Sep 21, 2017
Selling cyber security products and services is challenging at the best of times. Security, even though it is understood to be essential, tends to be a grudge purchase for most businesses. “Security is aimed at preventing a business from falling victim to a...
Sep 5, 2017
In a new white paper published today, BDO’s global cybersecurity leadership group stresses the importance of businesses gaining an understanding of their unique risk profiles in order to ensure the right cyber insurance for their needs. Cyber insurance: managing...
Sep 4, 2017
The easiest way to hack into a network is by exploiting the one vulnerability most often left unpatched — human nature, according to Michael Ferendinos, enterprise risk business unit head at Aon South Africa and Rudi Dicks, senior cyber consultant at BDO...
Sep 4, 2017
Employees aren’t just bringing their devices into work — they’re living on them. Checking one’s phone is the first and last thing many do every day. With smartphones becoming constant companions, hackers are seeking every avenue available to...
Aug 28, 2017
Global ransomware attacks have increased by 11% over the past 12 months ending March 2017, according to Europol. Furthermore, a recent IBM Security and Ponemon Institute study found that the average cost of a data breach in South Africa is currently R32-million, a 12%...
Aug 23, 2017
With the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into force next year, it is important for South African organisations to identify ways to best manage their data. Yet many companies are still worryingly under-prepared for what will be the most significant...
