Zero-day vulnerabilities need more than just a patch

WatchGuard Threat Lab’s recent Internet Security Report cites that 78% of zero-day malware threats evade basic detection.  This trend was also seen in previous quarters, which makes a solid case for taking immediate step to safeguard organisations against zero-day...

Security versus functionality: how to avoid an end user revolt

One of the biggest challenges facing any chief information security office (CISO) today is a term we call end user revolt – when users circumvent all security measures and protocols in order to do their jobs. By Wayne Olsen, managing executive: cybersecurity at...

Recognise, report and prevent phishing

One significant finding published in Fortinet’s 1H 2022 FortiGuard Labs Threat Report is that ransomware is rampant. By: Aamir Lakhani, global security strategist and researcher and Rob Rashotte, vice-president: global training and technical field enablement at...

So many needles. One giant haystack

Cyber security is exhausting. It keeps worried security analysts awake at night. Will there be a zero-day that they couldn’t have predicted? Will someone use a terrible password that leads to a terrible hack? It also constantly harasses security operations...

Top cybersecurity tips for business

Cybersecurity Awareness Month started in the US in 2004, but has rapidly expanded around the world as the threat of cyberattacks against businesses continues to grow in a digital age. For me, there are four key practices every company should be looking at when it...

Bridge the gap between CEO and CISO to achieve cyber resilience

In early September around 50 000 users had their personal details exposed when the fintech Revolut was breached in a cyber attack. The latest attack is one in a rising tide of breaches which are unlikely to subside until CEOs and CISOs can close the gap between how...