by Dianne Bayley | Dec 13, 2020 | Security and Legal
The Covid-19 pandemic created somewhat of a perfect storm when it comes to data protection, writes Sonja Weber, Lead Delivery Solution Manager at T-Systems South Africa. On the one hand, businesses were forced to stop their investment into major projects to manage the...
by Dianne Bayley | Dec 2, 2020 | Security and Legal
Security remains a consistent and ever-present challenge to the organisation today. The statistics that follow in its wake are certainly enough to keep any decision-maker awake at night. In 2020, Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report found that 94% of malware...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 30, 2020 | Security and Legal
In June, the US Secret Service issued a security alert warning about an increase in hacks of managed service providers (MSPs), write Jurgen Sorton, Head of IT – MIT and Barry Kemp, Head of IaaS at Vox . Almost a year earlier, media reports highlighted what was...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 24, 2020 | Security and Legal
The turmoil experienced in 2020 will bring along many structural and strategic changes, not just in our daily lives but in the realm of targeted attacks too – not in the least due to the now-broadened attack surface. New attack vectors, such as the targeting of...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 23, 2020 | Security and Legal
We all know we should never tell someone our banking PIN number, or allow a person behind us at the ATM to see the numbers we’re pressing. However, just as cyber security firms and banks warn us of a new scam, criminals are already working on the next. With Black...
