Creating a culture of security

Security has evolved from the sole responsibility of one team to that of the entire organisation, writes Prabashni Naidoo: director at Amazon Web Services South Africa. It must become a part of an organisation’s culture with every employee embracing security and...

Businesses lag in cyber protection

As of mid-February, about 4,7-million US employees were working remotely. The social distancing measures introduced in March caused that number to surge dramatically. According to Gallup, the percentage of full-time employees working from home due to Covid-19 jumped...

Keep your business safe from cybercrime

Garmin and Twitter recently joined the ranks of a string of global organisations that have fallen victim to crippling cyberattacks. By Byron Gibson, product manager at Seacom A little closer to home, last year, the City of Johannesburg’s network was also hacked...

Pandemic spurs need for digital ID

Digital ID systems, a prerequisite for developing functional e-governance platforms, have been on the agendas of many emerging economies for quite some time. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has reemphasized the importance of eIDs in providing social, medical and...

What recent data breaches tell us about cybersecurity in SA

The past couple of months should lay to rest any doubt over whether South African organisations are under sustained attack from cybercriminals. By Brian Pinnock, cybersecurity expert at Mimecast Over the past three months we’ve seen well-known local healthcare...

Online scams capitalise on job losses, pandemic disruption

Scammers worldwide have been exploiting people’s fears of lost jobs and income during the Covid-19 lockdown, by using phishing mails, fake websites and social media to extract personal information, spread malicious software or defraud unsuspecting victims. By...