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5G and IOT – Symbiotically Changing the World
Introduction When Graham Bell invented the first working telephone in 1876, almost a century and a half ago, never would he have imagined even in

Cyberterrorism – A Devastating Reality
One of the crudest but also true-to-life jokes about the advent of online goes like this: “Terrorist organizations have decided to get into online crime

Breach Fatigue Tips for Protecting Your Organization in a Constant Cyber Threat Landscape
Introduction The Aesop fable of the boy who repeatedly raised false alarms about a big bad wolf teaches us that people may become inured to

What’s on the Horizon? Top Cybersecurity Predictions for 2023 by Aurora President, Philip de Souza
2023 – The year of things cyber Just about recovering from the ravages of Covid-19, only to see it resurface, 2023 seems to be the

Why Every Cybersecurity Person Needs To Think Like a Hacker
Why every cybersecurity person needs to think like a hacker Introduction In the world of football, it is not uncommon to see coaches’ pore over

The Potential of Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity
The Potential of Artificial Intelligence One of the most ready references of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at work comes from Netflix’s AI-driven tool – the Netflix

Common Causes For Malicious Data Breach
Malicious data breaches – and what you need to know about them Introduction A data breach is a security violation, in which an organization, institution

The Rise of Automotive Hacking
In March 2022, concurrent with Tesla offering free charging of Electrical Vehicles in Ukraine, to help spur residents flee the war-ravaged country, came the announcement

The Cloud Is Also Vulnerable
A good definition of ‘Vulnerability’ where the cloud is concerned comes from Cloud Security Alliance (1). It defines vulnerability as a weakness in the system

Ransomware – Next Level Malware
You could say it was a trend simply waiting to happen. With the proliferation of networking, digital devices, online activity, Covid et al, the stage

Remote Working and the Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape
As cases of Covid 19 spiral downwards, organizations the world over are slowly getting back to ‘on-site’ working – the ‘old’ normal. In real terms,

Internet of Things (IoT) – Technology Without Borders
When the ARPANET [1], generally regarded as the forerunner of the internet with its WAN ideology and the precursor of the Internet of Things (IoT)

Online Fraud Detection – A Holistic Approach
Juniper, in its Online Payment Fraud 2020 2025 Summary, estimated that the global eCommerce fraud volumes were in the vicinity of $20 billion, with North

Securities and Exchange Commission to introduce new Cybersecurity Disclosure rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is set to put in place a new set of directives that will make organizations more responsible for their

MDR – Delivering Results via Technology and Teams
In the 1983 film War Games, amongst the earliest movies on cybersecurity, officials rush in the hackers of a supercomputer, designed to work without human

Edge Computing Security in an Expanding Cybersecurity Landscape
For want of a better description for Edge Computing Security in layman’s terms, and though comparisons can sometimes be out of place – think of