Cyber security has to be a C-Level priority 

The importance of an integrated IT security strategy is steadily increasing, especially in current pandemic times. The accelerated digitalization in almost all areas of life has broadened the scope of possible attacks by hackers. With isolated bottom-up projects, it...

How scammers hook SMEs

Online scammers are forever trying to trick not only unsuspecting users, but also company employees. Sure, it is usually far harder to dupe a business than a retiree, but the potential rate of return is far higher in the former case. Therefore, attempts to get SMes to...

Everything you need to know about CEO fraud

CEO fraud – also called business email compromise (BEC) – is a scam in which cybercriminals spoof company email accounts and impersonate executives to try and fool an employee in accounting or HR into executing unauthorised wire transfers, or sending out confidential...

The changing landscape of high-speed connectivity

Internet access has come a long way from the R28 000 it cost for a 256kbps connection in 1995. By Shane Chorley, head of sales and marketing at Frogfoot Even prior to the lockdown, almost 500 000 homes and more than 114, 00 business premises were connected to fibre...

Security threats of working remotely

As businesses navigate themselves through the current pandemic, the way in which they operate has changed forever. Lockdown has forced businesses to make very quick decisions. What has previously taken months and years, has been agreed in weeks. The crisis forced...