Destruction of services attacks coming soon

Destruction of services attacks coming soon

From IT-Online Threats are rapidly evolving, while the magnitude of attacks is increasing – to the extent that Cisco’s 2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report (MCR) forecasts potential “destruction of service” (DeOS) attacks.  These could eliminate organisations’ backups...
Taming the ransomware beast

Taming the ransomware beast

By Denan Erasmus, channel manager Palo Alto Networks & Firemon at Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa Picture this: You receive an email from a person or organisation that you trust. In it, there is a link they ask you to click and you do it. Suddenly, a message pops...
Business security issues: 10 solutions

Business security issues: 10 solutions

By Perry Hutton, Regional vice president – Fortinet Africa High-performance cybersecurity solutions company Fortinet says almost 80% of industrial security incidents in critical infrastructure organisations are caused by unintentional internal issues such as...