NetXactics named Shavlik’s African partner

NetXactics has announced the addition of Shavlik’s on-premise and cloud based security management solutions to its distribution portfolio. As the exclusive distributor for Shavlik, the company will supply and support the complete range of centralised patch, asset and...

Sophos mobile security has Windows 8 support

Sophos has announced Sophos Mobile Control 3.5, the latest version of its mobile device management (MDM) solution. Available both on-premise and as-a-service, Sophos Mobile Control 3.5 makes it simple for small and mid-market organisations to secure, monitor and...

McAfee named a leader by Gartner

McAfee has announced that leading research firm Gartner has positioned the company in the Leaders’ Quadrant in its “Magic Quadrant for Secure Web Gateways” as published on 28 May, 2013. Gartner’s research examined leading who offer Web gateway solutions that utilise...

Kaspersky scores in AV-Comparatives test

Kaspersky Lab reports that Kaspersky Internet Security blocked 100% of malicious attacks in a recent Real-World Protection Test. The test was conducted by the authoritative international test lab AV-Comparatives in May 2013. The Kaspersky Lab solution was joined by 20...

Handheld mobile identification from Ideco

Ideco, an established leader in the application of biometric technology and southern Africa’s primary distributor of Morpho fingerprint biometric solutions, has released the MorphoIDent handheld mobile identification solution to help strengthen law enforcement. The...

SSL certificates mitigate phishing attacks

Online security has hit the headlines again recently thanks to a spate of Facebook account cloning. Another form of online identity theft, hackers create clone accounts, send friend requests to the user’s friends and then message them asking for help or money....