HID Global has announced that its IdenTrust business is the #1 digital certification authority in the world, according to the latest independent research results from W3Techs, a technology survey company that consistently tracks the SSL certificate market. IdenTrust’s leap to being the market leader for digital certificates signifies only the second time in the history of the […]
African ICT company J2 Software has launched a range of solutions to keep up with the rapid growth of associated attacks aimed at mismanaged or unpatched devices. “Every day new devices are being added to the corporate environment bringing new threats and vulnerabilities in the picture,” said J2 Software MD John McLoughlin. “This is why […]
It is pretty much given that most people have their personal information documented somewhere in virtual space. Anton Jacobsz, Managing Director at value-added distributor Networks Unlimited, says it is essential that businesses and individuals know all the risks and how to prevent them. Data has been captured in many forms and bits and bytes through […]
Organisations need to collaborate more than ever but how do you protect the information you share? Vishal Gupta, CEO and Founder of Seclore, discusses how to best allow data to remain secure wherever it travels between organisations. Just as no man is an island, no corporate or government entity can realistically operate today in isolation. […]
MANXiT has thrown the gauntlet down in the IT Management as a Service (ITMaaS) sector with its Re-Imagine IT campaign. The firm provides comprehensive, tailored solutions designed to help companies to focus on their core operations, as opposed to worrying about internal IT. Hannes Botes, MANXiT Chief Technology Officer, says the platform runs companies’ entire IT […]
Sergey Ozhegov, CEO at SearchInform, tells Intelligent CIO how employees can threaten companies. Gamblers, terrorists, haters and other risk groups can threaten business information security. But should an employer be interested in the personal life of employees? The question alone can trigger indignation – if employees cope well with the job, their boss has no […]
The past two years have seen a veritable explosion of new cybersecurity vulnerabilities, including a steep increase in hacktivism, which Wikipedia describes as “’he subversive use of computers and computer networks to promote a political agenda or a social change. With roots in hacker culture and hacker ethics, its ends are often related to the […]
What can we do about the expected increase in ransomware and cyber-extortion tools? By Nicolai Solling, CTO at Help AG. Cyber-extortion involves attackers demanding payments rather than just stealing money via the cyber realm. This therefore requires them to have some leverage which could be sensitive data or disruption of services. The most common types […]
What can we do about the expected increase in ransomware and cyber-extortion tools? By Harish Chib, Vice president, Middle East & Africa, Sophos. Understanding why Ransomware attacks are so successful, implementing advanced ransomware combating protection in every stage of an attack and following good IT security practices, including regular training for employees are essential components […]
The South African security industry has been described as cutting-edge, comprising many segments from physical to cybersecurity. The sector boasts a current growth rate of around 15% per annum and is estimated to be worth an annual turnover of US$ 6 billion. However, Mike Austen, National Sales Manager at Powell Tronics, a value-added distributor of […]
