Lessons from the Ashley Madison hack

Jul 27, 2015

The traditional approach to security is no longer acceptable and many companies are not shifting their policies and protection quickly enough to deal with the fast-evolving security threats, says Martin Walshaw, senior engineer at F5 Networks. The Ashley Madison hack this week has proven to be yet another example of businesses being unprepared for cyber security attacks.

Orixcom offers Zadara storage

Jul 15, 2015

Zadara Storage and Orixcom have announced that Zadara’s award-winning Virtual Private Storage Array (VPSA) platform is now being offered as part of Orixcom’s portfolio of services. Organisations worldwide are experiencing a compounding effect on their data storage –...

Data leak prevention is essential

Jul 15, 2015

The business world has become increasingly digital, and e-mail is the most prevalent means of communication in many organisations. While e-mail offers many benefits, such as improved efficiency and overall productivity, it can also prove to be the single biggest point...

Security threats linked to demographics

Jul 6, 2015

Aruba Networks is calling for businesses worldwide to take action as a new mobile security risk report reveals that businesses are ill prepared for the high-risk, high-growth mind-set of the #GenMobile workforce, creating alarming disparity around security practices...

Increase vigilance to avoid being hacked

Jun 30, 2015

The term “heist” conjures up images of slick professionals outsmarting and conning banks, government agencies, casinos, organisations and individuals, before robbing them and getting away with wads of cash. The film industry has, in general, established the genre as...

Five questions to ask before clicking a link

Jun 30, 2015

In today’s world of advancing cybercrime, URLs can lead to password and data theft as well as drive-by-download malware attacks, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO, ESET Southern Africa. Before you click on a link, as yourself these five questions: Do you trust the person...