Rethinking security to beat future threats

The transformation of enterprise IT can seem like one of the biggest challenges for security professionals as there is a whole new skill set required today to protect data, says Brendan Mc Aravey, country manager, Citrix South Africa.  It’s no longer about providing...

Unpacking the growing malware threats

Kathy Gibson reports from Kaspersky Labs’ conference in Lisbon – The threat of malware attacks on corporates and states is growing in 2015. While the first advanced persistent threats (APTs), Stuxnet, was detected in 2010, four new APTs have already been already...

Mobile devices pose risk to children

Threats are everywhere on the Internet, and they pose a serious danger to younger users. Moreover, children who use mobile devices can be even more vulnerable because they are free to surf the Internet at any time or place, without adult supervision. According to a...

New threats drive security appliance sales

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, both factory revenue and unit shipments continued to grow in the fourth quarter of 2014 (4Q14). Worldwide vendor revenue grew 8,6% year-over-year to $2,6-billion in...

IT threats and how to counter them

Kathy Gibson at the IDC CIO Summit, Sandton – There has been an evolution of security threats: from curiosity to cyber warfare – and it’s only going to get worse. Lise Hagen, research manager: software and IT services at IDC South Africa, says the big question that...