How to address critical infrastructure vulnerabilities

Almost 80% of industrial security incidents in critical infrastructure organisations are caused by unintentional internal issues such as software misconfigurations from human error and malfunctioning network protocols, according to Fortinet. Critical infrastructure...

MDM presents big data conference

Master Data Management (MDM) MD Gary Allemann, will be presenting at the Big Data & Analytics Conference, running from 12 to 13 July 2016 at the Indaba Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg. He will cover why banks are unable to exploit big data, explore the lack of...

How many cyber-heists go unreported?

Between the hours of 5am and 8am Japan time on 15 May last month, cyber attackers used compromised card details of customers from a Tier 1 bank in Africa to make transactions on a number of customer accounts. Well over 100 cyber crooks made physical cash withdrawals...

HP Inc makes business printing mobile, secure

HP Inc has announced new mobile and business intelligence software to help business IT managers make their print environment more mobile, secure and productive. The new offerings include: * Mobile print software that makes printing from mobile devices to printers on a...

Big increase in active malware families

Check Point Software Technologies has published its latest Threat Index for May 2016, revealing that the number of active global malware families increased by 15% in May 2016. The May Threat Index presents a mixed view of Africa, with several countries making quite...

Netxactics now offers Thycotic PAM solutions

Security solution distributor, Netxactics, has announced availability of the Thycotic range of Privileged Account Management (PAM) software solutions. This is the first time the product set is available locally, and offers protection against cyber-attacks that use...