Complexity drives need for integrated security

Organisations in the Middle East and Africa are unlikely to increase the number of vendors they interact with. However, they are likely to increase the number of products in use, which highlights that organisations in the region currently do not tend to follow an...

Industrial companies should brace for attack

On average two-in-five computers, related to the technological infrastructure of industrial enterprises, faced cyberattacks in the second half of 2016. This is a finding from Kaspersky Lab’s report, the “Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems...

Routed debuts vendor-neutral cloud platform

Cloud service provider Routed has launched its vendor-neutral cloud platform to offer what the company believes South Africa needs: a cloud platform that is reliable, scalable and secure. Andrew Cruise, MD of Routed, says the cloud market is on an immense growth curve...

Don’t get caught short on POPI compliance

With only a few months to go before the office of the Information Regulator is operational and the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) becomes fully enacted, organisations must be aware of the limited time left to comply with the comprehensive requirements...

Data compromises top 7bn records

A staggering 1 792 data breaches led to almost 1,4-billion data records being compromised worldwide during 2016, an increase of 86% compared to 2015. According to Gemalto’s Breach Level Index, identity theft was the leading type of data breach in 2016,...

Better functionality will sustain wearables growth

The wearables growth story continues unabated in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, with shipments reaching an all-time high of 746 000 units in the final quarter of 2016, according to the latest figures compiled by International Data Corporation (IDC)....