Hosting firm UKFast has released its first Threat Monitoring Report, with data and insight from its Threat Monitoring service, which continuously analyses data to distinguish between potential security breaches and normal activity. Data from the first 10 weeks of 2019 shows more than 5.5m malicious events across the platform, with 1.52m full attack attempts blocked […]

Norsk Hydro, a global aluminium and renewable energy company based in Norway, has been hit by an extensive cyberattack. IT-systems in most business areas have been impacted and the company has switched to manual operations and procedures as far as possible. In a statement, the company said its technical team, with external support, has succeeded […]

Microsoft’s announcement that it has launched its first cloud data centres in Africa – one in Cape Town, another in Johannesburg – has been a cause for celebration among South Africa’s business sector. And as Mikey Molfessis, cybersecurity expert at Mimecast South Africa explains, as we hurtle into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, access to cloud […]

Timothy Arnold, Head of Colocation at Six Degrees, discusses the best practice approach data centre teams should take to managing outdated equipment. Running outdated equipment in your data centre is a drain on finances and resources and can introduce security risks to your organisation. I’ve personally seen 12-year-old equipment that’s never been patched and never […]

Bitdefender, a leading global cybersecurity company protecting more than 500 million systems worldwide, has announced interoperability between Bitdefender GravityZone Security for Virtualized Environments (SVE) and VMware NSX-T Data Center. With this support, Bitdefender delivers an agentless security solution for customers that works with VMware NSX-T Data Center. As organisations embrace new technologies, data centre environments […]

With help from long-standing IT partner, LanDynamix, Allem Brothers is gradually transforming its ICT systems to support its business better and lay the foundations for another century of success. About the customer Allem Brothers began its life as a small trading concern in Viljoenskroon in the northern Free State. Over the course of almost a […]

Sophos, a global leader in network and endpoint security, has announced the findings of its global survey, 7 Uncomfortable Truths of Endpoint Security, which reveals that IT managers are more likely to catch cybercriminals on their organisation’s servers and networks than anywhere else. In fact, IT managers discovered 37% of their most significant cyberattacks on […]

Hutchinson Networks, the Edinburgh-based network specialist, has developed a robust and powerful systems tool called Fabrix Secure Analytics (FSA). Powered by Cisco Tetration Analytics and its own Fabrix cloud platform, FSA adds further network application security for organisations considering data centre migration or those that need to build dynamic security policy models. The solution combines […]

AlgoSec, a leading provider of business-driven network security management solutions, has announced support for the CyberArk Privileged Access Security Solution. This enables joint customers to further enhance their organisation’s security management processes with centralised control of device credentials and privileged accounts. The integration is a key feature of the AlgoSec Security Management Solution version 2018.2. […]

SBV Services stops millions of attacks while protecting cash in transit, employees, and data with Trend Micro. Overview SBV Services is a leading provider of customised cash services and solutions to reserve and commercial banks, ATMs, and retail environments. Founded in South Africa in 1986, SBV recently expanded its footprint into other African countries and is […]