Nov 25, 2014
Social media has fundamentally changed the way information is shared and accessed. As a result, these channels are playing an increasingly important role in cyber forensic investigations. “Social media has become an extension of our everyday lives and a primary means...
Nov 25, 2014
Despite claims of its demise, the firewall is still the foundation stone of security deployments. Doros Hadjizenonos, Check Point South Africa sales manager, looks at how it has adapted to combat three decades of threats. Was your business online 20 years ago?...
Nov 18, 2014
Malware and threats have evolved to previously unimagined levels. Gone are the days where pimply geeks in basements wrote proof-of-concept malware to show off – today’s threat authors mean business, whether that is stealing millions of rands, proprietary company data...
Nov 12, 2014
Securing the network is a top priority for telcos and carriers as LTE becomes increasingly mainstream across Africa, says Fortinet. Perry Hutton, regional director of Fortinet for Africa, says: “LTE is changing the playing field. The previous generation of mobile...
Nov 11, 2014
Businesses are under constant pressure to prevent security breaches by cunning and sophisticated adversaries that are targeting their most sensitive data. These attacks can have devastating consequences for organisations – putting their staff and customers at...
Nov 7, 2014
Malware has been around in some form for over 40 years, but the use of malware to take control of a group of computers that are then organised into something called a botnet is more than a 21st century phenomenon, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO of ESET Southern...
