Five tips for securing a wireless network

Sophos has suggested best practices that can help administrators go beyond the basics of wireless security to provide advanced security, manageability and accessibility. “It isn’t hard to set up security for the wireless router in your basement by changing the SSID,...

Beefing up network security

Thanks to evolving technology, even small businesses collect vast amounts of data these days. This includes the systems logs that are constantly being generated by servers, apps and other network systems. “Let’s take a bank as an example. At the backend, all the...

Social networking poses security threats

Social networking is all about sharing: information, ideas, jokes, pictures, personal, academic and professional milestones. That is why it has become such a popular way for individuals around the world to stay in touch with each other and for brands to reach out to...

Safeguard identity on social media platforms

From reconnecting with an old friend from school, to hearing about a friend’s job promotion or viewing photos of a colleague’s new baby – social media has made it easy for consumers to share exciting news – or just let their social media circles of friends know...

Firewalls keep cybercriminals out

In March this year, Internet users across the world experienced slowed down service due to what has been called the biggest cyber attack in history. Although the attack was specifically aimed at European spam fighting group The Spamhaus Project, Web sites around the...

Are biometrics solutions really secure?

Biometric access control technology has experienced phenomenal growth in adoption in South Africa over the past few years, with an estimated 80% of all access control solutions using fingerprint readers and other biometrics to enhance security, says Kobus Le Roux,...