Dec 7, 2022
Working in cyber security can be draining. It’s a high-pressure environment and the stakes are only getting higher. A recent report found that 45% of cybersecurity professionals have considered quitting over the constant threat of Ransomware attacks. By Danny...
Dec 2, 2022
Cybersecurity threats have become one of the biggest risks facing companies in 2022 – and this is only set to get worse. HP research shows that cyberthreats have grown by a staggering 300% year on year (YoY), with close to three-quarters of companies reporting they...
Dec 1, 2022
When rebels shot down commercial passenger aircraft Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014, amateur online sleuths used social media posts to pinpoint the perpetrators and even the missile system used in the attack. More recently, at the start of the pandemic, a story...
Dec 1, 2022
The approach of the New Year is the ideal time to start investigating multifactor authentication (MFA), a layered approach to electronic security that requires two or more credentials to verify identity. South Africa’s Internet Service Providers’...
Nov 30, 2022
It’s any company’s worst nightmare – an employee in the organisation unknowingly downloads an email attachment containing malware, and within minutes your system has been hijacked and all your data encrypted. To make matters worse, the perpetrators...
Nov 29, 2022
If we are to understand the most important theme of the recent cybersecurity month, which as always, is accompanied by a host of articles around trends and best practice, it’s pertinent to start with an analogy about our personal homes. By Antony Russell, chief...
