Small businesses at risk from cyber-threats
As governments around the world mull over cyber security measures and possible new legislation, many small and medium enterprises are pondering whether internet security is a real concern for their businesses, either because they are too small, or they don’t have...
How to escape from CoinVault
From today, victims of CoinVault ransomware have a chance to retrieve their data without paying the criminals, thanks to a repository of decryption keys and a decryption application made available online by Kaspersky Lab and the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU)...
Mimecast secures e-mail messaging
Mimecast has announced a new service to help employees confidently send and receive sensitive or confidential information via e-mail. Mimecast Secure Messaging is designed to reduce the risk of data leaks and support compliance to data privacy and protection...
Debunking common security myths
Security, while a topic on every organisation’s lips, is also one that attracts a large number of myths. This is due in part to lack of information, erroneous assumptions and generalisations. As with all myths, they are filtered down from one person to another, mostly...
Protect the enterprise from cyber-attacks
High profile cyber-attacks on blue-chip global companies have sent shockwaves around the technology industry. It’s clear that threats in the digital era are morphing – becoming ever-more sophisticated and destructive. In the past couple of years, we have seen...
Keeping the connected generation safe online
Always-on connectivity has become part and parcel of today’s society, with more and more people relying heavily on email, social media and Web browsing, says Simeon Tassev, director and QSA at Galix. Children growing up in this era have unprecedented access to...
Kaspersky expands Endpoint Security features
Kaspersky Lab has announced the release of Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Business Service Pack 1 (SP1), its flagship product for business. In addition to offering superior security, the new edition of the flexible platform is easier to deploy and manage, and now...
Integration capabilities key for security
Crime is a reality of doing business in South Africa, and as such, security solutions are essential for any commercial environment, says Mark Chertkow, MD of Graphic Image Technologies. The aim of such solutions is multi-fold – they act as a deterrent to petty...
Are you ready for the cyber-attack battle?
Over the last 20 years endpoint security has altered fundamentally in many ways mirroring the evolution of the wider information security market, says Gregory Anderson, country manager at Trend Micro South Africa. From the basic anti-malware scanners of the ‘90s to...
Palo Alto, VMware expand partnership
Palo Alto Networks and VMware has announced an expansion of their strategic partnership to address mobile security needs. Mobile computing is transforming the ways organisations do business. Users no longer stop working once they leave the office, and they need secure...
Truteq adds to home alarm system
Wireless specialist TruTeq Devices – which boasts clients such as Eskom and Telkom – has added a number of hardware and software features to its next-generation home alarm system in a move to “South Africanise” it - and make it more appealing to lower income groups...
The ransom demand you can ignore
Cybercrime is age-old trickery with a lethal digital revamp. Nowhere is this more evident than with ransomware. As the name suggests, ransomware describes malicious software that takes your data and holds it for ransom. In SA the most common form (or flavour) of this...