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Yet too many organisations are pinning their defence hopes on outdated and ineffective solutions, or even gambling by having no defences at all, says Bryan Hamman, Territory manager of Arbor Networks.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.
7Arrows Security rolls out solution from GIT
7Arrows Security provides a full suite of security services and products to residential and commercial clients in the Greater Johannesburg area. The company specialises in guarding, security systems, monitoring, community safety initiatives and more, and uses a...
Citrix, Google enhances Android security
Citrix has announced an extension of its long-standing collaboration with Google by providing XenMobile support for Android for Work. This announcement builds on the multi-year collaboration between Citrix and Google that includes virtual app and desktop delivery on...
Address data protection concerns today
The importance of having effective data protection and recovery solutions has again been put in the spotlight by media reports this week of a server crash at the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality resulting in traffic fines and other essential information being...
Security: prevention and remediation
Businesses around the world are seeing a large growth in their threat surfaces, due to the influx of new technologies. This growth in turn, is forcing security practitioners to retying their companies’ security practices. Jayson O’Reilly, director of sales and...