Data security key for protecting government

Cybercrime is a burgeoning threat, not only to business but also to governments all over the world. The increasing number of highly publicised examples of cybercrime activities being used against governments or for political gain highlights this trend. The need for...

Business doesn’t trust cloud security

Data security and trust in cloud-based services are a rapidly growing concern for IT decision-makers within large organisations, according to a new global study from BT. While 54% of those surveyed in South Africa are adopting cloud storage and Web applications within...

Safeguarding sensitive data with Océ

A major challenge within today’s “data sensitive” environments is the unauthorised access of residual information despite attempts to erase secure data from digital devices. This is due to the fact that the delete function in most operating systems simply marks the...

Protecting the supply chain from cybercrime

Sophisticated cyber “gangs’ are gaining traction, resulting in the theft of sensitive data, intellectual property and customer details. These gangs not only have the motivation, but the ability and techniques to carry out these attacks, which are focused...

Journalist loses in hacker challenge

A journalist who challenged white hat hackers to see how vulnerable he was got more than he bargained for when they gathered information about his banking details, got on to his social networks and remotely shut down his laptop and iPhone. Adam Penenberg from the...