Do personality traits matter when it comes to cyber security?

In the digital era, cyber-crime is a high-stakes business, with criminals constantly upping the ante in a bid to gain access to valuable data. By Anna Collard, MD and founder of Popcorn Training Criminals know it’s easier to hack a human than trying to break...

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...