We asked a number of industry experts what advice they have for organisations in the battle to prevent the rise of phishing attacks. Here is what they had to say. Jurgen Sorton, Senior Product Manager for Security at Vox Phishing attacks are on the rise and show no signs of slowing down. According to the […]
The IT security industry is still failing to attract workers beyond a highly limited demographic, the Chartered Institute of Information Security (CIISec) has warned. Unless it can embrace greater diversity – in gender, age, ethnicity, disabilities and experience – it will face a stagnating workforce and be unable to keep up with a rapidly expanding […]
Recent research shows that some of the traditional threats and concerns such as denial of service and Cloud Service Providers data loss have over the last few years been addressed by industry and were now rated so low they have been excluded from the top ten threats to your cloud dream. Corien Vermaak, Cyber Security […]
BitSight, the Standard in Security Ratings, has announced the availability of a new study that evaluates how executives understand and effectively measure their cybersecurity performance and adequately communicate it to the board, senior executives, customers and critical stakeholders. The September 2019 commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of BitSight titled, Better Security And Business […]
HackerOne, a leading hacker-powered security platform, has announced the results of a study that revealed the majority of security professionals believe humans remain more effective than machines when it comes to securing digital assets. The study, which was carried out at Infosecurity Europe in June 2019, revealed that 53% of security professionals believe the outsider […]
The majority of UK parents are in the dark when it comes to advising their children on a career in cybersecurity, research from global cybersecurity training provider, SANS Institute, shows. The findings reveal that 63% of parents in the UK would either not be able to answer questions on how to get a job in […]
Corne du Preez, Technology Solutions Professional: Apps and Infra, Altron Karabina, looks at how organisations can implement an effective BCDR strategy. When speaking to customers, I always ask what their BCDR strategies are. Sometimes I get good information from customers around their understanding of BCDR, but in most cases it seems that customers have given […]
With the amount of data dominating the current tech landscape, CIOs and business leaders must prioritise how they manage consumer data to avoid the repercussions. A number of experts give their views on how companies should be approaching it correctly. Morey Haber, CTO, BeyondTrust: Organisations are struggling to protect consumer data in two primary ways; […]
Nuance Communications, has announced Santander is making phone banking more seamless and secure through Voice ID, a system that leverages Nuance’s market-leading, fraud-preventing biometrics technology. Santander has deployed Nuance voice biometrics technology within its UK contact centre to authenticate customer calls. As part of the Voice ID system, customers will be invited to enrol and […]
Business agility has become a critical enabler in today’s digital environment, and yet outages can take it away with one snap of the fingers. Kate Mollett, Regional Manager for Africa at Veeam, looks at what you can do to ensure you have an effective disaster recovery plan in place. In an age governed by […]
