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Cyber Defence South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria have seen millions of cyber attacks in... In South Africa, there were almost 10 million malware attacks and a staggering 43 million Potentially Unwanted Applications (PUA) detections, according to…
Rod Holmes, vCISO, The Crypsis Group. Financial services organizations consistently outspend most of their vertical sector peers in cybersecurity staff, tools and associated investments, but the cyber hits just keep coming. According to our recent…
Infosecurity Magazine
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Dan Raywood
– Sep 22, 2:00 PM
Cowbell Cyber has announced the launch of a cyber insurance program designed to deliver coverage to address the diversity of incidents under the ‘cyber' category. Named Prime 250, Cowbell Cyber said this is intended to deliver “on the…
A new data protection law came into force in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) on 1 July 2020. The new law, Law No. 5 of 2020 (DIFC DP Law), which repeals the Data Protection Law No.1 of 2007, bears striking similarities to the EU's…
Stacey on IoT | Internet of Things news and analysis
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Stacey Higginbotham
– Sep 22, 11:00 AM
Image from the GAO August 2020 Internet of Things report. The U.S. government has been an enthusiastic adopter of the internet of things over the last four years, with almost half of federal agencies already implementing some type of IoT product to…
This week IBM is announcing new services to provide companies with systematic calculations of their cybersecurity costs The new services calculate risks – such as acquiring a company with security vulnerabilities – and advise…
Democracy Research Institute (DRI), a local think-tank, warned on September 21 that the proposed amendments to the Law on Information Security may pose “risks of total control and mass human rights violations,” as the changes grant…
During the last decade, the Chinese government has rolled out an extensive cybersecurity system. This new system is not what a foreign investor would expect. This new system is cybersecurity with Chinese characteristics. The system is not intended…
