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 By listening to the market's and our customers' needs, we have made several changes and improvements to our flagship product, Axence nVision® 15.5. We are improving our products because we know that change promotes development.&nbsp;
What awaits you in Axence nVision® 15.5?
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Possibility of distributing the rights of administrators in the Inventory module. With the new version, selected administrators can be assigned access to specific departments and, therefore, have full control over assets, licenses, or documents only from their assigned departments.
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Bulk editing of assets. With this functionality, you can manage a selected pool of assets simultaneously. What's more, you can easily change the attributes of the assets depending on their type.
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The improvements implemented in the new software version will help you manage your work even more smoothly and effectively. Explore the new version of Axence nVision® and see for yourself.
Are you curious to learn more about nVision 15.5? Join us during a dedicated webinar on 7 May 2024 at 11 AM to learn about the new features in practice - <a href="en/nvision15-5">REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR</a>
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Shift up a gear with Axence nVision® 15.5! Crank up your IT to the highest
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 We're thrilled to share some exciting news with you! After much anticipation, we're officially rolling out Axence nVision® 15.0. As always, our primary goal is to provide you with the most advanced tools that empower your organization's control and security.
Let's dive into what this latest upgrade brings to the table:
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Enhanced Remote Access: Experience a breakthrough in tech support: now, multiple support staff can access a single computer remotely all at once!
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Registry of Blockage Violations: Stay on top of attempts to access blocked sites, run unwanted programs or processes, download restricted files, and connect blocked flash drives.
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Audit of Network Directories: Enjoy robust control and surveillance over shared network assets and monitor user activities.
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Revamped Widgets in AdminCenter: Gain a comprehensive view of your organization's IT health with an interactive network map and state-of-the-art security tools.
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Our commitment is to ensure that you always have the best tools to safeguard and manage your IT infrastructure. With Axence nVision® 15.0, we're taking a significant step forward in delivering on that promise. We're confident that these enhancements will significantly amplify your organization's cyber security stance.
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Infinite Possibilities with Remote Access in Axence nVision® 15.0!

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 With our latest release, we're introducing a range of innovative functionalities that can help you strengthen your security architecture and enhance your overall cybersecurity posture. Here's a closer look at what's new in Axence nVision® version 14.5.
Integration with Security Lists, Including CERT
We're proud to announce that nVision 14.5 now offers integration with external website blocking lists, including CERT's list. This new functionality provides an additional layer of security by blocking access to known malicious sites and preventing potential security breaches.
Multifactor Authentication (MFA) and Stronger Authorization Methods
MFA is a critical security feature that helps prevent unauthorized access to your networks and sensitive data. With nVision 14.5, we've implemented MFA and stronger authorization methods, providing heightened access protection and safeguarding your infrastructure against unauthorized logins.
Remote Drive Encryption Using BitLocker
Encrypting your data is one of the most effective ways to protect against unauthorized access, theft, or hardware loss. With our advanced remote disk encryption functionality using BitLocker, you can encrypt your system drive and other drives linked to your computer, providing end-to-end protection for your sensitive information.
Detecting and Preventing Suspicious User Activity, Including the Use of Jigglers
User behavior monitoring is an essential component of any comprehensive cybersecurity strategy. With nVision 14.5, we've introduced new functionality that can detect suspicious user activity, including the use of jigglers, which can bypass screen savers and other security mechanisms.
Monitoring and Management of VMware Virtual Machines
Finally, we've expanded our Network module to enable monitoring and management of VMware virtual machines, providing even greater control over your IT infrastructure.
We hope that Axence nVision® version 14.5 will help you address the challenges of the ever-changing IT environment and enhance your overall cybersecurity posture. Try out these new solutions today and take your network security to the next level. Visit our website to learn more about all the new features introduced in nVision 14.5.
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Take Your Network Security to the Next Level with Axence nVision® 14.5!

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 Admin Days Global, our flagship educational initiative, is coming up soon in a brand-new format!
Long story short for those of you who have not been made an insider and somehow have never heard of this event before. Admin Days is&nbsp;a cycle of free online educational sessions&nbsp;for IT Administrators and IT Professionals that we host annually for our Polish community called “Władcy Sieci”.
However, this year’s edition is special! For the first, we decided to bring in internationally recognized experts to join our line-up of speakers. They will run their sessions in English so that everyone can join and benefit from our knowledge exchange for free.
It is going to be 3&nbsp;days filled with an&nbsp;inspiring bundle of&nbsp;knowledge provided by the best thought leaders in&nbsp;the industry: Paula Januszkiewicz, Francesco Chiarini, Ioan Cosmin Mihai, Tudor Damian, Iva Tascheva, Tom Vazdar, to name a few.
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We’ve been planning it for a while now, and there’s just one thing missing - you! Please, feel invited to join us. Simply register to attend. For a full agenda of the event, please <a href="https://admindays.pl/en/">visit our website</a>. </div>

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Join us for Admin Days Global on April 25-27!

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 Nearly 160 participants and 5 hours of hands-on knowledge - that’s the outcome of our brand-new event that we held for Bulgarian private and public sectors. On top of that, we are happy to find out that in our after-event survey, 96% of you said that you were very satisfied with the quality of the presentations. For those of you who couldn’t make it this time, we have prepared a short recap of our event.
CyberSec Day is an event for IT management and cybersecurity which was held by Axence in October as a part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month celebrations. Our goal was to share the best practices on IT security, compliance, and business continuity, tap into the expertise of IT management leaders and learn the latest tactics and methods of protection to secure the IT environment. We wanted to assist our audience in discovering solutions and services that support the successful and secure management of IT networks and stay tuned with the current trends.&nbsp;
We grouped talks by theme modules so that each of them covered different aspects of IT management and cybersecurity. In each module, we gathered a great speaker lineup - cybersecurity officers, industry experts, government representatives, and leaders from all sorts of businesses of key industries. Our guests could tap into the expertise of Jenny Boneva, Svetlin Iliev, Pavel Georgiev, Jasen Tanev, Miglen Evlogiev, Vladimir Dimitrov, to name a few.
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The event started with the&nbsp;Opening Speech&nbsp;delivered by Miglen Evlogiev - the founder of the Bulgarian Cybersecurity Foundation. According to the expert, most data breaches are the result of phishing. One of the innovations in phishing in the last two or three years is a browser-in-the-browser attack in which JavaScript is used to pop up a window that looks exactly like the login screen with a username and password on a legitimate popular website. He also pointed out that phishing campaign simulations are the best way to train employees.
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The Opening Speech was followed by the&nbsp;Discussion Panel, moderated by Svetlin Iliev from Bulgarian Cybersecurity Association. The experts discussed the current state of IT security, products, legislation, certification schemes, etc. Pavel Georgiev who is the Founder of Cyber Security Talks Bulgaria - an initiative that is holding monthly cybersecurity-themed events and it is building a community of professionals, hacktivists, tech enthusiasts, government representatives, and many more, stated that the advantage of communities is that people belong to a community because they want to.
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The only female expert in the Discussion, Jenny Boneva shared a few very interesting takeaways. She claimed that establishing cybersecurity frameworks is the key part of establishing protection for organizations. She also pointed out that organizations are well-aware about the cybersecurity standards and best practices, however, customizing them is now the most challenging part. The reason for that is that information security is sometimes against the performance so it is important to balance those two functions.
The experience shared by Vladimir Dimitrov, representing the Bulgarian Cybercrime Unit, particularly caught the attention of the participants of the event. He mentioned some real-life cases from his everyday work and how he and his coworkers are dealing with cyber crimes.
Jasen Tanev, on the other hand, was supporting the view that building cyber awareness early on is key for ensuring cybersecurity. In this respect, universities play an important role.
IT Management and Security Module&nbsp;was inaugurated by Marcin Matuszewski, Senior IT Engineer at Axence. He strongly encouraged organizations to create their cybersecurity checklist. Since, it is yet difficult for businesses to completely anticipate and eliminate imminent cyber threats, having a solid cybersecurity checklist might come in handy to strengthen IT networks. This list should include such areas as critical infrastructure monitoring, asset inventory, user monitoring, etc.
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The expert particularly pointed out how significant it is to optimize communication with the IT department to handle problems faster and more effectively.
The highlight of Marcin’s presentation was the demonstration of the malware attack which sparked curiosity among the audience.
That was the theory - but how does integrated IT management and security look in practice? The answer to this question was provided by representatives from Euroins. They talked about their challenges and shared their experience of implementing the nVision solution and how the new system has eased their tasks.
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Data Protection Module&nbsp;was recapping the event. John Bycroft from Comforte AG in a very thought-provoking way touched on the topic of the future of data protection and how it must change to meet new challenges. According to the expert, the solution to the current challenges lies in data-centric security through tokenization, which is already one step ahead of encryption.
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Apart from tapping into the expertise of IT management and cybersecurity leaders, the guests could take part in networking sessions. They also could visit our company stand and grab some nice gifts.
And of course, you couldn’t be part of our event, without our amazing Partners: <a title="Digitalk" href="https://digitalk.bg/" target="_blank">https://digitalk.bg/</a>,&nbsp;ECO (European Cybersecurity Organization), Nikrama, Comforte, and Cyber Security Talks Bulgaria.
For the full event coverage, please visit: <a href="https://cybersecday.bg/en/" target="_blank">https://cybersecday.bg/en/</a>
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CyberSec Day - an event recap

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 <h2>The new, refined HelpDesk&nbsp;module is finally here! Facilitate the decision-making process in your organization, work smart, and gain more time! Discover some of the new functionalities that we have prepared for you in Axence nVision® 14.</h2>
 
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 Create your&nbsp;ticket approval flows
In Axence nVision®14, you can easily create your own ticket approval flows, indicating the people who should decide on the execution of a specific ticket. The system itself will send notifications with a request for approval and notify the appropriate people in your organization.
Enable secure apps in a convenient, self-service&nbsp;software repository
From now on, instead of constantly authorizing the installation of the same application on dozens of computers, it is enough to add it to the list of trusted programs and each user will be able to install it themselves. As a set of authorized applications is created by the IT department, users have access to them directly from the nVision agent on their computers.
New notification channels about alarms
Among other novelties, it is also worth highlighting additional notification channels to which an alert from nVision can be sent. Now, apart from text messages, e-mails and desktop notifications, you can also receive notifications about alerts via MS Teams and Slack messengers. The commercial SMS API application is at your disposal, too!
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And most importantly, if you have a valid Service Agreement, you can download the current version of the software right away, at no extra cost! If your Service Agreement has expired, we encourage you to contact us and get a new quote. </div>

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The release of Axence nVision® 14

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 Until now, in the overwhelming majority of cases, it was enough to have macros disabled to deal with infected Microsoft Office. However, it is not the case with Follina vulnerability that works completely different - you just need to open a text file to run a dangerous script.
In short, the way it works is that opening a Word document downloads an external HTML file that contains the instruction that executes the msdt.exe command. This is how the MSDT* system tool is launched, with which you can execute any code in PowerShell.
Unfortunately, as of today, no security patch from Microsoft is available. To protect yourself from Follina vulnerability, go to Axence nVision® in:
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It is also advisable to create an automatic report displaying the employee's accounts on which msdt.exe was run and checking it on a regular basis. In nVision, such a report can be automatically generated and sent to the indicated e-mail address.
It is also worth considering permanently disabling PowerShell from being run by employees. Our experience shows that the vast majority of organizations do not have such a blockade, and thus, make themselves more vulnerable to potential attacks.
Here’s the way you can do that:
Users -&gt; All Users -&gt; About Atlas -&gt; Locks -&gt; Application Blocking → and then typing powershell.exe.
In this case, it's also a good idea to set up automatic reports showing which computers PowerShell is run on. If you want to find out more information about Follina vulnerability, check out our next article.
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 The owners of Android smartphones will be able to monitor inventory assets not only in the nVision console, but also in the mobile application. It will not only allow to add and edit assets, but also to search for them in the system by scanning the label. We encourage all customers with a valid Service Agreement to download and test the application.
A lot of changes also appeared in nVision itself. Staying on the subject of inventory - the document generator is worth mentioning. From now on, it is enough to create a template of the required protocol, and use it whenever needed.
In the previous version, we integrated nVision with Windows Defender. Thanks to that, it is possible to control the anti-virus from the console level. Now, it's time for Windows Firewall! In this way, we are taking the next step towards centralizing security in one tool.
The dark mode that we previously introduced in AdminCenter appealed to our users so much that we decided to introduce it in other areas as well. So we followed the blow and in the latest version we provide an additional (dark) view mode in the SmartTime and HelpDesk modules.
Check out all the new functionalities and improvements that have been added to <a title="Axence nVision 13.5" href="en/nvision13-5" target="_blank">Axence nVision® 13.5</a> </div>

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The premiere of Axence nVision® 13.5

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 The new version of Axence nVision® 12.5 was designed to adapt software to changing working models. The number of companies and organizations that also operate in remote (or hybrid) mode after the pandemic is growing every day. It brings the need for even more scrupulous work time accounting and remote user support.&nbsp;
The private time is here to help – the new functionality in SmartTime module has been developed to give possibility to disable the analysis of user activity when the computer is used for private purposes. Importantly, this does not reduce the level of protection of the company's equipment in any way, as all the protection offered by nVision works as before.&nbsp;
Another important novelty is the ability to manage local user accounts in Windows. The function allows you remotely create / delete an account, change the password or edit permissions.&nbsp; &nbsp; Version 12.5 also offers greater flexibility in managing administrator logs. Now they can be viewed not only in the nVision console, but also exported to external repositories and analyzed using all the functionalities provided by Syslog class systems.
More details about changes in the newest nVision version are available on <a href="en/nvision12-5">our website</a> and in the <a href="en/list-of-changes">changelog</a>. </div>

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Axence nVision® 12.5 premiere

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 Improved integration enables that Axence nVision® now has access to information about computers prom Active Directory. Now you can easily check which computers already have the Agent installed and which ones are still not monitored. This knowledge will allow us to change it and remove the gaps in our security. In addition to information about the device itself, we can now also check which Organizational Unit (OU) belongs to and make groups based on this affiliation. 
Another place that will show us the devices that should be especially taken care of is the new widget in AdminCenter presenting the last devices detected in the network. Work in dashboards is also facilitated by filters added in the latest version. Thanks to them, we can filter out low priority events from our views and focus only on those that are serious and critical. Another new, useful filter is the ability to group actions performed on files by device type. 
More details about changes in the newest nVision version are available on <a href="en/nvision12-1">our website</a> and in the <a href="en/list-of-changes">changelog</a>.&nbsp; </div>

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Axence nVision® 12.1 is available now!

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Happy Holiday Season and an outstanding New Year! We wish you new experiences, new horizons, and new successes, in both your business and private lives. Axence Team </div>

Happy Holidays!

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 This new functionality will allow administrators to build their own IT command and security center in their organization. AdminCenter aggregates the most important parameters, events and incidents detected by nVision and presents them on interactive dashboards which can be displayed on TV screens or monitors. You decide which events are critical for your IT network and which information you want to put on your view - efficiency of devices in your network, changes in hardware and software configuration, open HelpDesk tickets, connected devices and many more events. A full list of available widgets can be found in the changelog and on the AdminCenter page.&nbsp;
Metrics are updated every 60 seconds, giving you real-time visibility of all relevant information from the network in one place.&nbsp;
An unlimited number of dashboards will allow you to create multiple views depending on your expectations - you can create a separate view of IT security parameters, a separate one for people responsible for technical support, and you can make other data available for business.&nbsp;&nbsp;
It all depends on your current needs. The widgets in AdminCenter are fully responsive and adapted to display even on the largest TVs, so you can use it to turn your workplace into a real IT command center.&nbsp;
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<h3>Learn about the hottest trends and directions in network and asset management, and stay up-to-date in 2016.</h3>
Check out the latest guest post on the Capterra blog, written by Marcin Matuszewski – Technical Support Engineer at Axence.
<a href="http://blog.capterra.com/top-9-it-management-trends-for-2016/">Read the article</a>
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Top 9 IT Management Trends for 2016

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The judgement of <a title="the European Court of Human Rights" href="http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre-press?i=001-159906%23" target="_blank">the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)</a> of 12 January of this year, in the case of Bogdan Barbulescu from Romania, grants the employer with the right to monitor the employees’ activities in justified cases. In this specific case, the issue was how the management board of the company in which Barbulescu had been employed checked the method in which he was performing his duties. During an audit of archive conversations, it was found that he had used the company Internet messenger for private purposes. It was proven that the Romanian citizen was engaged in personal correspondence during work hours, which, according to the employer, had a negative effect on his productivity. As a result, his contract was terminated and he sued his company for this. ECHR sustained the judgements of previous instances stating that the employer did not violate Article 8 of <a title="the European Convention on Human Rights" href="http://www.echr.coe.int/Documents/Convention_ENG.pdf" target="_blank">the European Convention on Human Rights</a> on the right to respect privacy, as the employer’s verification of the activities performed within working hours by persons employed at a company was natural and justified. Furthermore, the employer did not disclose any sensitive data of the people with whom Barbulescu kept in touch privately.
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It is said that the decision of the ECHR allows all European employers to monitor employee activities without any limitations. However, the contents of the judgement indicate that the rights in this matter always depend on the circumstances of a specific case. If companies monitor their employees only to make sure that they are performing their duties properly, as was the case with the company employing Barbulescu, they should not fear any legal consequences. This similarly applies if the control refers to the employee’s honesty or verifies whether they are not unintentionally causing a threat to the network safety. Above all, one must remember that monitoring is all about prevention and not surveillance.
<h2>Good practices in monitoring employee activities</h2>
In order that the monitoring of employee activities does not become a bone of contention, but brings about advantages to the entire company, one must bear in mind a few good practices related to this matter. They were remarked upon by the Portuguese judge of ECHR, Paulo Pinto de Albuquerque, who indicated that companies should base any potential monitoring on internal regulations that every employee should read and accept prior to the conclusion of the employment contract. What is more, the employer’s actions in this scope must be justified at all times. The fact that monitoring software has been installed cannot be the basis for the constant tracking of every mouse movement which the employee makes. Only when it is suspected that the employee’s behaviour, work performance or other factors may be to the company’s disadvantage, one should access the records of their professional activities which have been gathered by the software. The tools for IT infrastructure management, eg. <a title="the Users module of the Axence nVision" href="en/nvision-pro/users-activity-monitoring/" target="_blank">the Users module of the Axence nVision</a> programme offer a number of functionalities for the so-called computer forensics. </div>

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