ESET launches updated MSP Administrator
ESET has launched a new online licensing management system to provide MSPs visibility into customer licenses, their usage and activated devices. The new ESET MSP Administrator (EMA) offers one aggregated dashboard with drill-down functionality, where MSPs can create...
Kaspersky Lab boosts mobile threat defense
Smartphones have long been just as important for businesses as PCs or laptops, with employees in 14% of companies in South Africa accessing corporate intellectual property using their personal mobile devices and tablets. However, with this increasing workforce...
Security boardroom disconnects leave businesses vulnerable
A wasted skill is a wasted opportunity to maximise commercial ambition. It can also put you at risk. In today's highly competitive market, you need the right talent in the right place and at the right time. By Martin Walshaw, SE team lead: sub-Saharan Africa at F5...
Safety and security go hand-in-hand with visibility
In security, the significance of visibility cannot be overstated. By Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies However, the biggest issue in gaining visibility over a perimeter through CCTV surveillance lies in the lighting conditions of the area to be...
Are you living in blissful ignorance?
South African firms don't take threats seriously enough, writes Graham Croock, director of BDO IT Advisory and Cyber Lab. On a recent visit to BDO in Norway, it struck me that many South African-based businesses and organisations are increasingly exposed to cyber...
Your personal information is already out there
South African identity verification service ThisIsMe has announced the launch of its new consumer product, FutureProtect. Data breaches have almost become the new normal - so much so that there's a more than 90% chance that your personal identity information has...
What burglars look for before breaking into a home
The mid-year school break is here, and with it will come trips away with the family and holidays abroad, which means homes will be left empty at a greater rate. Before you pack up your suitcase to take your much-needed holiday, it's important to make sure that your...
World Cup squads briefed on cybersecurity
The FIFA World Cup in Russia has passed without much incident so far - indeed, the only controversial moments have involved the use of the video assistant referee (VAR) for the first time in World Cup history. The doom and gloom prophecies that accompany the build-up...
SMBs need to be cyber secure
With headline-grabbing data breaches and high-stake hacks on the rise, earning and maintaining the trust of visitors to one's website is a mounting challenge, especially for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Without big budgets or teams of IT professionals,...
Stay ahead of World Cup cyber threats
Sophos has issued this warning to football fans, reminding them how cybercriminals have used people's interest in the sport to launch cyber attacks. Football has been targeted before by those who want to turn international community events into attacks. It's a sad...
The difference between a data breach and ransomware
It is clear that South African organisations are at risk from the same cyber-attacks that affect major global economies. The cyber threat landscape is constantly evolving in order to get around existing defence mechanisms. Cybercriminals are now using hacking attacks...
How to safeguard personal information
By now, it's well known that the IT systems of insurance giant, Liberty Life, were breached by cybercriminals late on Thursday 14 June. David Munro, CEO of Liberty, had this to say regarding the attack: "It's fair to say an event like this is not something one can...