2021 trends in cybersecurity

The pandemic has forced organisations across all industries to be versatile and agile to meet current and future challenges. By Riaan de Villiers, business analyst at LAWTrust Information Security Solutions As employees continue to work remotely, cybercriminals are...

Ransomware will be used to sow chaos

Nearly half (45%) of South African respondents in Mimecast’s State of Email Security 2020 report said ransomware attacks had impacted their organisation. The common consequences of successful attacks included data loss, downtime and financial loss. Duane Nicol,...

Top cybersecurity challenges for 2021

Digitalisation is impacting nearly every single aspect of our lives. There is not only a rapid adoption of machine learning and artificial intelligence tools, but everyone is becoming more dependent on software, hardware and cloud infrastructure. By John Mc Loughlin,...

Trends shaping the cybersecurity outlook for 2021

Everything is different, and yet the same. As we look ahead to the cybersecurity landscape in the next 12 months, it is from a position no one predicted this time last year. By Tom Kellerman, head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware Carbon Black Business operations...