App-unaware firewalls put data at risk
The world has gone app mad. Companies are rolling-out enterprise applications to drive productivity and make employees’ work easier, and employees have embraced, with open arms, a stunning array of apps to support their lifestyles. These personal Web-based apps are...
Britehouse to host group hackathon
The Britehouse Group will be hosting an internal hackathon on 1 November, which is the first event to kick off the Britehouse’s Innovations Factory. The objective is to encourage collaboration, innovation and creation of customer solutions across the different...
Bytes SI boosts biometric security
Passwords are vulnerable because people tend to forget them, share them or write them down to remember. They are easy to decode and people often use personal information in the passwords, making it even easier to break them if the attacker has any knowledge of the...
Experian to acquire 41st Parameter
Experian has announced a definitive agreement to acquire 41st Parameter, the market leader in device identification technology and web fraud detection. 41st Parameter will strengthen Experian’s global web fraud detection and risk-based identity authentication...
Can South Africa stop cybercrime?
Worldwide, cybercrime is reaching astronomical proportions, from threats such as cyber-espionage and industrial espionage, to the chronic problem of malware and phishing. In the past year, there has been a spate of attacks on companies in the USA, including gas...
Biometric security protects mobile banking
Increasing rates of identity theft and related fraud is fuelling the demand for the application of biometric technology, specifically as e-verification tools for online and mobile banking. According to experts within the identity management industry, aside from the...
2014 Kaspersky products available from Kolok
Kolok SA, an official Kaspersky Lab partner, has announced the immediate availability of Kaspersky Internet Security - multi-device 2014, Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2014 and Kaspersky Internet Security for Android to the South African channel. The Kaspersky Lab 2014 home...
Bytes SI offers biometric keyboard solution
Passwords are vulnerable because people tend to forget them, share them or write them down to remember. They are easy to decode and people often use personal information in the passwords, making it even easier to break them if the attacker has any knowledge of the...
IT security training occurs in-house
Most companies assign their own Tech Support Department to train company employees in matters of IT security, rather than hiring outside IT consultants or asking the HR Department or Employee Development Department to commission IT security professionals, according to...
Mobile workers affect network security
Most savvy businesses devote a significant portion of the IT budget to ensuring that their data network is secure. This usually includes implementing a VPN (Virtual Private Network), enabling employees to access confidential data, email systems and other cloud-type...
Kaspersky Lab patents new technology
Kaspersky Lab has announced that it has obtained a patent for a system and method of correcting antivirus records. Patent No. 2487405 issued by Rospatent, the Russian patent office, covers a mechanism that helps to make security systems significantly easier to use...
Steps towards security for SMEs
The days where SMEs had nothing to fear are long over. It is well established that the size of an organisation is no longer directly proportional to its desirability as a target. Any entity that has information - be it intellectual property or customer details and so...