Data protection and security have the hit headlines recently in the UK with the losses of large amounts of personal data by several government departments. Security breaches are hugely damaging to the reputation of an organisation as well as being extremely expensive. It is essential that we do all we can to store electronic information securely. Stringent security procedures and protocols, along with the careful vetting of any third party software vendor can go along way to guarding against any similar type of incident.

At EssentialSkillz we recognise the implications of any type of security breach and employ a variety of measures and features to guard against their occurance. Below are some key details regarding the security of our software and password system. O-LAS is installed on a high-performance, high-security LAMP environment with the following security features enabled:

• 128bit SSL communication encryption · customisable password strength configuration per client
• customisable password strength configuration per client
• secured input forms (blocking any SQL injection attempts, stripping any unsafe characters inputted by user)
• forgotten password functionality allows users to generate activation code which is sent to users' email address and re-activation follows in certain steps
• user login expiry feature will block user's access to the system if set by administrator

Our hosted servers are provided by Rackspace. Rackspace provides the world class infrastructure necessary to keep these servers up and running around the clock. Security of your Internet operations is of paramount importance. Multiple levels of security are employed to ensure that only data centre Operations Engineers are physically allowed near your routers, switches and servers. Security procedures are as follows:

• No public access
• Video surveillance
• Onsite security personnel
• Biometric security
• Pass cards

To request more information, call us on 08700 621162 (UK) / +353 91 778822 (Intl) or complete this Form.