by Dianne Bayley | Nov 22, 2017 | Security and Legal
The annual Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales offer great shopping opportunities – but they are also peak days for financial phishing attacks, and consumers are significantly safer on Grey Saturday, when the number of such attacks drops by up to a third despite it...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 18, 2017 | Workplace 2020
The lack of qualified IT security talent remains a prevalent issue for businesses around the world, with 33% of companies last year admitting that improving their in house security expertise is among the top three priorities of their IT security investment, and 48%...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 16, 2017 | Security and Legal
From Elon Musk’s vision for a tunnel network underneath Los Angeles to Uber’s flying cars, we know the technological ambition to transform our road networks has arrived. Automotive companies have their feet on the pedal too. Companies including Ford, Peugeot, Jaguar...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 16, 2017 | Security and Legal
What would your reaction be to someone who told you that “Cloud” is so secure you don’t need to do anything else to protect your data? Because this gem of questionable advice is becoming quite popular, says Carey van Vlaanderen, CEO at ESET South Africa. The truth is,...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 18, 2017 | Security and Legal
This year has proved to be a lucrative year for cybercrime as prominent malware and attack methods continue to evolve, creatively bypassing existing security solutions, says Check Point in its mid-year report. In 2016, we witnessed sophisticated new malware emerging...