The best defence against ransomware attacks is the ability to recover quickly to a clean copy of data that is unaffected by the malicious encryption software, says Eran Brown, EMEA CTO at Infinidat.
Some cyber criminals hire call centres to cold call companies and use threats to bully them into engaging with the hackers, says Peter French, MD of Synapsys.
The bank’s investigations reveal the former employee sold customer data to third-parties, in a data leak that affected over 209 000 customers.
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Open data, data mining and in-depth data analysis could prove to be invaluable tools in the COVID-19 fight, and in the ones that may still come.
The city appeals to customers to make the switch to e-billing, amid the second wave spike in COVID-19 infections.
AI can be used to enhance the quality of data and optimise how people are cared for, says Henry Adams, country manager of InterSystems.
An effective customer focus can be a business differentiator, but the pandemic and the changing attitude of customers means technology is key in meeting customer demands.
BCX is investigating an incident that resulted in adult content being displayed on its Web page yesterday.
For those able to shift their data off-premises, cloud adoption has become a common strategy that forms part of a larger strategic imperative, says Simon Williams, Metallic sales specialist UKI & Nordics at Commvault.
The South African watchdog engages WhatsApp’s parent company, Facebook, after the former rolled out new terms and conditions.
The reliance on SaaS and IaaS and increase in devices operating outside the corporate network has heightened the risk and rate of malicious cyber attacks, says Paul Evans, CEO at Redstor.
In a 5G world, data must be portable, protected and available for analysis, says Gerhard Fourie, district channel manager for Commvault in SA.