Expert Opinions | Digitalisation World

Why have we become desensitised to cyber-attacks?

Published in Datacentre + Network Security Security + Compliance

1989 was of a year of positive milestones which would have a profound impact on the way we live and work today. The World Wide Web was invented, the Berlin Wall was torn down, and the first GPS satellite went into orbit. However, not everything about the year was a cause for celebration. Alongside...

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Trouble Phishing? How to Avoid Becoming the Next Catch of the Day

Published in Datacentre + Network Security Security + Compliance

If we can take anything from the continuous spate of data breaches, it’s that bad actors and their techniques are more sophisticated than ever and are steamrolling over organisations’ security (or lack thereof) defences. But what’s more intriguing is that despite global increased spending on...

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Privileged Passwords: Five Reasons why Separation is Essential

Published in Identity/Access Management Security + Compliance

The threat from internal and external cyber attackers increasingly involves stealing the passwords of system administrators with privileged accounts. Steal those passwords and you have access to the critical infrastructure of servers, databases, firewalls, routers and switches that the organisation...

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Security alert overload: the real cost of alert fatigue

Published in BC/DR Datacentre + Network Security Security + Compliance Storage + Servers

IT security professionals continuously have to tackle high levels of security alerts in the global cybersecurity space. The volume of alerts is increasing at an alarming rate making it difficult for IT to manage and maintain. By Eldad Chai, SVP Product Management, Imperva.