Online data sharing wrecks marriages, careers

Online data sharing wrecks marriages, careers

According to a study by Kaspersky Lab, people are still recklessly sharing private information over the Internet in risky situations. Locally, 32% of people share confidential data by accident and 19% willingly disclose secrets about themselves – despite the...
How to find a ‘super hacker’

How to find a ‘super hacker’

It doesn’t matter how careful they are, ‘super hackers’ will leave a trace of their activities. Windows event logs, DNS logs and DHCP logs – sources not normally analysed from an attack detection perspective – all hold clues to the clandestine...
Taking risk out of the payments channel

Taking risk out of the payments channel

By Andries Kok, CFO, PayAccSys Online security breaches are becoming the order of the day, and such incidences are set to rise as the economy comes under increasing pressure. It is therefore becoming increasingly important for a business owner to take advantage of...
Survival in a data-driven world

Survival in a data-driven world

Kathy Gibson reports from CeBit in Hannover, March 2016 There can be no doubt that we have become a data-driven society – but the way we do analytics today is arguably wrong, having already led to some major disasters and more on the horizon if we don’t learn to do...
Wearable workplace closer than you think

Wearable workplace closer than you think

By Anton van Heerden, Executive Vice-President and Managing Director of Sage in South and Southern Africa. Think back eight years to the launch of the original Apple iPhone – a device that seemed at the time like an expensive toy for the wealthy. Today, smartphones...