Security boardroom disconnects leave businesses vulnerable

A wasted skill is a wasted opportunity to maximise commercial ambition. It can also put you at risk. In today’s highly competitive market, you need the right talent in the right place and at the right time. By Martin Walshaw, SE team lead: sub-Saharan Africa at...

Safety and security go hand-in-hand with visibility

In security, the significance of visibility cannot be overstated. By Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies However, the biggest issue in gaining visibility over a perimeter through CCTV surveillance lies in the lighting conditions of the area to be...

Are you living in blissful ignorance?

South African firms don’t take threats seriously enough, writes Graham Croock, director of BDO IT Advisory and Cyber Lab. On a recent visit to BDO in Norway, it struck me that many South African-based businesses and organisations are increasingly exposed to...

What burglars look for before breaking into a home

The mid-year school break is here, and with it will come trips away with the family and holidays abroad, which means homes will be left empty at a greater rate. Before you pack up your suitcase to take your much-needed holiday, it’s important to make sure that...

World Cup squads briefed on cybersecurity

The FIFA World Cup in Russia has passed without much incident so far – indeed, the only controversial moments have involved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) for the first time in World Cup history. The doom and gloom prophecies that accompany the...

SMBs need to be cyber secure

With headline-grabbing data breaches and high-stake hacks on the rise, earning and maintaining the trust of visitors to one’s website is a mounting challenge, especially for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Without big budgets or teams of IT...