Apr 4, 2017
Ransomware is an ever-increasing threat worldwide, claiming new victims on a regular basis with no end in sight. The Check Point threat intelligence teams unpacks the issue. While most ransomware families prevent the victims from accessing their documents, pictures,...
Apr 4, 2017
Cybercrime is expected to cost businesses about R78 trillion by 2021, according to statistics quoted by Cisco Connect South Africa. The internet has created the perfect platform for cyber criminals to grow and prosper as they find ways around security systems and many...
Apr 4, 2017
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, SID’s David Liu looks back over the last decade and gives insight into the changes in the online security sector. What were you doing 10 years ago? Well, if you are South African, chances are you were listening to...
Apr 4, 2017
Too many businesses make the mistake of thinking a business year is a full twelve months. It isn’t. Late March and early April is more often than not a slow time of year for many organisations. People go on holiday, children are on school break, and the end-of-summer...
Apr 4, 2017
ALE, operating under the Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise brand, is introducing its hybrid communications blueprint to help businesses adopt Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS). Rainbow Connected Platform, the ALE “relationship machine”, is an overlay...
Apr 4, 2017
Traditionally, a business would build a product and hope to find customers who want to buy it. Aggressive marketing tactics would hook consumers who, faced with few other choices, would respond accordingly. The company would corner the market and move on to building...