Securing the cloud

Worldwide, the cloud services market is expected to soar. Alongside this, businesses are slowly getting used to the idea of hybrid cloud adoption, although Gartner estimates it is around five years from going mainstream. “Still, Gartner predicts the demand for...

Advanced application security at the centre of the digital economy

The World Economic Forum earlier this year shone a bright light on the future of the so-called ‘digital economy’. Interestingly, panel discussions very quickly shifted from this theme, into the realm of cyber-security – and just how we’ll stay...

Information security must be automated

Security must be automated and integrated to keep up with the fast-changing, ever-growing risk of cybercrime, says Fortinet. Paul Williams, country manager: southern Africa at Fortinet, says global cyber-attacks have become highly sophisticated and increasingly...

Time to review critical safety controls

Recent incidents have highlighted the need for all companies and organisations to review the safety and security of their data and their IT systems, as standard approaches no longer protect against myriad vulnerabilities, an expert says. “Even the highest...

The business case for DDoS protection

As our businesses continue to digitise, and an increasing number of services are delivered via the cloud, we tend to have very low tolerance for downtime. “Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks can rip straight into the heart of the modern digital...

An intelligent solution for security skills

It’s no secret that we’re currently faced with a global information security skills crisis, writes Simeon Tassev, MD and QSA of Galix Networking. Given that the predicted increase in demand for information security professionals is exceeding the current...