Article by: Tom Harwood, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder at Aeriandi “As it stands, it is estimated that between 30 percent to 50 percent of all fraud incidents are initiated with a phone call, meaning telephone agents in contact centres are particularly vulnerable to social engineering and manipulation. Web-based security measures have evolved much faster […]

Criminal services expand As predictable as day follows night, 2018 will see more high profile breaches impact large and well-known companies. What will be less visible to the public will be the activities of Crime-as-a-Service (CaaS) which will expand, allowing more focused criminals to rent resource for ransomware campaigns that may never be exposed to […]

Can biometrics replace any existing authentication technology today? Yes, biometrics can replace existing authentication technology today but there is a lot of work to be done and additional security layers are needed to be commercially viable. For example, I do not regard FaceIT from Apple as secure due to twins and printed masks that have […]

Validating deception’s ability to serve as a reliable security control for closing in-network detection gaps, Attivo Networks has released results of a penetration test conducted by a top computer forensics company that specialises in penetration testing and has also announced the ThreatInject simulation tool for testing deception resiliency. By creating an authentic synthetic network based […]

Cybercriminals have set their sights on protected health information. It’s Black Market value is greater than credit card information. By Brandon Bekker, Managing Director at Mimecast, Africa and the Middle East, explains why and how the healthcare sector is under attack.   The Internet of Things has transformed the healthcare sector, allowing practitioners to easily […]

Article by: Rob Koeten, Chief Software Architect, Pulse Secure Driven by multiple technology, market and social trends, the world of application and cloud information access is evolving and expanding rapidly. Simply trusting a device connected to the corporate LAN with proper perimeter security is no longer sufficient in the multi-cloud environment used by agile enterprises […]

Malware is a word that strikes fear into the hearts of users of digital devices. Many of us associate it with attacks on networks or individual computers. It’s easy to forget that mobiles can also come under attack from malicious software. Intelligent CIO spoke to: Anvee Alderton, Channel Manager for southern Africa, TrendMicro; Morey Haber, […]

eHosting DataFort (eHDF), a leading cloud infrastructure, managed hosting and security services provider, has announced the certificate of achievement (CREST Maturity Model) for its Cyber Defence Centre (CDC)/ Security Operation Centre (SOC) based in Dubai Internet City. The Cyber Security Incident Response Certificate demonstrates the maturity level of eHDF’s CDC/SOC and showcases the effective policies […]

Every year around this time all the security businesses and analysts leap for their crystal ball and attempt to predict what we should be worrying about in the coming 12 months or more. And the sad reality is that not a lot will change as there is not much need for the cybercriminal community to […]

Menlo Security, a leader in malware isolation, has closed a $40 million round in Series C funding, bringing total investment to $85 million. New investors in the round include American Express Ventures, Ericsson Ventures and HSBC. They join Menlo’s existing investors: JPMorgan Chase, General Catalyst, Sutter Hill Ventures, Osage University Partners and Engineering Capital. The […]