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Sep 14, 2021

Ransomware prevention tips for SMEs: The threat from within

The insider threat is a growing reality for all companies, but SMEs often lack the resources needed to better understand how to mitigate and respond to these.

Byron Horn-Botha

Sep 7, 2021

Small and vulnerable: SMEs on ransomware collision course

SMEs are most at risk of being cyber crime targets, as cyber criminals constantly up their efforts and the level of sophistication of their attacks.

Byron Horn-Botha

Enterprise Architecture

Jul 19, 2021

Traditional storage is no longer an option

Many organisations are seeing the benefits of adopting scale-out immutable storage solutions that eliminate many issues afflicting traditional data storage methods.

Byron Horn-Botha

Jun 3, 2021

How to protect data against disaster in the cloud

The customer, and not the service provider, is primarily responsible for protecting their data in the cloud, and CIOs should not assume cloud providers are secure.

Byron Horn-Botha

May 27, 2021

Keeping critical infrastructure safe has never been more important

Ransomware continues to be a growing threat and risks becoming yet another "cost of doing business" that companies build into their strategies.

Byron Horn-Botha

Apr 28, 2021

Leading from the top to thwart cyber attacks

Unpacking the steps necessary for C-Suite execs to take if they are to steer their organisations away from potentially crippling cyber attacks.

Byron Horn-Botha

Apr 21, 2021

The role of the C-Suite in security and risk management

Chief information officers and chief information security officers are deemed security and risk leaders in 2021 corporations, but they face critical challenges.

Byron Horn-Botha

Feb 4, 2021

Beware: Cold calling contact centres offer extortion as a service

The use of outsourced call centres to extort money via ransomware is a sinister ramping up of cyber crime activities − the latest refinement, so to speak, of a nasty trade.

Byron Horn-Botha

Oct 30, 2020

Customer retention in the face of ransomware attacks

As ransomware attacks increase, complacency about consumer reaction to the theft of data would be an utterly foolhardy approach for business owners.

Byron Horn-Botha

Nov 21, 2019

Unpacking the true cost of downtime

The critical need to protect against unplanned downtime from the full range of potential failures cannot be overstated.

Byron Horn-Botha

Apr 17, 2019

Balancing prevention, continuity and recovery

Let's broaden the data security conversation to highlight the importance of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.

Byron Horn-Botha

Business Continuity

Mar 1, 2019

Backup and recovery balancing act

What's more important: the speed of recovery or the amount of data an organisation is willing to lose?

Byron Horn-Botha

Byron Horn-Botha

Lead: Arcserve Southern Africa channel and partnerships.

Byron Horn-Botha is lead: Arcserve Southern Africa channel and partnerships. He has been involved in the technology sector in sales and management roles since he commenced his working career eight years ago. He moved from his first position at Pastel in 2012 to work for a SAP partner specialising in the SAP budgeting planning, consolidation solution and enterprise play oriented solution. In this role, he was focused on new business expansion within and outside the SAP user community. In 2014, he joined CA Southern Africa in a business development role. In 2015, Horn-Botha moved into the Arcserve arena, fulfilling the role of new business development, as an Arcserve partner, followed by the move to the 2018 Arcserve corporate position. Throughout his career, he has worked with channel partners, giving him in-depth insight into the challenges faced by the sector.