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A brief history of computer viruses
We all know the feeling; a sore throat, sneezing, congestion, a cough, a runny nose…oh no, the dreaded cold virus! No human is immune. Likewise, no computer is immune. How it happens, how it works and how we treat it remain mostly the same for human and computer....
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Keeping your small business cyber safe
Starting a business is never easy. One could argue that it’s exponentially more difficult to start and maintain a business today, tomorrow or any day in the future. And if getting a business going in today’s competitive and ever-increasingly saturated world wasn’t...
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Cyber Insurance and why you need it!
No one likes seeing a chunk of their hard-earned income disappear at the end or start of every month to something many only see as a fear-peddled waste - insurance. But whether you like or dislike insurance, support it or don’t, every human on the planet likes theft,...
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What is a SIM Swap Scam?
In June of this year (2018) an 85-year-old South African pensioner had R300 000 - roughly USD $20 000, stolen from his bank account in a SIM swap scam. A SIM swap scam? SIM Swap fraud (also known as SIM splitting) is a type of account takeover fraud that generally...
read moreHow to Build a Successful Cybersecurity Awareness Programme for Your Organisation
Cyber criminals are increasingly preferring to target employees as a way to gain access into company networks and systems, instead of struggling to overcome expensive complex technical security controls put in place to stop them in their tracks. For this reason there...
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11 Simple Ways to a Digital Declutter
Have you ever felt like you’ve wasted precious time because of the mess, the chaos? It's time for a Digital Declutter - pick up, sort, and pack away. I'm sure almost all of us have lost something, or not noticed when something has gone permanently missing because your...
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Destruction and disposal of sensitive data
Nothing short of grinding your physically-stored data into granola dust for scrap-yard-hungry robots will do. Only physical drive destruction will offer definitive disposal of sensitive data for those unwanted, damaged or dated devices. Data destruction is the process...
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Data Protection Regulations – Understanding GDPR & POPI
We all know the intrusive feeling of those irritating and unwanted emails, texts and phone calls that plague us - seemingly daily, from companies that have somehow acquired our personal and private information. Here's what you need to know about Data Protection and...
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