Security

Image sourced from Texas News Today Information security certification is a way to validate an individual’s knowledge and skills in the area of information security. It is an important way to demonstrate one’s commitment to information security and its principles. It is also a way for employers to validate that their employees have the necessary skills and knowledge to protect their organization’s assets. Information security is a critical aspect of any business. It is essential to protect information assets from unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, and destruction. Information security certification provides assurance that an individual has the necessary knowledge and skills to protect information assets. It is also a way to ensure that the individual is knowledgeable in the are...

Conrad Steyn, CTO and Head of Engineering for Sub-Saharan Africa at Cisco Africa faces a significant challenge when it comes to the availability and distribution of cybersecurity talents and secure IT infrastructures. This is important because as the continent continues to undergo digital transformation, the need for security becomes more apparent. We have seen too many enterprises globally suffer from attacks that cost money or bring essential services to a halt. Something needs to change. Facing this challenge, as well as new business circumstances that influence how we build and maintain our IT systems, we need to understand how we got here, how the world has changed, how people are working, and the various ways we can work together to instil change and nurture the next generation of se...

Working in cyber security can be draining. It’s a high-pressure environment and the stakes are only getting higher. A recent report found that 45% of cybersecurity professionals have considered quitting over the constant threat of Ransomware attacks. The industry has been evangelising (or fear-mongering, depending on who you ask) on the rising threats of bad actors for years. Unfortunately, the stats don’t lie – threats are becoming more numerous and more sophisticated year after year. At the same time, the environments that need protecting are becoming more complex and decentralised, with migration to the public cloud, digital transformation and mounting pressure to roll out new products as fast as possible. A report found that last year 79% of employees admitted to sacrificing security t...

Ignus De Villiers, Liquid Managing Executive Cyber Security, Adil El Youssefi, CEO Liquid Networks Rest of Africa, Ezra Chiloba, Director General Communications Authority of Kenya, Col. Evans Ombati, Director of the National Cyber Command Centre Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, opened the doors of its first Cyber Security Fusion Centre (CSFC) in Nairobi, Kenya, making this the second centre of its kind in Africa. “Kenyan businesses have seen increased digital adoption, and the country’s connected population in early 2021 was nearly 22 million. The increased number of digitally transformed businesses and individuals means that the target pool for malicious entities is also becoming wider. As a result, we have witnessed immense interest from cust...