IoT devices and DDoS attacks in perspective

Bryan Hamman, territory manager for sub-Saharan Africa at Arbor Networks, talks about the issues around DDoS attacks on IoT devices Embedded Internet-of-Thing (IoT) botnets are not a new phenomenon – we’ve seen them leveraged to launch distributed denial...

Planning for tomorrow’s cyberattacks

As organisations think through their cybersecurity strategy for the coming year the challenge they face is how to plan for success, writes Peter Bauer, CEO and co-founder of Mimecast. This past year we’ve seen how cybercriminals continue to become more sophisticated...

Cloud security: More than just an IT problem

In 2016 we saw the rise of cloud adoption, with three new Internet-based companies created every second. With –Forester predicting that the global public cloud market expected to reach $236 billion by 2020. With this comes the evolution of cybercrime and the need to...

‘Tis the season to scam

As more people start shopping online, and with a bumper online season predicted, it doesn’t pay to not have safeguards warns Sarel Lamprecht, MD of cyber-insurance company Phishield. 2016 is slowly winding down, and everyone is gearing up for a well-deserved...

Internet of Things or Internet of Threats?

Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks, outlines five security trends to ensure businesses are adequately protected over the Christmas break. As businesses unwind for the holidays, many may take stock of the multiple data breaches, which exposed both corporate...