by Dianne Bayley | Jan 25, 2022 | Security and Legal
Malicious cyber actors are often opportunistic, targeting the low-hanging fruit of networks with visible vulnerabilities and valuable assets. In the private sector, would-be attackers will often simply move on to an easier target if an organisation appears to have...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 19, 2022 | Security and Legal
As companies take stock and plan budgets for the new year, and as the pandemic continues unabated, companies will still need to factor in its ongoing impact on their business and daily operations; remote working, to some extent, will remain in place for many...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 18, 2022 | Security and Legal
South African financial leaders report that their roles have evolved dramatically due to the permanent ways in which the pandemic has changed their operations and the business landscape. New research from Sage finds that 63% of finance leaders agreed they need...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 17, 2022 | Security and Legal
While most of the world dealt with the impact and disruption of Year Two of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals expanded their activities with ambitious attacks on critical infrastructure. Armed with sophisticated and brute-force attack methods, threat actors...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 10, 2022 | Security and Legal
In 2021, Kaspersky’s detection systems discovered 380 000 malicious files per day, indicating a 5,7% increase compared to 2020. This growth correlates with the continuous rise in the number of devices used worldwide, among other factors, and is one of the trends found...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 7, 2022 | Security and Legal
For years, operational technology (OT) systems have been working to control everything from factories to transportation networks to utilities, writes By Rick Peters, CISO Operational Technology North America at Fortinet. But the reality is that most citizens...
