Cyberattacks: what to do when they happen to you

It’s the call that IT teams dread: an employee is reporting that their PC screen is flashing red, with a message telling them that their files are encrypted and that they need to pay a ransom to get them unscrambled. What should they do next? By Peter Alexander, chief...

Advanced cybersecurity platform from Kaspersky

With digital transformation melting protection perimeters, IT security teams in enterprises are having to deal with the fact that complex threats are already within their network, as illustrated by the 48% of enterprises that believe that their organisation may...

OCF certification for Artik IoT modules

Samsung Electronics has announced Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) 1.3 certification for the Samsung Artik 05x series of modules, the first system-on-module family to be certified using new OCF standards for trust and connectivity for IoT. With the Artik 05x series,...

Staying connected while abroad is a must

As technology continues to become integrated into every part of our lives through digital transformation, being connected at all times is no longer a luxury, but a necessity. Technology now makes it possible for travellers to communicate with those close to them...

Obsidian’s 25th Free Beer session on 8 March

Open solutions technology and services specialist Obsidian Systems has announced that its next ‘Free Beer’ OS-focused networking session will take place on Thursday, 8 March. The company’s Free Beer Sessions is now a recognised value-add institution...

Develop for the bad guys: DevConf expert

As Africa’s youth embrace the development opportunities presented by new technologies and infrastructure, young developers must remain cognizant of the need to build applications with the ‘bad guys’ in mind. This is according to Nigerian full-stack...