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Today, as we celebrate J2 Software’s 19th anniversary, I’m filled with immense pride and loads of gratitude. What we have been able to achieve is really amazing and even more than I had planned back in 2006. We have managed to do what only 13,000 odd businesses in South Africa, and apparently 4% in the

The financial strain on businesses from escalating cybercrimes are growing at an alarming rate. For chief financial officers (CFO), the financial implications of cyberattacks are becoming impossible to ignore. The increasing frequency and sophistication of these threats demand a more strategic approach to cybersecurity investment, yet many organisations continue to underestimate the financial consequences of

In a profit-driven, ethically-unconstrained criminal enterprise like phishing it is not surprising that threat actors have evolved to match the times. Rather than focus on techniques, this article will discuss how phishing applications have changed to match new security standards. Only 22% of Microsoft clients have adopted two-factor protection, so the traditional phishing attacks are

The threat landscape for businesses has evolved significantly in recent years, with cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated and frequent. As a result, cybersecurity has become a top priority for organisations of all sizes, and the C-suite, including CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, and CISOs, plays a critical role in managing and mitigating cyber risk. The State of Email Security,

South Africa’s largest law firm, ENSafrica, has recently been ordered to pay a cybercrime victim R5.5 million after a syndicate successfully hacked into a client’s email during a property transaction. The hackers altered the bank account number in a PDF invoice sent by the law firm, resulting in the client losing a substantial amount of

Insider threats are a problem for every industry, but financial services are by far the prime target for data theft. No other industry is tasked with handling and securing more sensitive data. For large financial institutions with large numbers of employees, it is critical to have visibility into employee activities that raise red flags signaling

The risk from malicious insiders has long been a priority for CISOs and has now become a top priority for other executives and board members. Employees require access to sensitive information, but heavy-handed approaches using complicated and static rules can frustrate users. This hampers productivity and leads users to search for workarounds that can also

There’s a super malicious insider who is technically proficient and often acutely aware of an organisation’s technical limitations in proactively detecting insider threats. This is according to Dtex System’s 2022 Insider Risk Report that is based on real investigations and data collected by the Dtex Insider Intelligence and Investigations (i3) team throughout 2021.  The super

Cybersecurity is one of those topics that has been in the media and in almost every print and online publication, even in verticals that have nothing to do with cybersecurity, for years. Today it’s one of those topics that we gloss over or perhaps don’t even see unless the headline is catchy or mentions a

Connected consumer and business products have begun flooding the market, but security remains an afterthought. Cybercriminals are always on the prowl to access smart devices like wireless security cameras, smart TVs, baby cameras, smart speakers, smartphones or tablets. The plethora of connected gadgets introduced to homes over the past decade has opened new doors for