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2015 is coming to a close, but as employees prepare for the holiday season and the new year, cyber criminals aren’t taking a break and are looking for opportunities to take …

From Ashley Madison to the United States Office of Personnel Management – and many, many others in between – what we now know is targets for cyber criminals and nation-state …

Basic common sense tells us you can’t fix what you don’t know is broken. Knowing the “who”, “what”, “why”, “when” and “where” is paramount, when you think about processes that …

The most neglected part of security is the human factor – and yet it’s also the most vulnerable. Several of the speakers at the recently held IRISSCON cyber crime conference …

As we enter the Christmas shopping season, many retail organisations go into a “production freeze” where they halt updates and configuration changes in their payment and order …

1. Security will be the biggest issue in the ICT industry driven by rapid adoption of Cloud, Mobility and the Internet of Things As platforms become more open due to the rapid …

Employing one of the many security solutions on the market today does not mean your organization is immune to infiltration – that much is clear from the constant string …

In 2016, the EU is set to review the next draft of The Network and Information Security (NIS) ‘cybersecurity’ directive which will bring new compliance requirements into …

Point of sale (POS) systems – what consumers often call the checkout system – are often the weak link in the chain and the choice of malware. They should be isolated …

Gary Warner recently became the Chief Threat Scientist at PhishMe. In this interview he talks about how his past positions prepared him for this new job title, information …

Cyber attackers have an abundance of opportunities to steal or modify data and disrupt business services. And their playground grows bigger and more diverse every day as the …

We have a love/hate relationship with our IT appliances. These technology workhorses impress us with their modern, industrial designs, bright colors, and slick branding. When …