Kaspersky urges iOS users to update their devices urgently
By Staff Writer 29 January 2021Apple users may want to update their iOS and iPadOS devices to version 14.4 right away, according to cybersecurity company Kaspersky. FULL STORY >
Industry Insight - What are hybrid networks, and how can we secure them?
By Industry Contributor 29 January 2021Fortinet's John Maddison explains how organisations can properly protect and defend hybrid environments, and what they should look for in security solutions. FULL STORY >
Cisco reveals critical role of privacy emerging from the global pandemic
By Staff Writer 29 January 2021A new global study has found that there are significant privacy concerns stemming from the pandemic, fuelled by a rapid shift to remote work and the need to utilize health information of individuals. FULL STORY >
Cybersecurity emerging as critical to business continuity and growth in 2021
By Industry Contributor 27 January 2021Dispersed workforces and heightened IT threats call for deliberate actions to ensure security is robust. Sebastiaan Rothman, Cloud Solutions Architect at Altron Karabina, explains. FULL STORY >
Industry Insight - Top IT security threats in 2021
By Industry Contributor 21 January 20212021 will bring a tipping point for passwords, cloud jacking to emerge as a new risk, and zero trust as the default position as cyber risk grows dramatically in 2021, according to Anna Collard from KnowBe4 AFRICA. FULL STORY >
Kaspersky's threat predictions for 2021: Digitalisation, extortion and a lucrative vaccine
By Staff Writer 21 January 2021Kaspersky shares its vision on what we could face in terms of cyberthreats this year in such areas as including healthcare, education and ICS attacks. FULL STORY >
Fortinet extends availability of free self-paced cybersecurity training courses to further build industry’s workforce.
By Staff Writer 18 January 2021in response to widening cybersecurity skills gap and strong demand, Fortinet has pledged to continue offering its entire catalogue of self-paced network security expert... FULL STORY >
Cybersecurity Trends to Watch in 2021
By Industry Contributor 18 January 20212020 was clouded by, not only the COVID-19 pandemic, but cyber-criminal activities that took advantage of the of organisation’s vulnerability. Alain Tshal, District Manager at F5, Sub-Saharan Africa looks at some important cybersecurity trends that South... FULL STORY >
Insights from Experts: Kaspersky’s Lehan van den Heever on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence
By Ryan Noik 4 January 2021Kaspersky's enterprise cybersecurity advisor, Lehan van den Heever, offers insight into how cybersecurity along with artificial intelligence is becoming critical to small, medium and large... FULL STORY >
UWC, government and private sector to tackle cybersecurity threats with Gov-X Innovation Challenge
By Staff Writer 17 December 2020A public-private sector collaboration that aims to inspire the next generation of tech entrepreneurs and cybersecurity specialists will launch in February next year, and offer prizes of up to R100... FULL STORY >
The great migration of cyberthreats: Massive shift to attacks on remote desktop protocols
By Staff Writer 15 December 2020Attacks on remote desktop protocols grew by a whopping 220% - reaching 22.8 million – in South Africa in 2020 according to Kaspersky. FULL STORY >
Kaspersky and Alias Robotics enhance protection for industrial robots
By Staff Writer 11 December 2020Kaspersky and Alias Robotics have partnered to boost cyber-protection for robots that are used in operational technology (OT) infrastructure. FULL STORY >
Nclose: 2021 will be a cybercrime bruiser - here's what to prepare for
By Staff Writer 11 December 2020With less than a month left of a challenging year, attention is rightly turning to what we can expect, and how companies can prepare, for 2021. On the cybersecurity front, Nclose's Martin Potgieter offers some foresight. FULL STORY >
How flexible working has actually improved your data security
By Press Release 3 December 2020Quentyn Taylor, Director of Information Security at Canon, notes key ways in which flexible working has actually improved your security. FULL STORY >
Remote workforce almost impossible to secure - IDC
By Staff Writer 30 November 2020According to Jonathan Tullett, Research Manager for IT Services, International Data Corporation (IDC) South Africa, it has become close to impossible to secure the completely remote workforce with specifically targeted threats and increased... FULL STORY >
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