Is your IoT ecosystem opening you up to supply chain attacks?

The Internet of Things (IoT) promises to revolutionise the relationships businesses have with their data. While it is still in its nascent stages, companies from every industry and sector are exploring different IoT use cases, looking for greater efficiencies and productivity.

One of the ... Read More

Protecting organisations against modern DDoS attacks

By Rezelde Botha, Business Unit Manager for Citrix at Axiz

The recent slew of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against South African banks and ISPs have highlighted the fact that even the largest o ... Read More

Intelligence-led approach key to successful IT security

By Nasser Bostan, Head of Security for MEA & India at BT

In a digitally transforming world, cybercrime is an ever-present threat. To manage this threat, many businesses have invested in cybersecurity defen ... Read More

How security can accelerate digital transformation

By Ignus de Villiers, Divisional Manager of Cybersecurity at Nexio

In today’s digital world, companies are constantly searching for ways to stay ahead of competitors. Many are investing in digital transformation initiatives to gain new ways of creating exceptional customer ... Read More

Keep calm, and focus on security

By Ignus de Villiers, Divisional Manager, Cybersecurity, at Nexio

The past 10 days have seen headline after headline about cyber attacks on South African organisations. From DDoS attacks on ISPs, to municipalities and banks being targeted, it seemed like the country – and i ... Read More

Does your backup defend against ransomware?

By Jonathan de Kock, Country Manager, Acronis

So far this year, 4.1 billion private records have been exposed as a result of breaches and cyber attacks. From WhatsApp, to Capital One, to utilities, to city and state governments all over the world, organisations with multi-million ... Read More

AI: The perfect partner for the future of cyber defence

By Alex Healing, Senior Researcher: Future Cyber Defence, BT

In a climate where the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing are pushing global enterprises' data flows into vaster and faster environments than we've ever seen before, security teams need to find ways to concent ... Read More

Actionable intelligence essential for cyber defence

By Ignus de Villiers, Divisional Manager, Cybersecurity, Nexio

With each new breach making headlines, it is becoming clearer and clearer that yesterday's defences are no match for today's attacks. The growing popularity of cloud services, mobile devices and the Internet of Things ... Read More

How can companies protect themselves from future ransomware attacks?

By Lukas van der Merwe, Specialist Sales Executive: Security at T-Systems South Africa. 

The recent ransomware attack on Johannesburg power utility City Power shows how easy it is for organisations to fall victim to cybercriminals, who often carry out attacks that a ... Read More

Preparing your data for PoPI: The time to act is now

By Hayden Sadler, Country Manager for South Africa at INFINIDAT

Now is the time for companies to ensure their data is compliant with the Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act. Although South African businesses have been slow on the uptake when preparing for PoPI, intellig ... Read More

Transforming cybersecurity for modern business needs

By Alexander Moiseev, Chief Business Officer, Kaspersky

I'd like to tell you a story. When working with a client on its security provision, we discovered that it had only devoted 4% of its total IT budget to cybersecurity. "Let's develop a solution with this 4%" said the client. ... Read More

For cybersecurity success, double-down on developing better detectors

By Martin Potgieter, Technical Director at Nclose

The basis of threat detection in security operations centres over the past decade has predominantly relied on rules, commonly defined by SIEM vendors. These “rules” (also called alarms, alerts or use cases depending on ... Read More

Internships and employment opportunities are key to bridging the cyber security skills gap - and addressing the 'brain drain' of immigration

The skills shortage that exists around cyber security is by no means a South African problem, however, the global nature of the challenge is exacerbating the issue in the local market. Those few skilled professionals we do have are often lured by the prospect of greener pastures overseas, leaving ... Read More

Digital transformation's growing attack surface

Traditional business models need to be reimagined as digital transformation continues to enable businesses to innovate and find new ways to not only leverage data but keep abreast of customer’s evolving requirements. While this presents innumerable opportunities, it also brings with it seve ... Read More

Digital transformation is changing risk management in banks

For some time now, banks have been using digital technologies to help transform various areas of their business; in fact, digital has become deeply embedded in banking strategy. Digitisation is compelling for financial services businesses across the board, as it promises significant advantag ... Read More

Do you still have ownership of your data?

For years, cloud services have been growing in popularity due to their agility and “supposed” cost effectiveness. While most companies only have portions of their infrastructure in the cloud, the number using cloud services for mission-critical applications is growing. Today’s I ... Read More

We need a gear shift to support our youth and their future marketplace opportunities

With South Africa’s unemployment rate reaching 27.6% in the first quarter of 2019, worryingly approaching a 15-year high, it is important for corporate South Africa to assist in creating a pool of skills that will not only address today’s workforce requirements, but those of tomorrow. ... Read More

Cybercrime is powered by enterprise-grade multinational organisations - treat it as such

Email attacks are cheap, easy, low risk and high reward. And based on the recently launched 2019 State of Email Security Report, they are on the rise: 53% of South African companies saw an increase in phishing attacks containing malicious links or attachments in the past year, and 63% reported in ... Read More

Security challenges every SME needs to check

The hidden risks of security that impact on the small to medium enterprise

One of the most predominant challenges in the small to medium enterprise (SME) market is that many companies in this sector still don’t take security seriously. Many believe that if they simply add on an anti ... Read More

Archiving in an age of rampant cyber threats

The World Economic Forum believes cyber security is the fifth-greatest strategic risk facing the world in 2019, according to its latest Global Risks Report. Cyber threats are multifaceted: from government spying to election meddling, stolen passwords to impersonation fraud and ransomware, organis ... Read More

Digital forensics goes mainstream

Digital forensics has become an increasingly popular topic in the world of cyber security. We are seeing a slew of TV shows, with clever hackers working for the good guys to retrieve sensitive information, or to stop wily cyber attackers in their tracks.

However, the popularity and value ... Read More

It starts with ISO 20000 and ends with easier information security compliance

The looming Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act in South Africa and the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union (EU) have brought information security to the fore for many organisations. These regulations, in addition to the ISO 27001 standard ... Read More

Demystifying DMaaS and why you need it

The move towards “Everything as a Service” (XaaS) is revolutionising business and Data Management as a Service (DMaaS), the latest offering in this basket of solutions, is gaining popularity. This is driven largely by cloud migrations along with the simplicity and cost effectiveness t ... Read More

Data security critical for cloud-based solutions

Traditionally, data used to be a physical asset that required on-site protection. However, in the digital age, data can be located anywhere in the world thanks to the adoption of cloud solutions. Of course, this does not mean its security should be any less of a priority as data has become the li ... Read More