Tag: Cybersecurity
Why Managed Security is the way to go for modern Businesses
In the last few years there have been a number of phrases and key words that have been floating around the tech industry. Things...
Mastercard commits to reaching 1m girls globally by 2025 through STEM
To help narrow the gender gap, Mastercard has been cultivating young technology enthusiasts as part of its signature education platform, Girls4Tech. Currently in its...
What are the biggest risks fintech poses to banks?
It has become something of a truism in the banking industry: the rise of innovative fintech solutions are posing an ever-growing risk to the...
Sophos gives advice following Facebook’s latest leaked passwords debacle
Following Facebook’s recent announcement that some of its users’ passwords were being stored in a readable format within their internal data storage systems; Sophos,...
Sophos Intercept X achieves highest scores in NSS Labs 2019 AEP...
Sophos announced that its next-gen endpoint solution, Sophos Intercept X, was recognized for having the highest security effectiveness and the most efficient TCO (total cost...
FABS enters partnership to host CSS in Kigali, promote enhanced regional...
Footprint Africa Business Solutions (FABS) has penned a partnership deal with CIO East Africa in conjunction with Rwanda Information Society Agancy, RISA, to host...
Rwanda to focus on “Safe and Secure Services Online” during this...
The Government of Rwanda has aggressively pursued and invested heavily in information and communications technology (ICT) and believes that ICT is a key driver...
Trend Micro: mounting cloud email threats to Office 365 require 2nd...
Trend Micro Incorporated announced that its Cloud App Security tool blocked nearly nine million high-risk email threats in 2018 as attackers continued to evolve...
Sophos central management platform now features all next-gen cybersecurity protection
Sophos announced that the next-gen Sophos XG Firewall is now available through Sophos Central, bringing Sophos’ complete portfolio of cybersecurity solutions into a single,...
How to check, secure your email addresses if they have been...
The Have I Been Pwned? (HIBP) website has revealed another huge cache of breached email addresses and passwords discovered last week circulating among criminals.
According to a post...
Safaricom introduces I.T security solutions for enterprise customers
Safaricom enterprise customers can now access a wide range of security solutions to protect their information technology (I.T) systems.
The services include Managed Security Solutions,...
Sophos’ new Lateral Movement Protection exposes blind spots
Sophos has now included lateral movement protection to prevent targeted, manual cyberattacks or exploits from infiltrating further into a compromised network.
According to the SophosLabs...
Sophos 2019 threat report unveils the rise of hand-delivered, targeted cyberattacks
Sophos recently launched its 2019Threat Report providing insights into emerging and evolving cybersecurity trends. The report, produced by SophosLabs researchers, explores changes in the threat landscape over...
Protec partners with CIO East Africa to host CIO100 Symposium
Professional Technologies (Protec) has partnered with Thales and Thycotic to start the conversation on information security at this year’s eagerly awaited CIO 100 Symposium...
Trend Micro making strides to secure Africa’s cloud
Multinational cyber security and defense company, Trend Micro, has a 30-year history and is on the verge of making Africa part of its exciting...
CIOs are at the corner of innovation and security, but is...
In this day and age digital disruption is an ever-present occurrence in almost every sector, and it is this fact that earned some CIOs...
DDoS attacks via IoT devices threaten ongoing development of 4th industrial...
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that use Internet of Things (IoT) devices are a significant threat to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the...
Global smart home industry market size predicted to reach $53.45billion by...
Zion Market Research has published a new report titled “Smart Home Market (Smart Kitchen, Security & Access Control, Lighting Control, Home Healthcare, HVAC Control...
Forcepoint increases investment in human-centric cybersecurity with new software engineering facility
Forcepoint has opened a new Centre of Excellence in Ireland. The investment will focus on new product development in the cloud and endpoint cybersecurity...
Liquid Telecom partners with Serianu to tighten pan-African cybersecurity
Liquid Telecom and Serianu have announced a new partnership to improve cybersecurity standards and practices across Africa.
The partnership brings together Liquid Telecom’s award-winning fibre...
