With PoPIA soon coming into effect, are employees who use their personal devices for work purposes - and their employers - violating its rules? Potentially yes...
Sián Fields 4 May 2021
Educational institutions and teachers themselves have come under pressure this year, as the pandemic has pushed them to pivot and adapt to a digital-only world. Moving forwards, schools and universities will be faced with a tricky challenge - caught between financial constraints and the need to future-proof and invest in their networks to support an influx of new technologies...
Mandy Duncan 10 Dec 2020
The recent Experian data breach saw close to 800,000 businesses along with over 24 million South Africans' information left on the internet exposed to cybercriminals...
Studies shows that since the coronavirus outbreak, phishing attacks increased by 40%. Now that employees are working remotely, companies should enforce cybersecurity policies to protect their organisations against potential data breaches and fraud.
The novel additions to the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) that came into effect on 1 July 2020 aims to protect companies against data breach and the misuse of personal information...
Having employees working from home, without the normal firewalls and cybersecurity measures in place, companies and individuals are now at greater risk...
James Bayhack 15 May 2020
If cybercrime were a country, it would have the 13th highest gross domestic product (GDP) in the world, with large multi-national operations earning more than US$1bn annually...
At Camsoft, it is business as usual as we have for many years now thoroughly embraced the remote working model...
Issued by Maximizer Software 20 Mar 2020
Regardless of the state of digital transformation at an organisation, cybersecurity must always remain a corporate priority...
Indi Siriniwasa 11 Dec 2019
Hackers are becoming more brazen in the way they target organisations as they hunt for soft targets...
The risk landscape has changed rapidly over the last few years, making it a bit reckless not to consider cyber insurance...
The cybersecurity of a business is still largely reliant on the people within each company's IT department...
Pieter Engelbrecht 10 Apr 2019
Traditionally, data used to be a physical asset that required on-site protection. However, in the digital age, data can be located anywhere in the world...
Stephen Garbett 8 Apr 2019
There are many reasons cryptocurrencies are inherently attractive to hackers. One of the biggest reasons is a lack of heavy regulation...
Simon McCollough 29 Mar 2019
The world of business is changing quickly, and with trends like the gig economy, global employment and cross-border collaboration on the rise, you can imagine the scale of regulatory and legislative changes taking place...
Bruce van Wyk 21 Feb 2019
Enterprise mobility is here to stay, and the C-suite must put the necessary strategies in place so their organisations can benefit from it...
Paul McIntyre 11 Feb 2019
In today's ICT business landscape, credibility is hard to achieve and even harder to maintain in the long run...
Steve Briggs 5 Oct 2018
Huge international sporting events are becoming significant cyberattack targets, ordinary individual attendees included...
In a digitally driven world, cybersecurity has become a highly lucrative sphere of modern business. Today, experts around the world are clawing for a piece of the estimated $8.5bn cyberthreat intelligence industry pie...
Colin Thornton 16 May 2018
2017 saw many organisations across the globe fall victim to some very serious cyberattacks. The reality is that the cybercriminal industry is growing - leaving many wondering when, and if, their business will be 'next on the list' and what the consequences will be...
Riaan Badenhorst 15 Jan 2018
Here is a look at the evolution of data availability and associated issues that have the potential to transform ordinary businesses, power new business models...
Claude Schuck 22 Dec 2016
According to a report by Frost & Sullivan's Intelligent Mobility team, advancements in biometrics will radically transform the driving experience...
It is essential for South Africa to establish and implement cybersecurity measures and legislation, as cyberspace becomes the world's largest crime zone...
Simone Gill and Bilal Bokhari 18 May 2016
A joint report and survey by Trend Micro and the Organisation of American States (OAS) focuses on the trends of attack against critical infrastructures...