Security teams need to work with the business
Far too many corporates are not doing enough to secure their digital assets and data. When an incident occurs it is usually blamed on the increasing number of threats, and their growing cleverness and sophistication. "They also blame the rise of state-sponsored...
Security industry should embrace modern PTT
The global security industry is growing at a rapid pace, writes Magnus Hedberg, CEO of GroupTalk. More professional and coordinated operations across disciplines and geographical borders among criminals, is one of the drivers of the increased demand for advanced...
Kaspersky Lab empowers SMBs with new business solution
Kaspersky Lab has announced a new Software-as-a-Service solution that will provide small and medium-sized businesses with multi-layered IT security - Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud. The solution offers advanced functionality and proven protection that can be...
Encryption at the heart of data security
In today's information-driven market, data is a sought-after commodity. Like any other critical resource, it needs to be protected. Given that data grows exponentially and businesses are faced with the challenge of having to store and manipulate ever-increasing...
Keys to an effective cyber-security strategy
The potential threat posed by cyber-crime is, by now, pretty well understood. What's less well understood is how to put a strategy in place that is robust and flexible enough to cope with a constantly changing threat landscape and, even more critical, will help the...
Are you doing enough to secure your online identity?
Do your shopping habits put you at risk? Are you exposing yourself - and your confidential information - to opportunistic fraudsters? These are questions that online shoppers should be asking themselves says Mark Chirnside, CEO of ThisIsMe, who adds that South...
Sophos expands cloud-based management platform
Sophos as announced that Sophos Email is now available in its cloud-based Sophos Central management platform. Customers and partners can now manage their email protection solution alongside Sophos endpoint, mobile, web and wireless security products from a unified,...
Kaspersky Lab joins VMware NSX Partner Program
Kaspersky Lab has extended the company's collaboration with VMware to help enhance security capabilities of today's software-defined data centers. Kaspersky Lab, a VMware TAP Elite partner, now joins the VMware NSX(r) Partner Program to further improve protection of...
CA enhances privileged access management portfolio
CA Technologies has released significant enhancements to its comprehensive privileged access management portfolio, giving customers control over the privileged accounts that support a hybrid IT environment and are a frequent vector for cyberattacks. By updating and...
Fighting back with technology to combat fraudsters
Technological advances provide more powerful tools in strengthening companies' defences against fraud, as well as a means for the fraudster to find areas of vulnerability to penetrate, writes Kajen Subramoney: KPMG's associate director in forensics. As much as...
Identity theft and your business
An identity is stolen every 29 seconds in South Africa, and while one may assume that these are solely business cases - in which a couple of accounts were opened and a few thousand lost, the lucrative business of identity theft goes much deeper. "The identity fraud...
NetWitness integrates threat intelligence
RSA, The Security Division of EMC, has deepened its bench with new integrated threat intelligence partners for the RSA NetWitness Suite. The RSA NetWitness Suite is designed to incorporate threat intelligence from customers, threat intelligence partners, RSA experts...