by Dianne Bayley | Nov 27, 2022 | Security and Legal
Insurers are going to have to tread an uneasy path between reducing costs and dealing with customers’ increased demand for products that are tailored to their needs, says Charl Swarts, who took over as Hollard’s Regional General Manager for the East and Southern Cape...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 14, 2022 | Security and Legal
Cybersecurity specialists Sophos’s new report The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production has revealed that the sector had the highest average ransom payment across all sectors–$2 036 189 versus $812 360, respectively.In addition, 66% of...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 11, 2022 | Security and Legal
Given the increased sophistication and pervasiveness of modern cyberattacks, the assumption that anything within the security perimeter of the organisation can be trusted is quickly being replaced by a Zero Trust approach. As the name suggests, it sees no user,...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 24, 2022 | Security and Legal
Johannesburg, 24 October 2022 – South Africa’s logistics industry is battling a war on many fronts. Bad weather, equipment breakdowns and shortages and congestion continue to hamper the country’s ports and adding days to the supply chain, creating havoc downstream....
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 24, 2022 | Security and Legal
Data monetisation, or the process of using data to obtain a quantifiable economic benefit, has become big business. In fact, the global data monetisation market is valued at $2.9 billion and forecast to more than double to $7.3 billion in the next five years. This is...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 10, 2022 | Security and Legal
A massive 72% of state and local government organisations attacked by ransomware had their data encrypted – 7% more than the cross-sector average.In fact, according to Sophos’s “The State of Ransomware in State and Local Government 2022” report, only 20% of state and...
