by Dianne Bayley | Feb 11, 2020 | Workplace 2020
With thousands of cases reported, and the World Health Organisation declaring it a global health emergency, the coronavirus continues to make headlines. While the primary concern remains the spreading of the virus and healthcare for those infected, the potential...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 10, 2019 | Security and Legal
The conventional wisdom with malware is that you can kill it once and for all by wiping a system and starting from scratch. However, a particularly clever piece of surveillance software with Russian ties appears much more resistant. Even replacing drives won’t kill...
by Kathy Gibson | Mar 20, 2019 | Security and Legal
By Colin Thornton, MD of Turrito Networks In a news environment dominated by political and economic shifts, the devastating effects of cyber crime and data breaches go largely unreported. Yet for small to medium sized businesses (SMMEs) in South Africa, which arguably...
by Dianne Bayley | Aug 14, 2017 | Security and Legal
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...
by Dianne Bayley | May 18, 2017 | Security and Legal
At the end of last week, the world saw the first victims of the now infamous Crypto malware – WannaCry. To date the attack has spread to more than 150 countries and over 200 000 users. Its primary target being businesses and public sector organisations. In the recent...
