Security skills shortage needs new approach

Security skills shortage needs new approach

By Trevor Coetzee, regional director, South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, Intel Security Businesses all over the globe are battling to close the cybersecurity skills gap as an increase in cloud computing, mobile and the Internet of Things fuels a rise in cyber...
Firms alarmingly unprepared for hacks

Firms alarmingly unprepared for hacks

By Martin Walshaw, senior engineer, F5 Networks. Anonymous Africa’s recent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on the SABC and Oakbay Investments aimed to flood the websites of both companies with tons of information, eventually rendering the sites virtually...
New threats drive growing GRC role

New threats drive growing GRC role

Kathy Gibson reports from SAPInsider in Viennan June 2016 – The governance, risk and compliance (GRC) landscape brings unique challenges to a diverse range of end user customers. These include increased regulatory compliance; changing economic and political...
Framework for balanced cyber risk decisions

Framework for balanced cyber risk decisions

RSA, The Security Division of EMC, has announced a new framework designed for companies to inventory and prioritise cyber risks. Issued in a report RSA prepared with support from Deloitte Advisory Cyber Risk Services, the framework gives organisations a new way not...