Annual job hopping makes for a grim cybersecurity season
Many South Africans will be switching jobs come January and February after year-end bonuses and some post-holiday reflection. By Heino Gevers, senior director of technical support at Mimecast SA And, while HR departments are geared up to contend with the expected...
In fraud, we need to accept that seeing is no longer believing
By Richard Ford, group chief technology officer of Integrity360, outlines this scenario: You answer the phone. It is your daughter. You know it is her because you recognise the panic in her voice. She has run out of petrol in an area she doesn’t know; her phone is on...
Using AI to protect data is crucial
The cybersecurity landscape is rapidly changing, with hackers increasingly utilising artificial intelligence (AI) to carry out sophisticated attacks on their targets, writes Hemant Harie, group chief technology officer at Data Management Professionals South Africa. To...
Axis Communications signs CISA Secure by Design pledge
Axis Communications has signed the United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Secure by Design pledge, signalling its commitment to upholding and transparently communicating the cybersecurity posture of its products. A voluntary pledge...
Kaspersky enables independent transparency, accountability assessment
Kaspersky has released Protection beyond detection: Why trust and transparency decide your cybersecurity future, a new whitepaper based on an independent transparency and accountability assessment of 14 leading cybersecurity vendors. Kaspersky emerged as one of the...
Cisco debuts integrated AI security and safety framework
AI is no longer an experimental capability or a back-office automation tool: it is becoming a core operational layer inside modern enterprises. The pace of adoption is breathtaking. By Amy Chang, AI threat research and security team lead at Cisco Yet, according to...
Excuse me while I slip on past your security
Attackers are bypassing the very tools designed to prevent them from gaining access to the business, writes Richard Frost, head of technology solutions and consulting at Armata Cyber Security. AI-powered phishing has become the most virulent security threat to the...
Beyond the gate: access control works with physical barriers
In an age of smart homes, mobile alerts and cloud-connected cameras, it is tempting to believe that security has become purely digital. Yet, when it comes to protecting South African homes, estates and small businesses, true security still begins and ends with...
Hexnode expands into Africa
Hexnode, the enterprise software division of Mitsogo, has released Hexnode XDR, its extended detection and response platform that underpins its effort to strengthen cyber resilience across African organisations. Across Africa, cyber threats continue to escalate in...
New training scenarios from Kaspersky
Kaspersky has expanded its flagship awareness platform, Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS), introducing new and updated scenarios that reflect the evolving cyberthreat landscape. The release aims to help corporations, banks and IT companies enhance...
Check Point secures AI factories with Nvidia
Check Point Software Technologies’ AI Cloud Protect is now part of Nvidia Enterprise AI Factory validated design for AI runtime cyber security, enhanced protection, and robust infrastructure acceleration capabilities. “The integration of Check Point AI Cloud...
PCI DSS compliance is a business essential, not an IT task
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance has often been viewed as something to focus on only when required, such as when a breach makes headlines or a bank requests proof of compliance. By Simeon Tassev, MD and QSA at Galix This reactive...