Dimension Data, an African born global systems integrator and managed services provider, is offering Incident Response Remediation assistance at no cost to UAE hospitals combatting the pandemic following a significant spike in COVID-19 themed cyberattacks on the healthcare sector. Dimension Data’s service will enable affected UAE hospitals to rapidly restore operations after a successful cyberattack […]
A report from Arcserve indicates that consumers are likely to avoid conducting business with an organisation that has experienced a cyberattack. It further reveals that consumers will not tolerate ransomware-related service disruptions or security breaches and will turn to a competitor after a single failed transaction or instance of inaccessible information. Arcserve Southern Africa has […]
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of local consumers say they are happy for the government to monitor social media activity to keep its citizens safe, according to Kaspersky’s latest report, Social credits and security: Embracing the world of ratings. The report reveals people’s perception of social ratings and if they are prepared to be a part of […]
A Forrester Consulting study entitled The Rise of Security Culture found that 94% of respondents felt a security culture is essential for business success. It’s also critical for reputation, process, governance, risk and compliance. The question is, how can organisations embed and measure its security culture? The Africa Cybersecurity Culture Conference 2020 hopes to provide […]
Cyberattacks increasingly target people, rather than infrastructure, with more than half (55%) of CSOs and CISOs citing human error and lack of security awareness as one of the biggest IT security risks. Proofpoint, a leading cybersecurity and compliance company, has released its latest research highlighting how people-centric cyberattacks are impacting organisations in the UAE. The […]
Cloud security is about securing the cloud through a combination of procedures, policies and technologies. Scott Manson, Managing Director – Middle East & Turkey, McAfee, explains how businesses can properly secure the cloud. If I had a dirham for every time I have heard a vendor say “secure the cloud”, I’d be a rich man! But […]
New Kaspersky research has found that consumers around the world want to take more action to protect and maintain control over their personal privacy. As revealed in the company’s latest report, Defending digital privacy: taking personal protection to the next level, consumers are becoming more aware of where their personal data is available online. In […]
Secure-D from Upstream detected 1.69 million malware-infected Android devices in South Africa last year. Within many popular apps, malware is lurking unseen and committing background fraud that targets advertisers, operators and consumers. The blocked transactions came from more than 18,000 different applications. While the rogue apps behave normally on a smartphone’s screen, they surreptitiously click […]
Research from Kaspersky into the financial threat landscape has found Egypt to be the most targeted country by cybercriminals. In 2019, 773,943 users of Kaspersky solutions were attacked by banking trojans. Of those users, more than a third (35.1%) were in the corporate sector. Although the Middle Eastern corporate sector was affected too, Egypt was […]
Redline Communications Group, a leading provider of industrial wireless broadband network connectivity solutions for mission-critical applications, has announced that, along with its certified partner Al-Rushaid Technologies, it has been selected by one of KSA’s largest oil companies to provide secure connectivity across their vast oilfields. Al-Rushaid Technologies is the ICT and telecom powerhouse of Al-Rushaid Group […]
