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Ransomware a growing threat to SA organisations

Nov 1, 2019

The rise in cybercrime is unprecedented. Over one-third of South African IT decision-makers (35%) are on high alert and are expecting cyber-attacks on their businesses within days. By Ian Jansen van Rensburg, senior systems engineer at VMware Moreover, besides...

Keep your smart home hack-free

Nov 1, 2019

Smart home adoption is on the rise globally, and while affordability and infrastructure has prevented rapid uptake in South Africa, this is beginning to change. As products that are more inexpensive enter the market and connectivity improves, smart home adoption is...

Essential security skills for all employees

Nov 1, 2019

The best technology defence system in the world can be overcome by just one click. Cybercrime is a problem that affects everyone. It doesn’t matter how big or small the company may be, it is at risk of breach, fraud, hack, and theft. The statistics around the costs of...

Proactive invoicing vital to financial health

Oct 28, 2019

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are an important part of the economy, but they are vulnerable to cash-flow difficulties. Late payments can have a meaningful, and sometimes fatal, impact on SMEs and so the ability to automate invoicing is an important capability...

The smarter mobility revolution has started

Oct 28, 2019

The first-ever Electric Vehicle Road Trip (EVRT) Africa was a resounding success, raising awareness around smarter mobility while inspiring the public and other stakeholders to join the smarter mobility revolution. Driven by Generation.e, the EVRT Africa powered by...

The rise of ink tank technology

Oct 28, 2019

When ink tank technology was first introduced by Epson in 2014, the claim that it would one day become the preferred printing technology of the future was met with raised eyebrows. By Timothy Thomas, national sales manager at Epson South Africa Critics within and...

Counting the cost of a security breach

Oct 28, 2019

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

Oct 28, 2019

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

Oct 28, 2019

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

Oct 28, 2019

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

Oct 28, 2019

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

Oct 19, 2019

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...

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