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Security software company Sophos says most cloud security incidents are a results of misconfigurations.

Accidental exposure continues to plague local organisations, with misconfigurations exploited in 39% of reported attacks in the country, says Sophos.

Information Regulator chairperson Pansy Tlakula advises local organisations to use the one-year grace period to put compliance measures in place.

The need to enable remote work at the start of lockdown created challenges for companies. Now, as employees return to the office, there is an equal need to carefully reintegrate them safely.

Sophos research shows that paying the ransom makes little difference to the recovery burden in terms of time and cost.

The companies unveiled fully integrated cyber and data protection for on-premises, cloud and SaaS workloads.

Sophos has identified image editors, QR code scanners, fortune telling and face filter apps that overcharge users.

While organisations may manage aspects such as firewall and server host security well, they struggle with configuration of cloud resources, says Richard Beckett, Sophos public cloud senior product marketing manager.

The use of multi-cloud affects security in a number of ways and organisations need to know what measures to take to avert threats, says Sophos.

Modern endpoint solutions include application lockdown, behavioural monitoring, Web protection and data loss prevention.

The companies' alliance offers South African businesses data security and protection against cyber attacks.