Securing the remote workforce

For many organisations, the need to suddenly enable a remote workforce at scale has overtaken long-term plans they may have had to gradually extend remote work capacity. By Doros Hadjizenonos, regional sales director at Fortinet In a such context, time is of the...

The importance of next-generation firewalls

Despite the benefits of a digital and always-connected business environment, cyber security risks have also evolved to become more sophisticated and increasingly pervasive. By Rentia Booysen, collaboration and networking lead at Westcon-Comstor Sub-Saharan Africa As...

MSPs turn to cybersecurity, IoT

Cybersecurity specialisation and services linked to the Internet of Things lead the next wave of technology offerings from managed services providers (MSPs), according to a new report from CompTIA. Two-thirds of MSPs surveyed for the “Trends in Managed...

A growing attack surface

The complexity and span of devices on the network continues to develop at an astounding rate and many organisations are struggling to address the growing attack surface. By Mandy Duncan, country manager at Aruba A plethora of devices are being brought into the...
Security Terminology Demystified: Adware

Security Terminology Demystified: Adware

The Shylock of malware, adware is always looking to take its pound of flesh. When most people think about adware they think of a relatively harmless piece of code that’s annoying in its efforts to sell to you and take up space, but little more. The truth is that...

Ransomware: not about prevention anymore

Ransomware hit the headlines in 2019, with several high-profile attacks causing significant service disruption. By Johann Scheepers, country head at Commvault South Africa Some of the most notable ransomware attacks which caused lengthy outages at City of Johannesburg...