Securing the home office
As increasing numbers of employees work from home, organisations often overlook the security needs of remote workers, says Perry Hutton, Fortinet Africa regional director. Telework predates the BYOD phenomenon by decades. Despite Yahoo!’s move to the contrary, many...
What makes a firewall next-gen?
Fortinet, the global leader in high-performance cyber security solutions and a Networks Unlimited reseller partner, has released a white paper titled “5 1/2 things that make a firewall ‘Next Gen’”. “Network protection can be a difficult balancing act for security...
Winning the security war
Negligence is cited in almost half of cyber-attacks – are you protecting yourself from giving out the wrong information? According to a recent report released by IBM and the Ponemon Institute, carelessness was the primary root cause of data breaches in 2014. A...
Sophos offers one-click server lockdown
Sophos has announced the availability of a new advanced server protection product that combines whitelisting and anti-malware technologies in a single, simple to use product. Sophos Cloud Server Protection Advanced integrates server application whitelisting with...
Taking cybercrime seriously
According to a cybercrime report compiled by global Internet security firm, Norton, South Africa lost R3,7-billion in 2012 as a result of cybercrime. This number is sure continue to rise in parallel to the continued rapid expansion of the Internet – the technological...
Sophos acquires Reflexion Networks
Sophos has announced that it has acquired Reflexion Networks Inc., a leader in cloud-based e-mail security, archiving, e-mail encryption and business continuity services. The acquisition will enable Sophos to add cloud-based e-mail security to Sophos Cloud, the...
A cyber-security survival guide for SMBS
Perhaps the most important single thing that small businesses need to know about cyber threats right now is that cybercriminals are actively targeting smaller firms, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO, ESET. This can be hard to imagine or accept. After all, the security...
4K myths debunked
Ultra high definition (UHD) or 4K technology is the next major evolution in the video space, offering four times the resolution of High Definition (HD) which delivers dramatically enhanced viewing quality, says Laurence Smith, executive at Graphic Image Technologies....
Disrupting the cyber kill chain
Today’s attack against organisations are sophisticated and complex, made up of many phases. Disrupting any of these phases, dubbed the "cyber kill chain" by Lockheed Martin, can cause the attack to fail. Jayson O’Reilly, director of sales and innovation at DRS,...
BT uses Cisco FirePOWER solution
BT has announced that it is incorporating Cisco FirePOWER Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) into the BT Assure portfolio of managed security services, further strengthening data and systems protection for BT customers. Safeguarding network assets and...
Electronic signatures key in digital economy
With the increasing digitisation of businesses, a new solution for document signing is required. The old method involving paper, ink, postal services and couriers is simply too slow and cumbersome to deal with the velocity of information that an organisation needs to...
Zapper calls for charities to sign up
Zapper has introduced a platform to provide charitable organisations with a secure channel to garner funds and source donations through mobile platforms. According to Zapper, marketing manager, Maliza Booysen, the initiative was launched last year and 23 charities...