built-in security, ensuring a seamless experience while enforcing local security checks for speed and protection. 
  • Cross-platform Support: Ulaa works across all major desktop and mobile platforms, including Android and iOS. 

The release of Ulaa Enterprise accompanies a period of tremendous growth for Ulaa, whose download numbers and monthly active user counts have increased by 2.5x since 2023.

Pricing and Availability

Ulaa Enterprise is currently available starting at $1/month per device or $10/year per device. For more information around pricing, please visit: http://ulaa.com/enterprise/pricing.

To request a demo, please visit: http://ulaa.com/enterprise/request-demo.

CIRA’s award-winning ‘What’s up with the internet?’ podcast returns

Posted in Commentary with tags on May 14, 2025 by itnerd

Today, CIRA announces the premiere of the third season of its award-winning podcast, What’s up with the internet? centred around the rise of online misinformation. Returning fresh off a win for ‘Best Technology Series’ at the fifth annual Canadian Podcast Awards, this season of What’s up with the internet? is an eye-opening investigation to uncover the truth behind online lies.

Across six episodes, season three of What’s up with the internet? reveals the sources behind online misinformation, how it spreads, along with deep insight into the harm it does. Host Takara Small also walks listeners through a fact-checking toolkit with guest Matthew Johnson, Director of Education for MediaSmarts, so that more Canadians can feel equipped with ways to identify fact from fiction and verify what they see online.

This season features ongoing commentary and guest interviews from technology experts, media researchers and more. Guests for season three include journalist and business executive Sue Gardner, professor and author Timothy Caulfield, Michael Kropveld, Founder and Executive Director of Info-Cult/Info-Sect and more. Listeners can learn more at cira.ca/podcast and follow What’s up with the internet? on all major podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Foxit Launches AI-Powered Redaction Platform

Posted in Commentary with tags on May 14, 2025 by itnerd

Foxit today announced the launch of Smart Redact Server, a powerful new AI-driven platform built to automate the redaction of sensitive data at scale across enterprise environments. Designed for organizations that manage large volumes of regulated content, the solution enables legal, financial, healthcare, and compliance teams to detect and redact classified, personally identifiable (PII), and other sensitive information quickly, accurately, and securely.

Smart Redact Server equips teams tasked with data privacy and regulatory compliance, including (but not limited to) enterprise administrators, legal and compliance departments, financial institutions, and healthcare organizations with a fast, reliable, and scalable way to identify and redact sensitive content, whether it’s personally identifiable information (PII), financial records, or protected health data.

Building on the success of Foxit’s Smart Redact feature within its flagship PDF Editor+ platform, Smart Redact Server extends these capabilities beyond individual documents to an enterprise-grade, cloud-native solution. This new offering leverages the proven redaction technology of PDF Editor+ and enhances it with robust features, including batch document processing, scheduled compliance scans, multi-cloud integration, and team collaboration tools. 

Key Features: 

  • AI-powered detection and redaction of PII, financial, legal, and medical data with over 99% accuracy 
  • Batch processing and scheduled scans to automate compliance workflows and reduce manual effort 
  • Support for 47 file types, including PDF, DOCX, scanned images, HTML, JSON, XML, and more 
  • Cloud-native SaaS platform with integration across OneDrive, SharePoint, AWS S3, and Box 
  • Zero data retention policy with AES-256 and SSL 2048-bit encryption for in-place, secure document processing 
  • Regulatory compliance with GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA, SOX, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 Type II 
  • Role-based team management, audit trails, and reusable redaction templates tailored by industry and region 

Smart Redact Server is now generally available (GA) as a cloud-only solution and supports multi-instance deployment in the United States, Europe, and Canada, ensuring data residency and compliance with regional privacy regulations. PDF Editor+ Users can start with a free 10GB trial before scaling up via annual subscription plans starting at 1TB. For further information, please visit: https://redact.foxit.com/