Cognitive computing improves IT security

Cognitive computing improves IT security

Kathy Gibson was at the IBM Watson Summit 2017 in Kyalami and reports that cybercrime is out of control; it is a systemic problem and it is getting worse. Cybercrime is estimated that about 4-billion records were breached last year because of cyber-attacks. But why is...
Security as a service as threats evolve

Security as a service as threats evolve

The constant evolution of the global security threat landscape is playing a part in the rise of cyber ‘security as a service’ offerings. In addition, the evergreen discussion around cost modelling, namely the ‘Capex vs Opex?’ issue, is also a factor in the promotion...
Security: Exploiting data breaches

Security: Exploiting data breaches

By Michael Marriott, Digital Shadows security expert High profile data breaches are regularly in the news and, seemingly, businesses and are losing the battle to protect their intellectual property (IP), corporate, and customer data from the threats posed by...
CIO dilemma: Breached data levels are up

CIO dilemma: Breached data levels are up

Data breaches increased 15% in the first six months of 2016 compared to the last six months of 2015. According to Gemalto’s Breach Level Index, worldwide, there were 974 reported data breaches and more than 554-million compromised data records in the first half of...