Predicting DDoS attacks

Distributed denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are back in the news; it seems that barely a month goes by without media reports of a Web site or service being brought down by a DDoS attack. Sony’s PlayStation Network again became the victim of such an attack recently,...

Preparing for a cyber-attack

Cyber-attacks are a threat to businesses of all types and of all sizes, from the giant enterprises to the smaller SMEs. A popular maxim is that there are two types of companies – those who have been breached, and those who have been breached but don’t know it....

Multinationals unprepared for Ebola

At least 50% of companies currently have no policy in place for dealing with a pandemic, according to ECA International. Over the last 10 years various pandemics have occurred in diverse locations around the globe and the current Ebola outbreak has once again raised...

Is your company ready for an Ebola pandemic?

The recent outbreak of Ebola in West Africa should act as a timely reminder for companies to ensure that they have pandemic strategies in place as part of their business continuity management plans.

Tech chaotic for 90% of firms

Tech chaotic for 90% of firms

Fewer than 10% of organisations say their existing IT infrastructure is fully prepared to address the proliferation of mobile devices, social media, data analytics and cloud computing. This is according to preliminary findings from an IBM study, IT Infrastructure...