Cybersecurity Insights
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Demand For Cyber Insurance Coverage Surging
Despite the tremendous amount of good that has come from the rapid growth of the Internet, it has also exposed the dangers of the cyber universe. In recent years, ransomware...
Cybercrime Is A Major Threat To The Financial Sector
Considering these statistics, it is clear how crucial cybersecurity is for the financial sector. Ransomware attacks in the banking industry increased by 1318% year-over-year in the first half of 2021....
Importance of Cybersecurity in Consumer Goods Business
The consumer sector is big business - for shareholders as well as hackers. Large companies with multiple brands operate with an unprecedented amount of valuable data, which means a single...
Avoid Cybersecurity Snake Oil
As cybersecurity services proliferate, it's important to recognize the snake oil amongst the authentic and avoid it like the plague. Data breaches make headlines as governments update their policies and...
Detecting The Hacker – Digital Footprinting
The digital footprint we leave today is evident, whether we like it or not. Besides Twitter and Facebook (yes, LinkedIn counts), personal and business email addresses, and accounts with dozens...
How to Reduce the Risk of Ransomware?
Today, one of the most significant cybersecurity risks has been ransomware. It has become challenging to defend against it, as it has grown even more targeted, using a combination of...
Building A Business Case For Cybersecurity Investment
In 2021, working in SecOps or IT security makes investing in cybersecurity a no-brainer. However, it is not always easy to get this thinking and the necessary budget approved by...
Passwordless security is here
The challenge with usernames and passwords, as we all know, is that we have to make them, remember them, maintain them, change them, store them and sometimes even exchange them...
Cybersecurity For Small Business
Complexity is the enemy of cybersecurity for small business. The simpler things are, the more control you will have. It will be better understood by employees which improve the likelihood...
Electronic Records Management
With over 2.5 quintillion bytes of data created daily, the need for the secure, correct use and access to this data falls under the remit of information governance and electronic record management. What is information...
Post-Pandemic Cybersecurity Business Investments
COVID-19 brought with it an overnight shift to remote working, spawning an acceleration of digital transformation initiatives. These initiatives have resulted in post-pandemic cybersecurity investments to enable companies to deploy new IT...
Black Friday Cyber Security – Attackers Are Waiting In The Shadows
On every Black Friday, as with any global event that may become a commonality across many countries, attackers are waiting in the shadows to leverage the chance to attack unsuspecting people. Cloud jacking, phishing and social...
Why Do Microservices Change The Outlook On Security?
Author: Ricky Magalhaes Agile microservices are becoming prolific and the accepted way in which we choose to build our apps and services. On the one hand, microservices allows us to...
IT Can Lower Healthcare Costs – But What About Security?
A push for more efficient care and lower costs is driving rapid adoption of information technology in the medical field. At the recent Healthcare Innovation Summit held in Johannesburg in...
End-User Experience – Monitoring Is Critical For Your Business
The days when successful end-user happiness was measured by network uptime, has long gone. Today, customer satisfaction, staff productivity, cost savings and brand recognition are all thrown into the end-user...
Transition to cloud computing requires a corporate team effort
Just as a winning rugby try is a 15-man effort, and not the triumph, responsibility or result of the talents of a sole player, the successful operation of a business...
How do I choose between SaaS vs On-Premise
In today’s digitally enabled age, organisations are presented with flexible options as to how and where their software is deployed and managed to meet increasing requirements for optimal use of...
The Pros and Cons of Cloud Computing
Local Service Providers For The Cloud Computing Industry To many people, especially those from the older generation, cloud computing doesn’t make any sense or is a concept that’s hard to...