Unplanned Downtime and Systems Outages Increase Costs, Affecting 58% of Respondents 

CLEVELAND, Ohio –March 17, 2020– Keyfactor, the leader in securing digital identities, and the Ponemon Institute today released the 2020 UK edition of “The Impact of Unsecured Digital Identities”, a benchmark report exploring enterprises’ ability to manage increasing numbers of cryptographic keys and digital certificates securing network connections.

Regulatory measures such as GDPR put focus on data privacy at design, tightening requirements and guiding IT security controls like Public Key Infrastructure (PKI). Continued adoption of IoT, cloud and mobile technologies are increasing the number of digital certificates and keys that ensure secure connections and identity authentication through PKI. 

“This research demonstrates that despite heightened compliance focus, businesses struggle to manage foundational security like PKI and the tools and processes that maintain it. This is concerning, especially as the number of digital certificates and keys within enterprise continues to multiply,” said Chris Hickman, chief security officer at Keyfactor.

Half of respondents indicate regulatory compliance as a strategic priority and two-thirds say their organisation is adding additional layers of encryption to comply with regulations and IT policies. However, undocumented or unenforced key management policies are problematic, with respondents averaging more than four failed audits or compliance experiences in the last 24 months. 

“Less than half of respondents say they have sufficient staff dedicated to PKI,” said Hickman. “A lack of program ownership, combined with the constant care and feeding that digital identities need, has introduced new risk, creating an exposure epidemic. Unless leaders invest in in-house processes and outsourced resources to manage PKI, enterprise will risk failed audits, fines and worse, a security breach.”

Additional key findings reveal:

• A rise in security incidents: on average, organisations experienced a Certificate Authority (CA) or rogue man-in-the-middle (MITM) and/or phishing attack four times in the last 24 months, facing a 32% likelihood of a MITM or phishing attack over the next 24 months.

• Staffing shortages: on average, 15% of IT security budget is spent on PKI deployment annually, yet just 43% of respondents say their organisation has enough IT security staff members dedicated to PKI deployment.

• Lack of visibility: 70% of respondents say their organisation does not know how many digital certificates and keys it has within the business.

• Cryptography related security incidents undermine trust: 68% of respondents say failure to secure keys and certificates undermines the trust their organisation relies upon to operate.

• Cryptography lacks a center of excellence: despite the rising cost of PKI and growth of cryptography-related incidents, just 40% of companies have the ability to drive enterprise-wide best practice.

• Spending trend:represented organisations are spending an average of £37M on IT security annually, with £1.37M dedicated to PKI.

“Our 2019 reportin North America was a wake-up call in many ways – it was the first report of its kind to investigate the role that digital certificates and keys play in creating trust and supporting security,” said Dr. Larry Ponemon, founder of the Ponemon Institute. "This year we expanded the report’s boundaries to examine the state of PKI within the United Kingdom. While UK-based organisations score slightly higher than their North American peers on overall PKI program management, they’re struggling in compliance-related categories, which may expose greater operational and security risk.”

The study was conducted by Ponemon Institute on behalf of Keyfactor and included responses from more than 400 IT and IT security practitioners in the United Kingdom across 14 industries including: financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and automotive.

To view the complete 2020 UK edition of “The Impact of Unsecured Digital Identities” report, visit: https://info.keyfactor.com/en-gb/the-impact-of-unsecured-digital-identities-2020-report-featuring-the-critical-trust-index-united-kingdom-edition.

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About Keyfactor
Keyfactorempowers enterprises of all sizes to escape the exposure epidemic – when breaches, outages and failed audits from digital certificates and keys impact brand loyalty and the bottom line. Powered by an award-winning PKI as-a-service platform for certificate lifecycle automation and IoT device security, IT andInfoSec teams can easily manage digital certificates and keys. And product teams can build IoT devices with crypto-agility and at massive scale. Exceptional products and a white-glove customer experience for its 500+ global customers have earned Keyfactor a 98.5% retention rate and a 99% support satisfaction rate. Learn more at www.keyfactor.com.

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In the wake of closings, cancellations, and vast uncertainty due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus), we believe it’s a better time than ever to be a travel club member and reap the benefits that come with memberships regarding information and communication.

Trust Through Assurance

After extensive market research, we came to know that one of the four pillars of confidence that members are seeking in a travel club is assurance.

Due to the current mass of information through media, response teams, and local officials, it is vitally important that the correct updates are communicated to travelers. Understanding protocols helps businesses, and communities as a whole to ensure there is less panic.

One way that we at Custom Travel Solutions provide assurance to our clients’ members is through our 24/7 Member Support Specialists. This benefit allows our client’s members to call in and get updates on their cruises, flights, travel updates, and more so that they can best prepare for upcoming trips. As well as how travel brands are responding to the virus spread. Our agents are more than order-takers, they are advocates for the members, reaching out to suppliers on their behalf.  As it relates to the current pandemic, our member support specialists are proactively contacting our client’s members to update them and provide them options.

As information and updates continue to roll in daily, even hourly, it is important that your travel club has the staff to ensure members are taken care of and assisted in adapting to the changes that affect them. In such uncertain times, being a member of a travel club can be a great way to have peace-of-mind that you will not be stranded or allowed to travel in a way or mode that may be affected soon.

A Range of Ways to Help

In these uncertain times, it can be overwhelming when various and conflicting reports are being shown to our communities around the clock. As a travel club member, our client’s members will have the professionalism of trusted travel agents and industry professionals that know how to weed through information that is not helpful, and assist using real updates and information. This can be particularly important when having to make quick decisions that have huge outcomes such as returning home, cancelling trips, or spending money to alter travel. Custom Travel Solutions values service and understands the power of information sharing in a world where uncertainty reigns.

Along with the 24x7 Member Support Specialists to help with travel interruptions, our Personal Concierge service can guide members to help make their current lives a little easier and consolidate information and updates into on convenient place. Our current state of affairs may require an extra set of eyes and ears for some members, and this service allows just that in times of need.

For those that are traveling and want to make sure they are safe, our Doc-In-A-Suitcase benefit is another great example of why a travel club can provide benefits and assurance no matter the situation. If you or your group needs assurance that all is well and you can avoid medical facilities and overcrowding, benefits like these are crucial in times where knowledge provides peace-of-mind. Furthermore, if a member does become ill and requires evacuation but wants to avoid crowded areas, benefits like a Private Medi-Jet service offered through Custom Travel Solutions platform are a great way to ensure members are escorted to safety in a secure, safe, and budget friendly way. Members may not expect medical care and high-touch customer service from a place they get travel benefits from. This is just one way we help brands take their relationships and connections further with their members. Our clients can provide a huge advantage to staying ahead, staying safe, and remaining calm amongst all the information.

If you would like to learn more about how we can help your business and give members more in times of trouble and peace, contact us today and learn about our award-winning platforms and how they fit into your model. Call us at 864-610-1943 or email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The sale will be conducted by John McInnis Auctioneers, online and live in the gallery. Pinballs and slots are also in the sale.

Amesbury, MA, USA, March 14, 2020 -- A Collector’s Novelty Auction featuring the G-Man and tobacciana collections of the late FBI agent William L. Rosenbaum – plus vintage pinball machines, slot machines, general advertising and novelty lots from other collectors – will be held Saturday, March 21st, by John McInnis Auctioneers, online and in the Amesbury gallery at 76 Main Street.

The auction will begin promptly at 11 am Eastern time. Doors will open at 8 am for an all-day auction preview that will last throughout the sale. Private previews by appointment will be held on Thursday and Friday, March 19th and 20th. To schedule an appointment, call 800-822-1417.

For those unable to attend in person, Internet bidding will be provided by LiveAuctioneers.com and Invaluable.com. Phone and absentee bids will also be accepted. Terms and more information are available at www.mcinnisauctions.com.

John McInnis Auctioneers wants everyone to know that it is taking the COVID-19 Coronavirus threat very seriously and is taking every precaution possible to ensure a safe and enjoyable auction experience. This includes sanitizing all hard surfaces, handrails and door handles. Hand sanitizer and wet wipes will be available.

The staff has been trained in following the practices recommended by the CDC and is being updated as new information is released. Anyone who is exhibiting cold or flu-like symptoms, or has traveled to an impacted community or has been in contact with someone who has, is asked not to attend the auction.

William L. Rosenbaum served as an FBI special agent in Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Boston in a career that began on November 16, 1970 and lasted until 1995. Along the way, he indulged his passion for the items in this auction that will be passed along to a new generation of collectors.

As an FBI agent, it made sense that Bill Rosenbaum would collect G-Man items. Like the large group of FBI “Wanted” poster copies, including ones for John Dillinger, Clyde Barrow, Bonnie Parker and Osama Bin Laden, being offered as one lot (est. $100-$200); and the framed signed photo of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, plus four Hoover and FBI-related items (est. $100-$200).

The G-Man collectibles had a lighter, more whimsical side, too, with items like the following:

- A G-Men tin litho friction toy motorcycle, 10 inches long, made in Japan by Hadson and featuring a steerable hard rubber front wheel and G-Men graphics (est. $300-$600).

- A Mustang toy car named the FBI Commander, made in Japan by Bondai, a friction drive heavy gauge metal scale model with top light, siren and original box (est. $150-$300).

- A Marx Siren Sparkling tin litho toy machine gun in the original box (est. $50-$100).

The tobacco-related items in Mr. Rosenbaum’s collection consist of vintage advertising labels, packaging and the like; no actual tobacco is being sold. But empty soft packs will be a prominent part of lot 263 – 35 pieces related just to Lucky Strike cigarettes. Included are game cards, paper dolls, magazine ads featuring Amelia Earhart and Dolores Del Rio and more (est. $300-$400).

A framed advertising poster for Old Honesty plug tobacco (“Never Varies, Always the Best”), depicting a bearded man cutting off a piece of plug, plus a plug tobacco bag, should reach $100-$200; while a Mohawk Pipe Mixture box and a Mohawk Chief 5-cent cigar tin with a separated top, the tin measuring 5 ½ inches by 6 ¼ inches, will be offered as one lot (est. $800-$1,000).

A Daval Penny Pack trade stimulator, set up for gumball distribution and featuring cigarette packs on the reels, including Lucky Strike, Camel, Chesterfield, Old Gold, Philip Morris and Spud, has an estimate of $300-$600. Also, a Sunset Trail 5-cent cigar tin by the Roby Cigar Company, with multiple graphics of a man and woman on horseback, should hit $100-$200.

The pinball machines, slots and coin-ops from other consignors are generally higher-ticket items. A Mills “Hightop Bonus” 5-cent slot machine and base, in good working condition, is expected to hit the jackpot for $800-$1,600. The three-reel, nickel slot features a cast aluminum front, back door, key and coin box. It sits atop a sturdy oak base with a cast chrome figural emblem.

A tennis-themed pinball machine produced by D. Gottlieb & Company in 1976, one of 2,900 made, designed by Ed Krynski and art by Gordon Morison, also had an estimate of $800-$1,600. Music lovers will swoon over a Seeburg 100 Select-O-Matic jukebox produced in 1953 that holds up to fifty 45 rpm records and features colorful, light-up columns (est. $750-$1,500).

Miscellaneous items will include an antique barber shop hot towel steamer, 57 inches tall, having a nickel-plated steamer and boiler section with overlaid base and tray (est. $2,000-$3,000); and a four-piece, six-sheet movie poster for the 1962 film It Happened in Athens (20th Century Fox), starring Jayne Mansfield, measuring an impressive 79 ½ inches by 78 ½ inches (est. $200-$400).

John McInnis Auctioneers is always accepting quality merchandise for future auctions. To consign a single item, an estate or a collection, you may call them at 978-388-0400; or, you can email them at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. To learn more about John McInnis Auctioneers and the March 21st auction of the Bill Rosenbaum collections please visit www.mcinnisauctions.com.

About John Mcinnis Auctioneers:
John McInnis Auctioneers is an estate appraisal and auction company with the largest full-service auction house on Boston’s North Shore. The galleries, located in historic Amesbury, Massachusetts are licensed, bonded and insured for the sale of antiques, fine art and real estate. Estate appraisal, consulting, marketing and liquidation services are carried out confidentially and with courtesy. Visit www.mcinnisauctions.com.

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NRS Offers Health Agencies Access to Its Digital Advertising Network to Provide Critical Public Health Updates During the Covid-19 Crisis

Newark, NJ, March 14, 2020 -- National Retail Solutions (NRS), the operator of a leading nationwide point-of-sale (POS) network for independent retailers, announced that it is offering public health agencies complimentary access to its digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising network to disseminate critical public health announcements during the Covid-19 outbreak.

“Our retailer partners are concerned by the potential of the Covid-19 outbreak to impact their businesses. However, they are even more worried by what the virus may mean to the health of their customers and their families,” said Elie Y Katz, President of NRS. “To support these independent retailers and the urban communities they serve across the country, we are offering governmental public health agencies the ability to display PSAs free of charge on the 8,000 plus screens of our NRS Digital Media Impact Network to share critical public health information, updates and advisories.”

Eli Korn, COO of NRS, explained, “The majority of our retail partners serve multicultural, immigrant-dense metropolitan areas across the U.S. These are among the most hard-to-reach and culturally diverse communities in the country. Within these communities, bodegas and independent neighborhood convenience stores often serve as informal community centers where customers share news and information. We invite governmental public health agencies to utilize our digital display network to help keep these communities advised of evolving public health advisories and critical healthcare and safety information.”

The NRS Digital Media’s Impact Network reaches approximately 35 million people per month, predominantly in the nation’s urban centers. The Impact Network’s display screens are located at eye-level at the point of sale in 8,000+ independent convenience, grocery, liquor and tobacco stores nationwide. Unlike most conventional advertising venues, NRS has the ability to provide updated content on demand through its Impact Network as new health information becomes available.

NRS can run 8-10 second static or video advertising as part of a 60-second loop. PSAs and advertisements can be run in any language, and NRS can provide agencies with information on language and demographics regionally and for specific stores. Advertising is visual only (without sound).

NRS is offering this public service to governmental public health agencies for the remainder of the month of March 2020 and may extend the offer at its discretion as conditions warrant. This offer is contingent upon, and subject to, limitations based on network capacity, appropriate volumes, and content at the sole discretion of NRS.

Agencies interested in participating should contact Leslie Ruder at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., call 973.438.5731 or inquire via nrsadvertising.com.

About National Retail Solutions (NRS):
NRS operates a point-of-sale (POS) terminal-based platform plus NRS PAY credit card processing for independent retailers and bodega owners nationwide. The platform provides a robust portfolio of tools to help these retailers compete more effectively, including inventory tracking, store statistics, user management, one-touch Boss Revolution® PIN-less recharge, and integration with the BR Club customer loyalty program. Consumer packaged goods (CPG) suppliers are able to leverage the NRS platform to provision promotions, coupons and special offers to independent retailers and their predominantly urban customer bases nationwide. NRS is a subsidiary of IDT Corporation (NYSE: IDT).

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Elie Y. Katz
Founder & CEO / National Retail Solutions (NRS)
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