Avoiding the consequences of data loss

Protecting data has become of the utmost importance for organisations today, as information if the lifeblood of a business, says Gareth Tudor, CEO of Altonet. There are many consequences should sensitive information fall into the wrong hands, however, as the workforce...

BYOD: securing the mobile business

Mobile threats are growing exponentially, as a flood of mobile devices is hitting the enterprise. If the past is anything to go by, 2013 will see an unprecedented number of threats hitting the mobile enterprise. Over and above lost and stolen devices, there are...

Meet the dark side of social media

Over the past few months, hundreds of South Africa’s approximately 6,19-million registered Facebook users have become the victims of cloning. This practice, which is also known as deep mining, is when cybercriminals lift a user’s name and profile picture from their...

Should criminals fear biometric security?

Although many biometric-based security solutions fall short of the mark when it comes to overall protection and serving as a credible source of evidence in law enforcement, there are characteristics that typify comprehensive offerings that should have the would-be...

JD Consumer Finance deploys Jasco solution

Jasco Security has recently completed the installation and implementation of a turnkey, fully integrated video surveillance and security solution for JD Consumer Finance, a division of the JD Group as part of the construction of their new premises in Randburg,...

Protect company data from insider theft

Despite news of hacking, industrial espionage, corporate data theft, data leaks and other breaches and assaults on enterprise information coming to the fore and grabbing headlines almost daily, a shocking amount of businesses – especially smaller ones – are still...