Password dilemmas revealed

Today we log into online accounts all the time — from transferring money between bank accounts, to shopping online, checking the weather, or booking a taxi on a night out. But what if suddenly you can’t log into the account you need, when you need it? What...

SA organisations must prioritise security in 2018

Cyber-attacks are as old as technology itself. But even as organisations implement better ways to safeguard themselves and their data, malware evolves to become more sophisticated. The reality is that breaches will happen. It is how the organisation can mitigate those...

Cyber-predictions for 2018

Doros Hadjizenonos, country manager of Check Point South Africa, looks at the wider cybersecurity-related issues impacting our daily lives that we can expect to emerge over the coming year. As the publisher Arnold H Glasow put it, “The trouble with the future is that...

Keep children safe online

This festive season many youngsters will be receiving phones or tablets from Santa. In today’s technology dominated world, it’s quite normal to be concerned with your child’s safety online. The digital age is here to stay and security for children...

Cybersecurity predictions for 2018

Online security is seemingly getting more compromised with each passing year. 2017 has witnessed some of the worst security breaches in history — such as the breach of Equifax, which impacted over 143-million clients in the US and abroad. There were also three...

Budgeting for security in 2018

The industry at large has tightened its belts this year, and as we head into 2018 if 2017 has taught us anything then it is that we can’t afford to skimp on cybersecurity. In fact, in 2017 so many businesses have had to make do with fewer resources to combat a...