Mes: agosto 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Aravo Solutions, the leading provider of intelligent automation applications for third-party risk and performance management, has announced the general availability of Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience. Using this pre-configured application, organizations can take a proactive, supplier-based approach to preventing disruptions of all kinds that can stem from natural disasters to man-made events.

«The global pandemic has heightened awareness of emerging risks associated with supply chain disruption all the way to the board level,» says Kimberley Allan, CMO at Aravo. «Regulators are also asking tough questions about what is being done to prevent disruption. With Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience, third-party risk programs can implement the functionality needed to address these demands in a matter of days.»

In a recent survey, 74% of respondents reported that supply chain disruptions and constraints would be the greatest threat to their manufacturing business over the next 12 months*. However, COVID-19 has exposed organizations of all kinds to unprecedented hazards, such as cybersecurity and continuity risks associated with the broad shift to remote work, and exposed the brittleness of existing supply chains.

«In the wake of the pandemic, our clients quickly leveraged Aravo’s inherent platform capabilities to reach out to their third parties and analyze the impact on their operations,» comments Aravo CTO Eric Hensley. «Because of the flexibility and extensibility of the platform, Aravo has been able to fully develop a ready-to-use application in a matter of months that will automate that process for them with the added benefits of pre-configured hazard monitoring and reporting. The application will further help them manage business processes for mitigating risks and identifying alternate suppliers.»

Capabilities:

• Hazard reporting. Through integration with a global monitoring platform, such as DisasterAWARE, Aravo sends alerts when a supplier could potentially be impacted by issues such as weather, geo-political unrest, or virtually any other hazard. Hazards can also be reported in Aravo by users or by third parties using the Third Party Portal.
• Business impact assessments. Based on alerts, users can send online business impact surveys to potentially affected third parties. Aravo scores the responses and automates a review process to determine if further action is needed.
• Action plans. If an incident requires mitigation, Aravo automates the steps within the action plan through completion with a robust audit trail. To ensure continuity of supply, the solution can also identify alternate sources of supply, giving users the option of using Aravo to launch an RFx.
• Reporting. Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience includes pre-configured dashboards and reports that provide visibility into potential risk exposure from the portfolio level all the way down to the specific contract or engagement, including details of remediation activities.

Benefits of Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience

With Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience, third-party risk programs can deliver value to the business:

• Prevent disruption caused by lack of information about potential emerging risks.
• Defend continuity of supply by gathering the data needed to make decisions.
• Respond to threats through automated risk mitigation plans and identification of alternate suppliers.
• Recover from incidents potentially disruptive incidents by ensuring mitigation plans fully implemented and concluded.

Aravo for Supply Chain Resilience is generally available now. For more information or to request a demo, please visit https://aravo.com/products/supply-chain-resilience/.

About Aravo

Aravo delivers the market’s smartest third-party risk and performance management solutions, powered by intelligent automation.

For more than 20 years now, Aravo’s combination of award-winning technology and unrivaled domain expertise has helped the world’s most respected brands accelerate and optimize their third-party management programs, delivering better business outcomes faster and ensuring the agility to adapt as programs evolve.

With solutions built on technology designed for usability, agility, and scale, even the most complex organizations can keep pace with the high velocity of regulatory change. As a centralized system of record for all data related to third-party risk, Aravo helps organizations achieve a complete view of their third-party ecosystem throughout the lifecycle of the relationship, from intake through off-boarding and all stages in between and across all risk domains.

Aravo is trusted by the world’s leading brands, helping them manage the risk and improve the performance of more than 5 million third parties, suppliers and vendors across the globe. https://aravo.com/.

*June 2020 industry survey conducted by Almonty Industries

SOURCE Aravo Solutions

NEW YORK, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Ericom Software, a leader in secure web and application access solutions, announced today the introduction of Ericom Application Isolator, a new solution that integrates with existing remote access VPNs and Next Generation Firewalls to secure corporate applications and data from the security risks associated with excessive access rights inside a network. The Standard Edition of the software is available for free and can be downloaded from Ericom’s website.

Ericom Application Isolator addresses the security risks created by the broad access rights granted to users and devices on corporate networks, which create an environment hackers or malicious insiders can easily exploit. Extensive permissions unnecessarily expose applications and other resources to threats, enabling lateral spread of malware and attacks inside the network. The solution prevents attacks by limiting remote and internal application access to only what is typically required. It cloaks applications from unauthorized users, stopping the spread of threats by making them invisible to would-be attackers.

«We all realize networks face elevated security risk, especially now that organizations have doubled-down on VPNs to connect their newly-remote workforces to the apps and data they need,» said David Canellos, Ericom Software Chief Executive Officer. «The increase in remote workers as a result of COVID-19 has created a surge in cybercrime, driving organizations to look for cost-effective ways to add Zero Trust security to their existing environments, and Ericom Application Isolator offers a simple way to quickly bolster their defenses.»

Ericom Application Isolator delivers key Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) controls that make applications and resources invisible to hackers if they manage to somehow penetrate a network, preventing lateral movement attacks. It also limits access for authenticated users to only the specific applications they need, thereby reducing the risk of insider-attacks. The lightweight software seamlessly integrates with existing VPN and NGFW infrastructures, and leverages patent-pending advanced machine-learning capabilities to simplify deployment and use. When used with other integrated security controls, including Ericom Shield Remote Browser Isolation, Ericom Application Isolator supports organizations adopting a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) security framework.

«To support work-from-home initiatives resulting from COVID-19, many businesses scaled up their investment in VPNs and NGFWs to connect their newly distributed workforce to corporate applications and IT resources. With these initial priorities now addressed, organizations should re-examine their network defenses to ensure that effective security protections are in place, including zero-trust capabilities,» said John Grady Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). «Ericom Application Isolator is a streamlined, cost-effective way to add important zero-trust security controls to existing VPNs and firewalls, protecting organizations from lateral movement attacks that result in ransomware spread, data loss, and significant business disruption.»

New solution capabilities announced today include:

• Application/Resource Cloaking – makes corporate applications and resources invisible to users without proper permissions. Users connect to the network as usual, either while at the office or remotely using their VPN client, and Ericom Application Isolator enforces least-privileged access policies. Authenticated users with valid permissions have no change in their user experience.
• Automatic Access Policy Creation – simplifies the process of establishing per-user remote (North-South) and internal (East-West) secure access policies. The solution’s patent-pending Auto-Policy Manager automatically generates per-user (or group) access policies based on network traffic analysis over a configurable time period. Manual adjustments can be applied as needed to quickly define and deploy least-privileged access policies for the entire organization.
• Integrations with Leading VPNs and NGFWs – leverages an organization’s existing investments in VPNs and NGFWs to accelerate their move to Zero Trust Security. The solution can be deployed quickly, does not require any new agents to be installed, and operates with the gateways and VPN clients of leading vendors, including Check Point, Forcepoint, Fortinet, OpenVPN, and more. The software also integrates with Microsoft Active Directory to authenticate and authorize users while they are in corporate offices accessing internal resources. The current list of supported integrations is available on Ericom’s website.
• Activity Reporting and Monitoring – gives IT professionals visibility into application and resource access and use. It allows for policy verification and ongoing learning and adjustment of policies based on observed usage patterns and can be used to meet internal compliance and audit requirements.

«Ericom Application Isolator has added an important set of capabilities to our remote access security approach,» said Joe Morin, CEO of Cyflare. «The solution was plug and play with our existing VPN infrastructure, required no endpoint agent, and provided an automated process to create our least-privileged access policies. I highly recommend it for organizations looking for a quick and efficient way to add zero trust network access capabilities to their environments.»

Pricing & Availability
Ericom Application Isolator is available in two editions, Standard and Advanced. The Standard Edition is free, and the Advanced Edition, which includes additional features and capabilities, is priced at $2.25 per user per month. Visit http://www.ericom.com to learn more and download the software.

About Ericom Software
Ericom Software provides businesses with secure access to the web and corporate applications, in the cloud and on-premises, from any device or location. Leveraging innovative isolation capabilities and multiple secure access technologies, Ericom’s solutions ensure that devices and applications are protected from cybersecurity threats, and users can connect to only the specific resources they are authorized to access.

Ericom’s platform of browser isolation, remote access, secure connectivity, mobility, and virtualization technologies enhances cybersecurity and productivity while reducing cost and complexity for tens of thousands of businesses and millions of end-users worldwide. The company has offices in the US, UK, and EMEA, and a global network of distributors and partners.

For more information about Ericom and its products, visit http://www.ericom.com. You can also follow Ericom Software on our blog, as well as on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.

SOURCE Ericom

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — This June, Just Beginnings Collaborative (JBC) announced its funding of 12 grantees as part of the donor collaborative’s We See You Fund. JBC carefully selected organizations that center survivors, especially queer and trans, Black and Indigenous people of color, those with disabilities, and those with complex immigration status issues, in their efforts to interrupt, support healing from, and prevent child sexual abuse. The group of grantees comprises initiatives from across the country, and includes projects that approach child sexual harm expansively, often as part of other anti-violence movement-building.

«We See You Fund grantees represent the tremendous creativity and strength that those traditionally blocked from opportunity are bringing to our ongoing public health crisis and the growing call to finally reckon with our shared past, rooted in systemic racism and oppression,» said JBC Executive Director Nicole Pittman. «We meant for the We See You Fund to be an acknowledgement that we see and hear the alternative futures for children people bring into being every day. We are in awe of our grantees’ hopeful spirit and continue to learn from their examples about what it means to truly support an end to childhood sexual harm.»

JBC’s 2020 We See You Fund grantees include:

• The Brave House
• Embodiment Project
• Fathers & Families of San Joaquin
• The Hive Community Circle
• Human Rights for Kids
• The Inner Truth Project
• Music Beyond Measure
• Native Justice Coalition
• Prostasia Foundation
• S.O.U.L. Sisters Leadership Collective
• Sovereign Bodies Institute
• Women’s Leadership Project

The We See You Fund specifically sought to support work with multiply vulnerable children and adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse who are at the greatest risk of harm. Young people belonging to these groups are often overlooked by institutions, which makes efforts to center them all the more essential during this critical time. Pittman sees all 12 of the grantees as «possessing a deep commitment to creative, hopeful, survivor-led solutions that begin with communities and flourish through thoughtful action.»

«We not only see their good work now; we see the transformative opportunities they are seeding in every moment.»

More About Just Beginnings Collaborative
Since 2015, Just Beginnings Collaborative has been building an alliance of survivor-leaders and funders dedicated to ending child sexual abuse and fostering a branching (rhizomatic) process of interconnection to get there. We support survivor-centered efforts that propagate transformative practices in criss-crossing root systems. We align with funders who want those roots to penetrate the philanthropic world. We grow through and past binaries of good and evil. We advance a campaign to restory child sexual abuse by traversing a vast horizontal root web of influences. Where others have seen only inevitability, we sense tremendous possibility.

JBC operates under the fiscal sponsorship of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (http://www.rockpa.org). For more information, please visit http://www.justbeginnings.org.

SOURCE Just Beginnings Collaborative

KINGSEY FALLS, QC, Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ – Cascades Inc. («Cascades») (TSX: CAS) today announced that it has commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding 5.750% Senior Notes due 2023 (the «Notes»), upon the terms and conditions described in Cascades’ Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2020 (the «Tender Offer»).

The Tender Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 14, 2020, unless extended (such date and time, as the same may be extended, the «Expiration Time»). Holders who (i) validly tender their Notes prior to the Expiration Time or (ii) deliver a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and all other required documents on or prior to the Expiration Time and tender their Notes prior to the guaranteed delivery expiration date, which is 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on August 19, 2020, and whose Notes are accepted for purchase pursuant to the Tender Offer will be entitled to receive the total consideration of US$1,018.00 per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes validly tendered and accepted for purchase (the «Tender Offer Consideration»), plus any accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent interest payment date on the Notes up to, but not including, the settlement date, which is expected to be August 17, 2020. Notes tendered prior to the Expiration Time may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Time.

The Tender Offer is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of a number of conditions that are set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated August 10, 2020 (as amended or supplemented, the «Offer to Purchase»), including, without limitation, Cascades having available funds, including gross proceeds of at least $200 million from a debt financing transaction, on terms and conditions satisfactory to Cascades, together with borrowings under Cascades’ revolving credit facility, sufficient to pay the Tender Offer Consideration with respect to all outstanding Notes in the Tender Offer, and certain other customary conditions.

There can be no assurance that any of the conditions to the Tender Offer will be satisfied.

Cascades has engaged Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as Dealer Manager for the Tender Offer. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and Notice of Guaranteed Delivery are available at www.dfking.com/cascades and may be obtained from D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Tender Agent and Information Agent, by e-mail to cascades@dfking.com or by phone at (877) 732-3613 (toll-free) or (212) 709-3328. Please direct questions regarding the Tender Offer to Wells Fargo Securities, LLC by phone at (866) 309-6316 or (704) 410-4759 or by e-mail to liabilitymanagement@wellsfargo.com.

This announcement is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to buy or a solicitation of an offer to sell the Notes. The Tender Offer is being made solely by means of the Offer to Purchase. In those jurisdictions where the securities, blue sky or other laws require any tender offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Tender Offer will be deemed to be made on behalf of Cascades by the dealer manager or one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction. In addition, this press release is not an offer to sell or the solicitation to buy any securities issued in connection with Cascades’ concurrent senior notes offering announced separately today.

About Cascades
Founded in 1964, Cascades offers sustainable, innovative and value-added packaging, hygiene and recovery solutions. The company employs approximately 12,000 women and men across a network of close to 90 facilities in North America and Europe. Driven by its participative management, half a century of experience in recycling, and continuous research and development efforts, Cascades continues to provide innovative products that customers have come to rely on, while contributing to the well-being of people, communities and the entire planet. Cascades’ shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CAS.

Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the timing and principal amount of debt securities to be purchased in the Tender Offer, including certain terms and conditions of the Tender Offer. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks, and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual conditions, events or results to differ significantly from those described in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, those that may be set forth in the Offer to Purchase. Actual results, performance or achievement could differ materially from those contained in these forward-looking statements for a variety of reasons. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have a material adverse effect on Cascades’ business, financial condition and results of operations.

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SOURCE Cascades Inc.

CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Security infrastructure in place at sensitive nuclear sites around the United States will soon be reexamined and enhanced. 

On July 21, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2021. This bill includes a provision spearheaded by Congressman Greg Stanton that would require the U.S. Air Force to verify that it is using field-proven forced entry, ballistic and blast resistant (FEBR) barrier systems that include multiple reactive countermeasures for protection against the dedicated adversary threat. 

ArmorWorks Enterprises, Inc., an Arizona-based defense and security company specializing in innovative survivability and protective technologies, has successfully developed, manufactured and installed a system that meets these requirements at other nuclear warhead storage, maintenance and production facilities. These ArmorWorks systems have been implemented successfully for the past 15 years.

«Congressman Stanton’s efforts will help elevate ArmorWorks’ proven effective FEBR systems. ArmorWorks has designed, produced, tested and installed the world’s most effective security infrastructure to defeat a ‘dedicated adversary,’ which is the highest current threat level at some of our nation’s most sensitive nuclear facilities. We are optimistic that the U.S. Air Force will select our FEBR security barriers and systems to keep the rest of our nuclear infrastructure safe and secure,» said Brad Wiggins, ArmorWorks CEO.

The provision will require the Air Force to brief the House and Senate Armed Services Committees within 90 days of the enactment of the NDAA on efforts by the Secretary of the Air Force to harden and modernize its nuclear weapons storage and maintenance facilities. Because ArmorWorks has one of the only designs that has been proven to be effective in operation for over a decade, its system is likely to be the leading candidate for selection, based on the criteria described in the bill.

«Selection of the superior FEBR systems provided by ArmorWorks will bring an increased number of high paying technical and manufacturing jobs to the Chandler, AZ, area and will support an expanded number of supporting companies that provide engineering, testing, fabrication and construction work in our area,» said Kevin Mulrenin, Chief Marketing Officer at ArmorWorks.

The Senate passed its version of the NDAA on July 23. The differences between the two bills will be worked out in conference before being sent to the president’s desk for signature.

About ArmorWorks

A progressive defense and security company specializing in innovative survivability and protective technologies, ArmorWorks designs, develops, tests, and produces a wide array of secure doors, vaults, seats, vehicles, and structures that protect people and sensitive materials. Our patented products range from protective vehicle seats to blast- and forced entry-resistant doors to impenetrable vehicle armor and 3D camouflage systems.

For media inquiries, please contact:
Kevin Mulrenin
Chief Marketing Officer
586-943-9907
244949@email4pr.com 
https://www.armorworks.com/

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SOURCE ArmorWorks Enterprises, Inc.