by Dianne Bayley | Nov 15, 2020 | Innovation
Verizon’s analysis of more than 32,000 security incidents and 3,950 breaches has revealed that the financial sector ranks fourth among all sectors in security incidents (1,509 incidents), and seventh in data breaches (448 breaches). In addition, these financial...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 19, 2020 | Security and Legal
As of mid-February 2020, about 4.7 million US employees were working remotely. The social distancing measures introduced in March caused that number to surge dramatically. According to Gallup, the percentage of full-time employees working from home due to COVID-19...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 23, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
When there is a crisis, there are those who will try and take advantage, writes Indi Siriniwasa, Vice President at Trend Micro Sub-Saharan Africa. Unfortunately, cybercriminals aren’t guided by the same moral compass as the rest of humanity. In fact, they are...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 17, 2019 | Security and Legal
As business embraces opportunities from cloud and mobile computing to connect with customers, they take on new risks. There is a steady increase in destructive, sophisticated cyberattacks and ransomware. This is according to security specialist and J2 Software CEO...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 10, 2019 | Security and Legal
Investec Private Banking notes that our perception of “hackers” is a far cry from the sophisticated career criminals we see in real life, and it is this disparity that makes cybercrime so difficult to guard against as people don’t understand their motivations, so...