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 | Jun 30, 2021 | Innovation
In 1988, a Cornell University graduate student named Robert Morris wanted to measure the size of the Internet. He wrote a program that could spread across a network, install itself on machines, and then Morris would count the instances. From that, the now-infamous...
by Dianne Bayley | May 9, 2021 | Workplace 2020
Cybercriminals have shifted their focus to vulnerable employees who now work from home and use personal internet connections, writes cybersecurity expert and J2 CEO John Mc Loughlin. Business leaders need to educate remote workers on cybersecurity and better computer...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 25, 2020 | Security and Legal
As the world becomes increasingly digital as a result of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), more and more of our devices are becoming connected to the open Internet as well as to each other, writes Vishal Barapatre, Chief Technology Officer at In2IT...
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 6, 2020 | Security and Legal
While cybersecurity certainly requires sophisticated technology interventions, staff training is equally important in protecting client information, writes Herman Kannenberg, Head of Legal Affairs and Cyber Security, Huawei South Africa. Conscious of this, Huawei...
