What is Ransomware Ransomware is a type of malicious software (malware) that is used to encrypt files, drives or entire computer systems. This includes mobile devices, laptops, desktops, servers, etc. In addition to blocking the user from accessing their now encrypted data, there is also a demand to pay a ransom using untraceable cryptocurrency. Attackers […]
This article aims to bring awareness to the role and impact of an effective endpoint security framework as a key information security sub-category within the current day corporate business society while battling with the trends in cybercrimes and data loss mechanisms of which may contribute to business continuity and survival. “The average total cost of […]
Our recently concluded webinar on the topic ‘Balancing Privacy & Digitization’ by Daniel Munroe, Solutions Manager has brought to you the following article. With the latest news of privacy violations on popular social media platforms and the new regulations coming from the European Union (EU) – The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), how companies use data […]
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Recently we hosted a well-attended webinar on the topic ‘Governance: A tool for Growth’ by Alicia Perez Director of IS Audit. With a number of inquiries coming in, we decided to sit down with Alicia one more time to bring you this 2 part fireside chat on what makes Governance so important. In case you […]
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Just a few weeks ago, we hosted a well-attended webinar on the topic ‘Governance: A tool for Growth’ by Alicia Perez Director of IS Audit. With a number of inquiries coming in we decided to sit down with Alicia one more time to bring you this 2 part fireside chat on what makes Governance so […]
Information Security & Cyber Risks With increased focus on cyber-security and consequently efforts by enterprises to ensure resilience against cyber-attacks and data breaches, it is critical that Information Systems (IS) audit techniques evolve to ensure its continued importance and effectiveness as an independent assessor of an organisation’s control environment. The days where a checklist approach […]
What would you do if your company suddenly went out of business? Seems like an odd question right? Well the unusually busy 2017 hurricane season caused a lot of business leaders to seriously think about whether their companies could survive a major disaster – natural or otherwise. Let’s put hurricanes aside for a minute, the […]
Data mining is a term that has been described many different ways, whether it be Big Data, Data Science, Data Analytics or even Business Intelligence just to name a few. The Oxford University Press English Dictionary © (2018) gives a simple definition of “The practice of examining large pre-existing databases in order to generate new […]
