Employee education a critical weapon against cyber threats

The better an employee’s understanding of cyber security risks is, the greater their potential to participate in reducing these risks, as well as the associated costs of a breach. The average cost of a cyber security breach can range between R1-million for small...

Tackling the trillion-dollar identity fraud crises

Fraud costs trillions of dollars to world economies annually. For consumers whose identity data has been stolen, the impact on their lives can vary from being a nuisance to financial and emotional trauma, Worldwide, around 40% of consumers have been the targets of...

Mobile ad fraud and what you can do about it

If you take a moment to look around you, wherever you are, you will be hard pressed to find one person without a mobile phone. Chances are that you may even be reading this from your mobile device. Because of their convenience, mobile devices have become a popular...

IoT: on the rise and under threat

Service providers can stay safe today’s increasingly connected world. Simon McCullough, solution architect at F5 Networks, explains how. The global Internet of Things (IoT) market will likely reach trillions of dollars in the coming years. According to Gartner,...

Is your data lying to you?

Data and analytics are increasingly important tools that help businesses decide where to invest and develop, with one example of this being UPS, which has used data/analytics to save up to $400-million every year through optimising delivery routes. “While we...

Password awareness critical in the fight against cybercrime

If you knew just how valuable your identity was, would you pay more attention to securing it? A recent Kaspersky Lab study revealed that digital identity data and information holds significant value to cybercriminals – who craft ways of gaining this data without...