Managed IT security services key
More South African companies are beginning to favour managed IT security services. Where companies once considered it risky to hand over the function to a third party, keeping security in-house is proving to be riskier. Why? The average business simply doesn’t have...
Security is everyone’s business
Security is no longer the ambit of the IT department alone. As more South African companies conduct business online, and as more people and things connect to the Internet, security becomes everyone’s business – from the CEO to the newest or most junior employee, says...
BT enhances security portfolio
BT has announced that it is integrating technology from Darktrace, one of the world’s fastest growing cyber threat defence companies, to deliver next-generation cyber threat detection and intelligence services to the global market. Darktrace’s Enterprise Immune System...
Technology can mitigate mobile banking fraud
Financial services companies should look for solutions that allow them to control the entire mobile transaction lifecycle if they want to beat fraudsters who exploit mobile security gaps to defraud bank account holders. That's the word from Zane Renou, chief...
MobileData now PCI DSS v3.0 certified
MobileData, a global technology solutions provider focused on payment facilitation and prepaid electronic value distribution, has acquired PCI DSS v3.0 certification and strengthened its enterprise service platform TradeSwitch with payment feature. PCI DSS or Payment...
Kaspersky releases Total Security
Kaspersky Lab has released Kaspersky Total Security – multi-device, a security solution for home users that protects Windows, OS X, Android, iOS and Windows Phone platforms. The solution is the successor to Kaspersky PURE and is designed to protect against cyber...
Check Point ranked number one by Gartner
Check Point Software Technologies recently announced that the company led worldwide market share for Firewall Equipment in Q3 2014, according to research published by Gartner. Gartner’s Market Share: Enterprise Network Equipment research states: * Check Point leads...
Sophos named leader by Forrester
Sophos has announced that it has been positioned as a Leader in Forrester Research's new report, The Forrester Wave: Endpoint Encryption, Q1 2015. Calling Sophos a "Breakout Star" in the evaluation, Forrester states that "security and operations admins will appreciate...
PCI DSS and credit card information
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a standard put in place by major card issuers – American Express, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and JBC – to govern the use and security of sensitive credit card information, says Simeon Tassev, MD and...
WD expands NAS solution
WD has expanded its suite of network attached storage (NAS) solutions with four new products that address the increasing demands for content storage, management, protection and streaming among prosumers, creative professionals and small businesses. The My Cloud Expert...
Fortinet announces FortiSandbox
Fortinet has recently announced the launch of FortiSandbox 2.0, delivering enhanced features to their top-rated FortiSandbox Advanced Threat Detection Appliances and FortiSandbox Cloud solutions with the power to discover and isolate more advanced threats from more...
The top five DDoS protection myths
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have evolved to become a lot more sinister than they once were.
Yet too many organisations are pinning their defence hopes on outdated and ineffective solutions, or even gambling by having no defences at all, says Bryan Hamman, Territory manager of Arbor Networks. These risky approaches are based on the top DDoS myths in organisations today.