How long do threats go unnoticed?

Although financial services organisation are well aware that they are the targets of serious and advanced security threats, they struggle to identify attacks once they are inside their network. This is according to a new Ponemon Institute Survey, sponsored by Arbor...

Five questions to ask before clicking a link

In today’s world of advancing cybercrime, URLs can lead to password and data theft as well as drive-by-download malware attacks, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO, ESET Southern Africa. Before you click on a link, as yourself these five questions: Do you trust the person...

Taking cybercrime seriously

According to a cybercrime report compiled by global Internet security firm, Norton, South Africa lost R3,7-billion in 2012 as a result of cybercrime. This number is sure continue to rise in parallel to the continued rapid expansion of the Internet – the technological...

SMEs struggle with growing cyber-threats

South African SMEs must be vigilant when it comes to cyber security by layering protections and extracting threats before they enter the organisation. This is according to Noam Green, product and business manager at Check Point Software Technologies, who offers the...

Size doesn’t matter in cyber-security

While larger organisations are typically thought of as having the resources to mount a more substantive cyber defence, a new survey indicates that size is not a determinant of strong cyber-security maturity and nearly 75% of all respondents self-reported insufficient...