Counting the cost of a security breach

The cost of a data breach has risen 12% over the past five years, and now costs $3,92-million on average. These rising expenses are representative of the multiyear financial impact of breaches, increased regulation and the complex process of resolving criminal...

A new approach is needed to cyber security concerns

Businesses continue to have a sense of unease in terms of their security posture as they move their data to the cloud, adopt a hybrid and or a multi-cloud strategy and utilise more cloud applications. By Barry Kemp, head of managed IT at Vox The top three cybercrimes...

Cyber risk is not just an IT problem

Recent high-profile attacks underscore the cyber risk facing all enterprises, writes Doros Hadjizenonos, regional sales director at Fortinet. Cyber attacks are proliferating globally; but in an increasingly digitised world, traditionally ‘digitally-enabled’ companies...

Smarter cameras and the applications of today

Network video installations have come a long way. Firmly established within the safety and security arena, they are now increasingly used in various applications. By Vanessa Tyne, senior KAM at Axis Communications South Africa Adapting its technologies to meet...

The new cyber-norm

Today is D-Day for banks and the City of Johannesburg to pay ransom demands sent through by hackers last week. Bryan Hamman, Regional Director at NETSCOUT, which offers NETSCOUT Arbor, specialising in advanced DDos protection solutions, offers this explanation of DDoS...
Ransomware flourishes with crypto

Ransomware flourishes with crypto

When City Power announced that a ransomware attack left Joburg residents unable to buy electricity, it highlighted the debilitating effects that a cyberattack can have. The increasing frequency and voracity of cyber concerns are mirrored in Aon’s 2019 Global...