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Data breach costs have hit record high, reveals IBM

By Staff Writer 23 August 2021

According to a recent report from IBM, the financial costs associated with data breaches have reached their highest since 2015. FULL STORY >

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IBM Report: Malicious attacks led to most expensive data breaches over past year

By Staff Writer 4 August 2020

SA Companies lose millions from attacks on Data; AI and Automation significantly reduce costs, finds IBM. FULL STORY >

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Kaspersky: These are the personal costs of data breaches

By Staff Writer 28 May 2020

28% of IT security managers missed important family dates because of data breaches, according to Kaspersky, begging the question whether companies care about their employee's wellbeing as well as the company's reputation. FULL STORY >

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Cisco: Here’s what to do once a breach has occurred

By Ryan Noik 15 January 2020

Cisco has some solid, essential advice for companies, organisations and people who may have been the victim of a data breach. FULL STORY >

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Industry Insight - Cloud mobility necessitates a strong data management strategy

By Industry Contributor 7 August 2019

Trent Odgers, the cloud and hosting Manager, Africa at Veeam, explains why a strong data management is critical in today's multi-cloud world. FULL STORY >

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Industry insight - Managing the impact of data breaches

By Opinion 2 August 2019

Kate Mollett, regional manager for Africa at Veeam, offers her perspective into how data breaches, and their far reaching impact, can be better managed. FULL STORY >

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Kaspersky offers cybersecurity measures ahead of latest data breach

By Ryan Noik 1 August 2019

The latest data breach, affecting 106 million people, has again begged the question: what can organisations do to improve their cybersecurity? FULL STORY >

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Opinion - How to Stay Ahead of Data Breaches in A Hyper-Available World

By Opinion 23 August 2018

Kate Mollett, regional manager for Africa South at Veeam, explains what companies need to know to avoid data breaches. FULL STORY >

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IBM Study: Hidden Costs of Data Breaches Increase Expenses for Businesses

By Press Release 12 July 2018

Study Calculates the Average Cost of Data Breaches as High as R36.5 Million. FULL STORY >

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Data breaches are putting digital transformation strategies at risk, finds Kaspersky Lab

By Press Release 30 May 2018

Latest Kaspersky Lab study finds data breaches now cost enterprises in the META region (Middle East, Turkey and South Africa) about $1 million. FULL STORY >

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Uber confirms it hid data breach exposing info of 57 million users

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 22 November 2017

While Uber tries to ramp up its plans for self-driving cars, yet another bombshell has rocked the company, with a significant 2016 data breach being covered up. FULL STORY >

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Yahoo says 2013 data breach affected all 3 billion of its user accounts

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 4 October 2017

Apparently the initial estimates from its 2013 data breach were greatly misreported, with all 3 billion Yahoo user accounts said to be affected. FULL STORY >

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Yahoo says 2014 state-sponsored hack breached 500 million accounts

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 23 September 2016

Possibly including names, email addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth, Yahoo confirms it suffered a state-sponsored data breach in late 2014, affecting an estimated 500 million users. FULL STORY >

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Following a password leak, Twitter has blocked millions of compromised accounts

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 10 June 2016

An estimated 32 million Twitter account passwords were leaked recently, prompting the company to block several million user accounts. FULL STORY >

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