Businesses are putting themselves at increased risk of losing data, by not curbing the actions of current and former employees. A total of 25% of workers in South Africa still have access to files and documents from a previous employer, putting the integrity of data and company livelihood at risk, according to the Sorting out […]

Palo Alto Networks finds over half of respondents take responsibility for their data online. An online study of more than 10,000 respondents in EMEA conducted by Palo Alto Networks and YouGov alongside Dr Jessica Barker, an expert in the human nature of cybersecurity, explores attitudes towards new cybersecurity technologies, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), and […]

Positive Technologies has released its report, 5G Network Security: Vulnerabilities Old and New, which outlines some of the greatest risks facing 5G as networks as they begin to launch around the world. 5G promises superfast connection speeds, ultra-low latency and greater capacity which represent huge opportunities for operators to transform their businesses, allowing them to […]

Researchers at Terbium Labs, a leading Dark Web data intelligence company, has released the findings of new research that examines the deeply intertwined nature of payment fraud and transnational crime. Results from the report titled, “The Next Generation of Criminal Financing: How Payment Fraud Funds Transnational Crime,” illustrate the far-reaching effect of payment fraud – […]

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 the […]

A study has revealed the scale of the battle UK business leaders face when business disruption hits, as a staggering 54% admit to suffering from stress-related illnesses and/or damage to their mental wellbeing in the aftermath of cyberattacks, IT outages or network failures. In the modern hyper-connected world, with the c-suite inextricably tied up with […]

McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, has released a special edition of its Cloud and Risk Adoption Report, focused on the business impact of cloud services and how organisations around the world are addressing security gaps to accelerate their businesses with the cloud. Cloud services are the most significant advance in IT since the introduction of […]

People remain the greatest threat to industrial control systems (ICS) and associated networks, according to a new SANS survey focused on better understanding cybersecurity risks to operational technology (OT) systems. More than half of respondents also see the cyber risks to their safe and reliable operations as high or higher than in past years. A […]

A new survey by Cybera, a leader in SD-WAN Edge application and security services, has found that retailers are struggling to balance the challenges of delivering increased footfall, bigger basket sizes and an enhanced customer experience with their fundamental technology and IT security needs. Conducted in May 2019 at RetailEXPO 2019, the survey revealed that offering […]

Exabeam, a ‘smarter SIEM’ company, has released its annual ‘State of the SOC’ report, identifying shifting roles and responsibilities as one of the most pressing challenges for security operations centre (SOC) managers. As an example of this shift, c-suite executives are doing more in incident response and threat hunting, while front-line employees are completing fewer […]