Reclaiming the inner city with visible public CCTV
Drugs, prostitution, armed robbery, rape and hijackings are just a few of the crimes that plague the downtown streets of cities like Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. By Mark Chertkow, director at Graphic Image Technologies Within walking distance of tourist hotspots like the...
Sophos acquires Rook Security
Sophos has acquired Rook Security, a pioneer and leader in managed detection and response (MDR) services. Rook Security provides a 24/7 team of cyberthreat hunters and incident response experts who monitor, hunt for, analyze and respond to security incidents for...
Do personality traits matter when it comes to cyber security?
In the digital era, cyber-crime is a high-stakes business, with criminals constantly upping the ante in a bid to gain access to valuable data. By Anna Collard, MD and founder of Popcorn Training Criminals know it's easier to hack a human than trying to break through...
Kaspersky unveils new branding and visual identity
Kaspersky Lab is rebranding: the name becomes simply 'Kaspersky', and its new mission: 'building a safer world'. Eugene Kaspersky, CEO of the company, comments: "Since we founded our company more than 22 years ago we've seen both the cyberthreat landscape and our...
Employee education a critical weapon against cyber threats
The better an employee's understanding of cyber security risks is, the greater their potential to participate in reducing these risks, as well as the associated costs of a breach. The average cost of a cyber security breach can range between R1-million for small...
Tackling the trillion-dollar identity fraud crises
Fraud costs trillions of dollars to world economies annually. For consumers whose identity data has been stolen, the impact on their lives can vary from being a nuisance to financial and emotional trauma, Worldwide, around 40% of consumers have been the targets of...
Mobile ad fraud and what you can do about it
If you take a moment to look around you, wherever you are, you will be hard pressed to find one person without a mobile phone. Chances are that you may even be reading this from your mobile device. Because of their convenience, mobile devices have become a popular...
IoT: on the rise and under threat
Service providers can stay safe today's increasingly connected world. Simon McCullough, solution architect at F5 Networks, explains how. The global Internet of Things (IoT) market will likely reach trillions of dollars in the coming years. According to Gartner, there...
Is your data lying to you?
Data and analytics are increasingly important tools that help businesses decide where to invest and develop, with one example of this being UPS, which has used data/analytics to save up to $400-million every year through optimising delivery routes. "While we rely on...
Password awareness critical in the fight against cybercrime
If you knew just how valuable your identity was, would you pay more attention to securing it? A recent Kaspersky Lab study revealed that digital identity data and information holds significant value to cybercriminals - who craft ways of gaining this data without...
Ransomware 101: understanding the biggest security threat
Ransomware is one of the biggest threats in today's security landscape - it has been on the scene for more than a decade and as it continues to prove successful for cybercriminals more high profile business targets fall victim on an almost daily basis. Ransomware is...
Tips for detecting hidden spy cameras when travelling
The use of secret cameras to spy on guests in rented accommodation has recently made the headlines, but to the security industry such tactics are nothing new. Surveillance devices can be used to target travelling businesspeople, politicians, activists, and...