How to survive – and learn from – a cyberattack

A recent study by South African cybersecurity firm Nclose revealed a sobering statistic: over 60% of businesses surveyed suffered at least one ransomware attack in the past two years, with 12% enduring six or more such attacks. By Javvad Malik, lead security awareness...

The role of analytics and AI in flood prediction and preparedness

An undeniable reality of living in the 21st century is that we are increasingly being confronted with changing weather patterns, writes Alexander Tikhonov, regional director of SAS Middle East, Turkiye and Africa. In densely populated communities, which are common in...

AI unlocks true document character recognition

One of the most significant recent developments when it comes to data management has been the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in optical character recognition (OCR). Through this advanced technology, companies can enhance their document processing capabilities and...
Security Janus: two faces of DCAP systems

Security Janus: two faces of DCAP systems

Sergio Bertoni, leading analyst at SearchInform, unpacks what DCAP systems are, and how they can be used to protect data.   DCAP for dummies On the one hand, various DCP/DAG systems aren’t magic unicorns. A lot of companies use them on the daily basis. The first...

Stay safe while using AI assistants

The new DeepSeek AI assistant has attracted a lot of attention in recent days. Kaspersky experts have also detected scam activity related to it. Due to high numbers of new users and an alleged cyberattack on DeepSeek, there are glitches in the registration process on...