The working environment has been irrevocably changed over the past two years, and the debate rages on as to whether we'll ever go back to a pre-Covid setup. Certain organisations, like PwC, have made decisive moves, with the accounting and consulting firm announcing...

Cybercriminals constantly evolve the tactics, techniques, and procedures they use to execute attacks to find innovative ways to bypass or circumvent security controls. By Brandon Rochat, Cybereason sales director for Africa Sometimes the best strategy is the simplest...

Cybersecurity has been given a bad reputation. This is largely because how cybersecurity companies operate is misunderstood for the services they provide. This is because many individuals believe that by having a cybersecurity partner by their side, they are...

While most of the world dealt with the impact and disruption of year two of the Covid-19 pandemic, cybercriminals expanded their activities with ambitious attacks on critical infrastructure. Armed with sophisticated and brute-force attack methods, threat actors...

Globally, ransomware is predicted to cost organisations across the world $10,5-trillion annually, driven by growing connectivity and increasingly sophisticated attacks. By Kate Mollett, regional director at Commvault Africa Between January 2020 and June 2021, which...

Last year, the number of cyberattacks recorded was record-breaking, with a 50% increase in overall attacks per week on corporate networks compared to 2020. In fact, in 2021, the world witnessed one of the most serious vulnerabilities on the internet, with millions of...

The convergence of network and security means CISOs are now firmly in the spotlight, becoming the new chief trust officer for their organisations. Tris Morgan, director of global advisory at BT, shares his views. Right now, many businesses are at different stages of...

For years, operational technology (OT) systems have been working to control everything from factories to transportation networks to utilities. But the reality is that most citizens don't think about these systems until there's a problem. By Rick Peters, CISO...

In many ways, 2021 was a landmark year for online privacy, writes Andrew Bourne, regional manager: Africa at Zoho Corporation. In April 2021, Apple rolled out an update allowing users to opt out of app tracking, with most iPhone users having done so by the end of the...

As organisations in every industry shift infrastructure and services to the cloud by means of a multi-cloud strategy, their business assets, software and applications become distributed across several cloud-hosting environments. By Kumar Vaibhav, solution architect at...