Middle East is not prepared for a major cyber attack – According to the recent article published in thenational.ae ; the author asks – What would happen to any GCC country if a cyber attack significantly degraded […]
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‘Internet of zombies’
Radware, a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, today announced the release of its Global Application and Network Security Report 2015-2016, which highlights that the age of the ‘Internet of Zombies’ is […]
Time Warner Cable warns 320,000 customers of hack
Time Warner Cable said late Wednesday (6th Jan 2016) that hackers may have stolen up to 320,000 customers’ email passwords. The second-largest cable company in the U.S. said it is still investigating how the information was pilfered, […]
How South Africa equipped to defend the cyber crime
Last year South Africa had the most cyber attacks of any country on the continent. In 2014, losses reached an estimated R5 billion annually through cyber crime. The year before, the Norton Report rated South […]
Security considerations for SDN/NFV
Software Defined Network (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) have been creating paradigm shifts across major service providers. In recent years, while these are considered disruptive to major network infrastructures operating on status quo, SDN and NFV […]
Ethical Hacking – TECHGIG Session Expert Speak
Ethical hacking is the process of checking and testing the organization network for the possible loopholes and vulnerabilities. The individuals or experts who perform ethical hacking are called white-hats. They perform hacking in ethical ways, […]
Security regulatory compliance for telecom operators
The DoT (Department of Telecommunications) in India has enforced the telecom operators holding license(s) to ensure that they comply to security amendment dated 31st May 2011, likewise Ofcom in UK and other nations has got […]
US cybersecurity trade mission visits Poland, Romania
The US Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews announced he will lead a delegation of 20 American companies on a Cybersecurity Trade Mission to Bucharest, Romania, and Warsaw, Poland on 11-15 May. Assistant Secretary for […]
Telecom operators seek to solve security problems of the future
As Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled products and services like smart televisions and smart homes begin to enter the market, many consumers are becoming worried that these devices will make them vulnerable to hackers who want […]
Lessons learned from cyber breaches
The business leaders are there to ensure proactively fight tomorrow’s threats, not yesterday’s. Organizations have struggled with legitimacy with senior leaders for a long time due to cyber breaches. There are many reasons for this, […]
future of cybersecurity 