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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...

Understanding the shared responsibility security model

Oct 19, 2019

Unsanctioned and unsecured cloud applications are creating a massive amount of risk for enterprises in every industry. In an on-premise data centre, the business’s IT, and security teams handle all aspects of and are responsible for, data security. However, in...

Proactivity key to effective cybersecurity

Oct 19, 2019

Given current threat levels, all organisations should assume that they will experience some sort of cybersecurity incident sooner or later – probably sooner. This is according to Nadia Veeran-Patel, manager: cyber resilience at ContinuitySA, who says: “Plan for...

The massive cyber-security threat facing SA businesses

Oct 19, 2019

By Kathy Gibson – A massive one-third of South African IT decision-makers expect to experience an imminent cyber-attack. In addition, emerging technologies are starting to make an impact on the security landscape, says Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx. “The...

How partners can help fix broken IT security

Oct 19, 2019

It would seem that IT security has reached an interesting crossroads: despite a proliferation of investment, only a quarter of business leaders across Europe, Middle East and Africa are confident in their current cyber security, and less than a fifth are confident in...

Stay secure in Cyber Security Awareness Month

Oct 19, 2019

It’s Cyber Security Awareness Month and this year’s overarching message – Own IT. Secure IT. Protect IT. – will focus on key areas including citizen privacy, consumer devices, and e-commerce security. To help users out this Cyber Security Awareness Month, Anna...

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