FCI and OS33 Announce SmartOffice Secure by Ebix

BLOOMFIELD, N.J., Aug. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- FCI, a leading Financial Services Industry MSSP (Managed Security Service Provider) today announced a new joint offering called SmartOffice Secure, a workstation cybersecurity compliance identification solution.

Ebix selected best-of-breed vendors for securing financial services and collaborated to build a solution that delivers what firms need: SmartOffice Secure. By incorporating the strengths of Workplace Frontline by OS33 and Protectit by FCI, Ebix's SmartOffice Secure offers integrated technical controls that ensure endpoint security and regulatory compliance.

Unknown workstations pose serious concern regarding private data handling and vulnerability to comply with regulatory requirements. SmartOffice Secure makes it easy for financial service firms to identify unknown workstations and audit their cybersecurity compliance and protection.

SmartOffice Secure builds on Ebix's existing CRM cybersecurity adding to the robust set of advanced security features introduced over the years, including security policies, user roles, access rights, logs, and multi-factor authentication.

Developed upon the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which is comprised of standards, guidelines, and best practices to manage and mitigate cybersecurity risk, SmartOffice Secure provides end users with an exceptional login experience.

SmartOffice Secure provides comprehensive cybersecurity monitoring, support and audit logs for devices that access the private data stored in SmartOffice. It works with all remote devices, confirming their cybersecurity compliance during the login process. SmartOffice Secure is easy to implement, is integrated into SmartOffice and is managed at the office level with dashboard tie in.

"Endpoint Security is a leading cybersecurity concern, especially for firms in the financial sector. If the workstation is not secure then nothing is." said Brian Edelman, Cybersecurity Expert and FCI CEO. "FCI is pleased to partner with Ebix and OS33 to deliver SmartOffice Secure endpoint cybersecurity and compliance solution."

For more information about SmartOffice Secure, please visit: https://www.ebixchoice.com/smartoffice-secure.

About FCI
FCI is a NIST-Based Managed Security Service Provider (MSSP) dedicated to the Financial Services Industry. FCI blends best-of-breed technologies, cyber best practices, expertise and innovation to deliver Endpoint and Network cloud-based Managed Cybersecurity to the Independent Sales Offices of Insurance Carriers and Broker Dealers as well as to Advisors of all sizes. Since 1995, FCI protects private data, provides evidence of compliance of technical control requirements (FINRA, SEC, NAIC, NYDFS, etc.) and seamlessly delivers and remediates cyber compliance, tools and settings. FCI is MSP Verify certified by MSPAlliance and a proud participant in FINRA's Preferred Pricing Program. FCI Cybersecurity monitoring and incident response is on 24/7, 365 days/year.

About Workplace Frontline by OS33
Workplace by OS33 is the financial services industry's leading remote workplace, cloud security and compliance platform for investment advisory firms, broker dealers, and insurance companies with independent agents, representatives, and advisors. Workplace solves the unique regulatory and cybersecurity challenges facing financial firms by enabling remote productivity, while helping to safeguard data and ensure regulatory compliance.

About Ebix
With 50+ offices across 6 continents, Ebix, Inc. endeavors to provide On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial, healthcare and e-learning industries. In the Insurance sector, Ebix's main focus is to develop and deploy a wide variety of insurance and reinsurance exchanges on an on-demand basis, while also, providing Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS") enterprise solutions in the area of CRM, front-end & back-end systems, outsourced administration and risk compliance services, around the world.

With a "Phygital" strategy that combines 320,000 physical distribution outlets in many Southeast Asian Nations ("ASEAN") countries, to an Omni-channel online digital platform, the Company's EbixCash Financial exchange portfolio encompasses leadership in areas of domestic & international money remittance, foreign exchange (Forex), travel, pre-paid & gift cards, utility payments, lending, wealth management etc. in India and other markets. EbixCash's Forex operations have emerged as a leader in India's airport Foreign Exchange business with operations in 32 international airports including Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata, conducting over $4.8 billion in gross transaction value per year. EbixCash's inward remittance business in India conducts approx. $6.5 billion gross annual remittance business, confirming its undisputed leadership position in India. EbixCash, through its travel portfolio of Via and Mercury, is also one of Southeast Asia's leading travel exchanges with over 2,200+ employees, 212,450+ agent network, 25 branches and over 9,800 corporate clients; processing an estimated $2.5 billion in gross merchandise value per year.

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