The average cost of fixing a ransomware attack in South Africa costs R6.4bn, according IT security company Sophos...
For many organisations, the need to suddenly enable a remote workforce at scale has overtaken long-term plans they may have had to gradually extend remote work capacity...
Doros Hadjizenonos 20 Mar 2020
The City of Johannesburg recently became the latest victim of high-profile ransomware attacks specifically targeting government departments...
Simeon Tassev 12 Dec 2019
Ensuring that your data is safe at all times is one of the top priorities of nearly every company out there...
Nikola Baldikov 14 Oct 2019
We are so enthralled by our own brilliance in cryptography that we forget that most data at rest - tucked away inside databases - is unencrypted...
Lori MacVittie 2 Jul 2019
In IT, there are two goals that contradict each other at first glance...
Hayden Sadler 9 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
Historically, the branch office of an organisation was the red-headed stepchild of the network, but digital transformation has changed all of that...
Doros Hadjizenonos 20 Feb 2019
Data protection is becoming a priority as governments roll out new data security regulations with eye-watering penalties for non-compliance...
Hayden Sadler 6 Feb 2019
Around this time last year, commentators across the industry predicted that 2018 was going to be the 'year of data protection', and it was...
Dan Shprung 21 Jan 2019
Leadership is essential when it comes to ensuring the security of data stored in the cloud...
Neil Cosser 31 Oct 2018
A growing start-up quantum computing ecosystem is attracting hundreds of millions of investor dollars. Forrester believes it is time for IT leaders to pay attention...
You can already use bitcoins to buy everything from pizza to a manicure, but could virtual currencies become a standard trading resource to purchase real estate...?
Chantalle Bell 18 Sep 2018
No matter what size your business is, if you have staff, they're sending emails to customers, clients, and other employees. This puts your data security at risk...
Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library 7 Aug 2017
You've probably read endless articles about how to protect yourself online. And that's fine if you're a chicken, or you want to plaster your life with bubble wrap...
Melissa Viljoen 13 Jul 2017
Social media privacy is not a term that resonates only with personal internet profiles and should be taken seriously by companies that decide to take their marketing into the online world...
Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library 1 Dec 2016
Most of the customers in the queue for Wendy's, in Nebraska, only intended to grab a burger or a coffee. Luckily for the customers - they did manage to get their food and drinks. But unluckily, by the time they left the café, cybercriminals had also accessed the point-of-sale (POS) system and stolen thousands of card records...
The number of users attacked with encryption ransomware is soaring, with 718,536 users hit between April 2015 and March 2016: an increase of 5.5 times...
Consumer drone sales will reach almost 4 million this year, rising to 16 million annually by 2020 but new research highlights consumers' privacy concerns...
Crafty cybercriminals are stalking South Africans online, studying their every move via their e-mail accounts - and stealing millions...
If you are building and running your own websites or have an online business, the cyber-world can be a dark and daunting place...
The uptake of pure cloud backup by smaller businesses has surged over the past two years, as the idea of saving company data to the cloud...
It is a well-known fact that attackers like to find low hanging fruit in order to get into an organisation's juiciest targets...
Carey van Vlaanderen 22 Jul 2015
South Africa has an historical culture of non-disclosure and cover-ups when it comes to data loss and data breaches, but the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act will force much greater transparency...
Jos Floor 29 Apr 2015
Public Wi-Fi is almost everywhere nowadays - and while it's convenient to use, there are hidden security risks you should know about...
Aaron Thornton 14 Apr 2015
Office, the high street shoe retailer, has had something of a lucky escape when it comes to its data quality...
Martin Doyle 30 Jan 2015
Wi-Fi networks designed specifically for hospital use are catching on around the world, as both staff and patients see the multiple benefits of secure network access, said Networks Unlimited.
EMC Corporation has announced results of the seventh EMC Digital Universe study, entitled "The Digital Universe of Opportunities: Rich Data and the Increasing Value of the Internet of Things".
OTTAWA, CANADA: Canada's tax agency shut its website on Wednesday (9 April) after warning that encrypted taxpayer data could be vulnerable to the "Heartbleed" bug.
Millions of very small businesses with fewer than 20 employees, ranging from dentist's offices, financial advisors, independent legal counsellors, IT consulting firms, and other companies are focused on their core competency and win by that. At the same time many of them can neglect the security of their IT equipment and put their customers, and the future of their businesses, at risk.
Protecting data has become of the utmost importance for organisations today, as information if the lifeblood of a business. There are many consequences should sensitive information fall into the wrong hands, however, as the workforce has become increasingly mobile, protecting all of an organisation's data has become more complex and challenging.
Gareth Tudor 29 Aug 2013
USA - Anyone who's applied for employment at clothing retailer Gap may want to keep a close eye on their credit activity for a while. A laptop containing unencrypted personal information on 800,000 applicants has been stolen from a third-party vendor that manages some of the company's data. Gap has issued what's becoming a familiar response: apologies, help lines and a year of free credit monitoring.
Rachel Konrad 2 Oct 2007