Cyber risks severely underrated 1 May 2015, Integrated Solutions South Africa is the fifth most targeted country in the world in terms of cybercrime attacks, while informal consensus within the private sector places SA third behind Russia and China.
Detection and response 1 May 2015 Recent large-scale attacks move focus from blocking and detecting attacks, to detecting and responding to attacks. Gartner says by 2018, 40% of large organisations will have formal plans to address aggressive cyber-security business disruption attacks.
Data security is essential for Government May 2015, Government and Parastatal (Industry) Cybercrime is a burgeoning threat, not only to business but also to governments all over the world. The increasing number of highly publicised examples of cybercrime highlights this trend.
Widening gulf between perception and reality April 2015 Cisco unveils security manifesto as a foundation for organisations in South Africa to better understand and respond to today’s cybersecurity challenges.
Experian SA launches new fraud prevention solution 1 April 2015, Security Services & Risk Management Experian SA has launched the National Fraud Prevention Solution to address the significant threat of identity and credit application fraud in South Africa.
Understanding intelligence CCTV Handbook 2015 Intelligence is gained from many aspects of surveillance that does not necessarily require a picture. Information only becomes intelligent when it is used with all other available information to provide the basis for a decision and perhaps a result.
Safer than Sony 1 March 2015 Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO of ESET Southern Africa, discusses three cyber security lessons learned from 2014’s most notorious hack.
Security in the modern age 1 March 2015 It is now universally accepted that ever-increasing sophistication in technology, however ground-breaking it may be, brings with it a host of security challenges.
The greater the innovation in how it’s ...
Careless employees the greatest mobile threat 1 January 2015 Check Point’s third annual mobile security survey highlights careless employees as the greatest mobile security threat. 82% of security professionals expect the number of mobile security incidents to increase in 2015.
IFSEC SA 2015 focuses on retaining data securely November 2014, Security Services & Risk Management Data storage and recovery has become big business as companies realise the true cost of losing all their strategic data to carelessness, fire or theft. Enterprise Strategy Group research indicates that ...
Explosion of PoS RAM scrapers November 2014 Local retailers need to be aware that these PoS threats are on the rise and 2014 has already seen the appearance of a number of new PoS RAM scraper families.
Hacking a living room October 2014 Popular connected home entertainment devices are a real cyber security threat due to vulnerabilities in their software, and a lack of elementary security measures such as strong default administrator passwords and encryption of Internet connection.
The IoT is already here – will you be secure? 1 September 2014 “We should question whether some of the great advancements in technology are designed to serve us or serve the interests of others.”
Malicious malware and your business 1 September 2014 Businesses should be aware that their security system from last year might not be protected from today’s most common malware.
A look into the cybercriminal underground August 2014 Places in the Internet where cybercriminals converge to sell and buy different products and services exist. Like any other market, the laws of supply and demand dictate prices and feature offerings.
Manager’s guide: Tailor-made security policy August 2014 With the never ending number of security threats to business information it is imperative that managers take the initiative to establish working and evolving security policies that protect the business and its assets.
Practicing good information governance August 2014 The exponential growth of data, combined with increasing regulation, has left many organisations struggling with the complexity of compliance required to manage their information.
Securing enterprise cloud applications 1 July 2014, HID Global With data now living on the wrong side of conventional internal defences in cloud-based server farms, the ground has shifted and a one-size-fits-all approach to data protection is not sufficient.
