Organisations must be diligent in their use of new and proven security measures to defend against a continually evolving threat says Ned Baltagi, Managing Director, Middle East and Africa, at SANS Institute. Today, ransomware stands as a significant money-maker for nefarious individuals, and is no longer...
Africa has renewed its call to be better represented at the UN Security Council. The last United Nations General Assembly saw debate focused on expanding the number of member states in the council, as well as which countries should make up its permanent members. The council...
Enrico Natalizio, Vice President, and Pietro Tedeschi, Senior Security Researcher at the Autonomous Robotics Research Center take a closer look at the task of securing drone communications to ensure the technology reaches its potential. In recent years, our world has become more digitally connected than ever...
Trellix, the cybersecurity company delivering the future of extended detection and response (XDR), has released The Threat Report: November 2022 from its Advanced Research Center, home to the world’s most elite security researchers and intelligence experts. The latest report analyses cybersecurity trends from the third quarter of...
Zimbabwe has stepped up its private security sector with retired police officers and soldiers returning to work for private security companies as armed robberies spiral out of control. The veterans are being called upon to support private security firms and the police after the authorities are...
A new report from Group-IB and Orange CERT revealed that 12 African countries lost millions of dollars to a hacking group between 2018 and 2022. The threat actor, based in an unknown French. speaking country, mainly targeted Francophone Africa and was codenamed OPERA1ER . It managed to...
The Security Watch Africa Initiative (SWAI) has asked for more intelligence sharing and synergy amongst agencies and security bodies in Africa. The call for action came as a result of discussion between Mr Patrick Agambu and Sani Usman, the SWAI President and Chief Rapporteur in Abuja. The...
The ISF’s Dan Norman looks at how organisations can establish a stream of trustworthy data for effective threat insights. In turbulent times organisations pine for predictability and stability. Especially today, where organisations are still navigating the covid 19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and fear of...
In a reflective mood, BOB REA QFSM, MIFireE, shares a personal thought after an exposure to a recent event when he had cause to reflect on some words written by a family member which made him realise how important every interaction we have with people...
