Whether it be a classified military system, or a corporate secret of enormous value, securing important systems has never been more difficult. Digitization has touched all facets of modern systems and applications. This has increased the attack surface considerably more as compared to the simpler times when physical security was enough to keep the secrets safe. In this article we …
It seems like multiple times each year there’s some major breach at a big name company. 2016 saw Sony’s email system hacked early in the year resulting in many large-scale deals being made public before they were ready. Later in that same year, we saw Target’s customer database get compromised, putting millions of customers data at risk, including credit card …
The number of incidents of data breaches is increasing significantly every year and everyone should take it as a warning that their data is not safe in today’s highly connected world. It has become more important than ever to take the right measures to secure your data and protect it from the hackers who are always in search of victims. …
In the current hi-tech world that we live in, individuals already command a substantial digital footprint, while that of businesses keep expanding and changing dramatically. As a result, it is very probable for employees to unintentionally expose the company’s sensitive information either to competitors, or even worse, hackers. Recently, there have been several attacks on huge companies across the globe, …
To succeed in business in this increasingly interconnected world is to accept the growing importance of cyber security. The volume of cyber attacks in recent years has increased so rapidly that they’re no longer a distant threat but rather a scary reality that businesses have to tackle head on. But it’s not only the increasing sophistication of malware that is …
The last couple of years have seen an increase in the number and sophistication of ransomware attacks aimed at businesses, utilities, government agencies and individual computer users. Usually avoidable, these attacks have caused millions of dollars’ worth of reported damage. The amount of unreported damage they have caused can only be guessed. Several high-profile attacks this year, such as WannaCry …