Navigating internet usage and safety against digital predators
Unfortunately, we face a grim reality around sexual abuse online against children. The question remains: How can parents identify and address the problem and how do we better navigate internet usage and safety for our children? By Richard Frost, head of network and...
Automation and AI in security: what’s the big deal?
In 1988, a Cornell University graduate student named Robert Morris wanted to measure the size of the Internet. He wrote a program that could spread across a network, install itself on machines, and then Morris would count the instances. From that, the now-infamous...
Inside the mind of a cyber criminal
Cyber criminals come in many different flavours, but the majority of them are in it for one thing: financial pay-off. They want the money that comes with offering their tools or services, selling stolen data, extortion like ransomware or plain fraud. And they all have...
Huawei Product Security Baseline
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic changed the way we live, work and how organisations operate. Many activities have moved online, and telecommuting, video conferencing, distance education, and telemedicine have become the new normal. In this context, digital technology...
Insights into cloud security 2021
With cloud security continuing to be a hot topic in 2021, Fortinet and Cybersecurity Insiders decided to ask cybersecurity professionals around the world and across all industries for their latest insight. By Doros Hadjizenonos, regional sales manager at Fortinet The...
Cybersecurity threats don’t care where you are
Global connectivity has meant that, more than ever before, South Africa is a part of the global village - and while that certainly comes with myriad benefits, it also comes with the need for an increased focus on cyber security for the state, enterprises, and home...
Team Qhubeka Assos increases protection with Acronis
Cyber protection provider Acronis and Team Qhubeka Assos, Africa's UCI WorldTour cycling team, have announced a cyber protection partnership in which Acronis cloud services distributor, Resello, will provide Team Qhubeka Assos with cyber protection technology. As one...
Technology and strategy needed to guard against APTs
The cyberthreat landscape is constantly evolving, as cybercriminals continue to find vulnerabilities to exploit. Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are a growing concern that businesses need to guard against. While these highly targeted attacks are as common as more...
How to spot digital banking fraud
To prevent becoming the victim of fraudsters, it's vital to be on guard, especially when using transactional, card-based accounts linked to cheque and savings accounts. "The Office of the Banking Ombudsman recently pointed out these transactional accounts are among...
CEOs urged to shine a spotlight on cybersecurity frameworks
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to accelerate digital transformation in organisations globally, recent research by PwC has highlighted that CEOs are concerned about the impact growing cyberthreats and the spread of misinformation can have on their businesses. In...
The history of ransomware across industries
In today's sophisticated threat landscape, ransomware is seemingly everywhere, impacting both organisations and individuals alike. But how did ransomware as we know it today come to be? Aamir Lakhani, lead researcher and cyber security expert at Fortinet, examines the...
Why ‘castle-and-moat’ protection is no fairy tale
Our changing world, with its more distributed infrastructure and new applications and workloads exposing a larger attack surface, means that perimeter security, while still an important element within an enterprise's cybersecurity arsenal, is simply no longer enough....