Eighty three per cent of companies are failing to encrypt at least half of the sensitive data they hold in the cloud – leaving them open to security breaches. According to the 2021 Thales Cloud Security Study, 57% of companies surveyed say they use of at...
Tenable has expanded its strategic relationship with IBM Security X-Force Red so that companies can identify and disrupt attack opportunities before bad actors can leverage them. Comprehensive Active Directory security services work to continuously detect and prevent attacks against the Active Directory and connected environment in...
Routed has appointed Axiz Cloud Technologies as a VMWare cloud distribution partner in a move that will help bolster the cloud market in the South African region. The appointment is not only strategic to help Routed build a resilient and robust channel, but is also necessary...
A new report from Interpol has identified the most prominent cybersecurity threats in Africa, based on input from its own member countries and data from the private sector. According to the The African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021 they are: 1: Online scams 2: Digital extortion 3: Business email...
With cyber incidents the biggest risk to businesses across the globe, the market for cyber security insurance is set to increase, according to Advance Market Analytics’ Cyber Security Insurance Market Insights, to 2026. Cyber security insurance could help businesses to mitigate their losses should they be...
Fifty two per cent of developers say that security policies are stifling their innovations, according to new research from VMware. The research reveals a widening gap between developers and security teams which could lead to serious consequences. The findings also revealed: 22% of developers strongly agree...
Seventy four per cent of organisations say that damaging cyberattacks are a result of vulnerabilities in the technology that was put into place during the pandemic, according to Tenable Inc. In the Beyond Boundaries: The Future of Cybersecurity in the New World of Work report, it...
The bi-annual NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report has underlined the dramatic impact cyberattacks continue to have on governments and private and public organisations across the world. The first half of 2021 saw approximately 5.4million Distributed Denial of Services (DDoS) attacks – a figure that is 11 per...
Kaspersky has recorded a decline in the number of phishing attacks for the first half of the year, in comparison to the same period last year. South Africa saw a 17% decline, Nigeria a 13% and Kenya an impressive 48% declines in phishing attacks. The figures...
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) the United Nations’ (UN) arm in charge of global telecommunications, has called on governments in Nigeria and other areas of Africa to strengthen their internet security. The UN is concerned that as the world continues to recover from the fallout of...
