The only way to fight a technology war is with technology, says James Blake, chief product strategist for Mimecast UEM.
In today's technology roundup: VMware to buy Novell's Suse?, Intel confirms HDCP copy-protection crack, Facebook ponders branded smartphone, and clever cars mean safer driving.
Security Gateway Virtual Edition with VMsafe integration secures the cloud with an advanced firewall.
In this World Wide Wrap: Google gears up for music service, Dell powers up SME storage, and SafeNet and NetApp team up.
ITWeb TV #SS24 Steve Jump, Custodiet Advisory Services
Recorded live at ITWeb Security Summit 2024, Steve Jump, director, Custodiet Advisory Services, provided ITWeb's Adrian Hinchcliffe with an update on the Security Summit Hackathon, the value these have in skills development and talent recruitment for companies and the start-up scene, as well as an overview of Secure by Design principles.
The company intends to merge the business into Westcon SA's security division.
ITWeb Security Summit 2024
As many a company has discovered, all the security in the world won't work if your users are giving away the keys to the vault. What's to be done?
ITWeb TV: AI-driven fraud rises as criminals target human trust | Ep #158
AI-driven fraud is rising across Africa, with criminals exploiting human behaviour and trust rather than system vulnerabilities, says Thalia Pillay, CEO of Orca Fraud. In an interview with ITWeb Africa editor Samuel Mungadze, Pillay says criminals are deploying increasingly sophisticated AI-powered tactics to circumvent security controls.
Interpol calls for law enforcement to develop an international identity verification system to prevent hi-tech crimes.
The custodian of company information will not accept liability for a company's hijacking, and systems to prevent further fraud are not likely to be implemented soon.
Most fraud cases are perpetrated through abuse of IT passwords, according to Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs.
ITWeb Security Summit 2025 Johannesburg
Biodata, which has an annual revenue of R30 million, will be acquired by Datatec for an undisclosed amount.
Yahoo computers smash pi record, Basketball megastar accused of hacking, Phishers target Skype users, Yahoo demos faster Mail service
In this World Wide Wrap: Red Hat intros cloud training, Verizon cloud offering targets SMEs, and Novell releases cloud manager.
In this World Wide Wrap: NTT boosts data centre security, cloud services bring channel threat, and ZettaServe snaps up Convergent Resources.