Security at the heart of successful transformation

Kathy Gibson is at Dell EMC Partner Summit in Cape Town – Every organisation has security at top of mind, and CIOs are grappling with the challenge of implementing digital transformation while keeping it secure. Hein Kern, who looks after the RSA business in South...

Data protection to the fore

Kathy Gibson is at Dell EMC Partner Summit in Cape Town – In the era of digitalisation, with data becoming more pervasive than ever before, it is key to ensure that data is protected. The problem, says Servaas Venter, DPS sales lead at Dell EMC, is compounded by the...

SA a breeding ground for cyber attacks

As markets in fast growing economies race to join the digital revolution they are fast being hijacked by cybercriminals, who are preying on security vulnerabilities in some fledgling IT environments. By Keith Matthews, country manager: South Africa at Orange Business...

The alarming disadvantages of home security systems

Traditional home alarm systems started appearing on the consumer market in the 1980s-1990s. At that time, they were an advance in security technology. They had motion detection, cameras and very few visible wires. They made homeowners feel more secure. But fast...

How the Industry 4.0 will change cybersecurity

We’ve come a long way from the industrial revolution that saw the creation of steam engines and mechanised manufacturing completely transforming the world at the time. Then came electricity and later, IT enabled manufacturing. Today we stand at the edge of the...

Break the seesaw of usability and security

There are two things we have been hearing a lot about in 2018: security and usability. By Brendan McAravey, country manager at Citrix South Africa The launch of the iPhone about 10 years ago helped start a revolution in how we access data. It not only set a new...