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Security must evolve with threats

Wednesday, 18 April 2012 00:00 Written by Stephan Le Roux
Stephan Le Roux is district manager of RSA, The Security Division of EMC Southern Africa.
The world of security seems to be continuously changing shape, compelling organisations to be aware of this rapidly shifting threat landscape and forcing the security industry to rethink – yet again – how to combat the rising tide of advanced, targeted cyber attacks.
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Hacktivism: dangerous new social conscience

Wednesday, 18 April 2012 00:00 Written by Bevan Lane
Bevan Lane is director at Infosec Consulting.
The worrying thing about hactivism is that it’s increasingly widespread, and hacktivist groups appear to have succeeded in accessing all their targets. The majority of high-profile hacks committed in recent months appear to have been committed by groups who feel they are taking the moral high ground. The 2012 Verizon Data Breach Investigation report showed that in 2011, for the first time, breaches caused by hacktivists exceeded the breaches caused by criminals.
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Don’t be a ‘governator’

Wednesday, 04 April 2012 00:00 Written by Gary Allemann
Gary Allemann is MD at Master Data Management.
The recent ITWeb Business Intelligence (BI) Summit highlighted the different approaches to data governance proposed by theorists, and those proposed by experienced practitioners.
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Why you’re wasting your IT budget

Wednesday, 04 April 2012 00:00 Written by Brendan Kotze
Brendan Kotze is MD of Performanta Services.
Machiavelli wrote 500 years ago in The Prince: “There is no more delicate matter to take in hand, nor more dangerous to conduct, nor more doubtful in its success, than to be a leader in the introduction of changes. For he who innovates will have for enemies all those who are well off under the old order of things, and only lukewarm supporters in those who might be better off under the new.”
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SMS scams targeting smartphones

Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:00 Written by Staff Writer
Dr Pieter Streicher is MD of BulkSMS.com
The latest incarnation of SMS fraud goes beyond the messages you send and receive from the inbox on your phone. Now, criminals and unethical developers are using premium-rated SMSes to defraud people via the mobile applications they download.
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