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Even before COVID-19 sent non-essential businesses to work remotely, remote work has increasingly become the new normal. According to Global Workplace Analytics, in the U.S., 4.7 million employees (3.4% of the workforce) work from home at least half the week. While according to Owl Labs, 30% of people report working remotely full-time and 18% work remotely one to three times per week. These numbers are bound to increase as many businesses will continue to allow their employees to work remotely post COVID-19. Although studies indicate that remote work has many benefits, it also has its challenges.

Two of the biggest challenges of working remotely is effective communication and collaboration within organizations. When users are working in a single office environment, people and data are easily accessible. When users are working in their own environments, several variables make secure, effective communication and collaboration a logistical nightmare. Whether its outdated technology and software, unsecured home networks, or limited access to company information, effective communication and collaboration is not only difficult, it increases security threats. 

How can organizations move past these challenges? With Fognigma’s patented software solution, secure, effective communication and collaboration is not only solved, but it is made simple! Organizations can communicate and collaborate seamlessly and securely from anywhere, with anyone, and without leaving a trace that users were ever connected. 

ON-DEMAND, SECURE COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATION TOOLS

With Fognigma, you can create and deploy custom VPNs in minutes, complete with secure communication and collaboration solutions. Using simple software or hardware solutions, users can secure their connections and safely access resources, allowing them to communicate and collaborate with other uses whether they are working remotely at home or traveling. Fognigma’s communication and collaboration solutions include: 

Video Conferencing 

Fognigma’s video conferencing solution is set up with push-button simplicity. Users can create custom URLs for each conference for ease of use and obfuscation of participants’ locations. Additionally, video conferences are completely protected with end-to-end, cascading AES-256 encryption, and are equipped with chat and screen sharing capabilities. 

Encrypted Telephony

Fognigma’s secure telephony solution wraps VoIP calls in two layers of AES-256 encryption for end-to-end protection. All calls work on desktops, tablets, and mobile devices and extend capability to over 150 data centers in over 50 regions around the globe. Fognigma’s telephony is simple to set up. Users can create call chains, conference calls, and telephone numbers in a matter of minutes. 

Secure File Servers

Fognigma’s secure file servers are entirely encrypted and a safe, secure place to store company policies, intellectual property, company communication logs, marketing collateral, and many other important company files. Fognigma’s solution is designed to allow users to access necessary files from anywhere without anyone else knowing where they are. Administrators can control which users in the company access which folders and files. Additionally, special links can be created to share files or folders with parties outside of your organization.

Sandboxed VDIs

Fognigma’s sandboxed VDIs include all the standard VDI features and more. Fognigma’s VDIs are proven to be 50% faster and more responsive, come with secure local USB capabilities, have dynamic exit switching, nomadic profile ability, drag-and-drop file sharing within VDIs, DNS routing at the exit, proxies audio, multiple language support, and have access to other Fognigma components. 

User-Specific Message and File Encryption

Fognigma’s communication solution simplifies and automates end-to-end encryption, so that content never exists in the clear outside of the user’s device. The manual steps normally associated with private key encryption is transparently handled, allowing users to maintain proper security practices without needing specialized knowledge or extensive training, and without interrupting their regular workflow. A user’s private keys are stored only on the user’s devices and are never shared within the network or the server, protecting your organization from internal and external threats. Encryption keys are specific to each user and each individual interaction; even other users on the same server will be unable to decrypt them. Only the intended recipient’s device will have access. 

Fognigma was purposely designed to be owned and operated by the customer, giving organizations all the tools they need to securely and effectively communicate and collaborate wherever they are. With Fognigma, communication and collaboration is not only secure, its simple. Contact us to schedule a demo today. 

Meetings are an everyday part of professionals’ workdays. Whether you are a large or small enterprise, meetings are key for effective communication and collaboration.

Even before the recent COVID-19 pandemic, meetings have increasingly become virtual due to users traveling, working remotely, or meeting with external parties. However, virtual meetings can severely limit productivity when there are internet connection delays, compatibility issues, and security concerns.

With Fognigma’s video conferencing solution, meetings are faster, entirely secure, and easier to use. Users simply click the designated meeting URL and enter in their user credentials created by the organization’s administrator. Video conferences live inside encrypted, invisible networks ensuring organizations complete security. 

Fognigma’s video conferencing solution includes these features:

1. Compatibility With Any Device: Using Fognigma’s video solution, users can virtually communicate face-to-face using any device running any major operating system, eliminating the risk of compatibility issues. 
2. Chat and Screen Share: To maximize communication and collaboration in virtual meetings, Fognigma’s video conferencing solution has chat and screen share capabilities. 
3. Global Accessibility: Whether your users are in the same office or on the other side of the world, Fognigma’s video conferences can be accessed. 
4. Encryption: Fognigma’s video conferences live inside networks completely protected by FIPS 140-2 validated, cascading AES-256 encryption. 
5. Entirely on Servers Owned by You: Video conferences live on servers owned entirely by your organization. No one else runs your servers, meaning no one else has access to see your private company information, whether it is shared on a file server or communicated in a video conference. 
6. Completely Private and Invisible: With Fognigma, there is no man-in-the-middle controlling your video conferences. What is said, who said it and where the conference lives, is completely private to only those involved. Video conferences are entirely invisible to the outside world, only the parties involved know a video conference is happening.

Fognigma’s revolutionary patented software redefines meeting space by providing a secure, invisible, traceless space for enterprises to communicate and collaborate. Contact us to learn more about the communication and collaboration tools we offer. 

Even before the COVID-19 work from home order, the business world has increasingly become a remote occupation. Whether organizations let their employees work remotely a few days out of the week, work completely remote, or have employees that travel frequently, a proper Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solution can allow organizations to seamlessly maintain the benefits and feel a single office location offers. 

Learn more about how Fognigma VDIs can secure and unify your organization, no matter where your users are. 

Benefits of Fognigma VDIs

Anonymous Access: Fognigma VDIs allow users to browse the internet in a sandboxed computing environment that protects their actual computer from attack. 

Disposability: When VDIs are no longer in use, they can be destroyed in just a few clicks, and leave absolutely no footprint that links users’ actual computer to the work that was being done. 

Centralized File Sharing: Users can save files and profile information on one VDI and then access them later on another as if it were the exact same one. Any data or files downloaded to a VDI can be virus-scanned in the safe sandboxed environment of the VDI itself, before being transferred to the user’s local computer or a file server.  

USB Capabilities: Fognigma VDIs have local USB compatibility with most peripherals, including Custom Access Card (CAC) readers, printers, keyboards, and more. 

Customization: Fognigma VDIs can be integrated with custom programs, allowing businesses to tailor the sandboxed environments to their needs. 

Proxied Audio: Audio transmitted through the VDI is filtered to ensure no IP leaks occur. 

How can Organizations Benefit from using Fognigma VDIs While Working Remote? 

Fognigma VDIs are Easily Deployable: Organizations can have VDIs in just the click of a mouse for any of their users. 

Paired with Fognigma Secure Communication and Collaboration Tools: Fognigma’s video conferenicng, file servers, and encrypted messaging components can be used within Fognigma VDIs which allows organizations to remotely communicate and collaborate in a secured, sandboxed environment, just as if they were in the office. 

Burned After Use: When organizations VDIs are no longer needed, they are fully destroyed, and then can be spun back up in a click of a mouse. 

Fognigma VDIs live inside of Fognigma’s Virtual Private Networks. These networks are entirely controlled by your business, invisible to anyone (trying) to watch your operations, are completely disposable, and fully encrypted.

Fognigma VDIs give businesses everything they need to protect their users, communications and data.  Contact us to learn more or schedule a demo. 

When your entire organization is forced to work remotely, video conferencing is a vital tool for effective communication and collaboration. Many web services are offering free tools to help organizations adapt to this new remote lifestyle, but the increased reliance on video conferences has revealed a major security flaw. 

With more and more organizations switching to a remote work environment, hackers have plenty of new targets and opportunities to access sensitive data – and they’re succeeding. 

This rise in video conferencing attacks has revealed an unavoidable fact: some remote work tools do not have security and privacy. 

Another obvious fact: video conferencing is an essential part of an effective remote work environment. 

So what’s the solution? How do you protect video calls, voice chat, and screen sharing from hackers trying to steal sensitive data? 

Not all video conferencing services are created equal. To ensure your users, data, and communications are secure, follow the guidelines below. 

USE AN ENCRYPTED SERVICE

One simple way you can boost security is to use a service that encrypts audio and video data. In most cases, video conferencing software encryption is extremely efficient and has little to no effect on real-time usability of video conferences. 

AVOID SERVICES THAT SELL DATA:

Even on a secure server, admins for the service provider may have access to your video conferencing sessions. Some providers also sell user data. Before hosting video conferences make sure you’re in the right hands. 

HOST YOUR OWN SERVERS:

The best solution to avoid intrusion is to use servers completely owned by your organization. Most collaboration software is cloud-based, simply because it makes data collection easier. With self-hosted video conferencing software, your data isn’t going to a central cloud computing service that can sell it to the highest bidder. Self-hosting allows your organization to have complete control over everything. 

USE THE ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTION: 

Fognigma is a fully encrypted, secure, invisible, traceless network complete with communication and collaboration tools. Fognigma’s video conferencing solution is completely protected by FIPS 140-2 validation, uses cascading AES-256 encryption, runs on servers your organization owns and operates, and is completely private and invisible to everyone but the parties involved.

Ready to ensure your organizations security for remote work?