2013 IT Security Trends & Predictions

By Natasha | January 11, 2013 @ 10:07 am

Business IT Security Trends for 2013

Technology is constantly developing, meaning that enterprise IT security becomes increasingly complicated and more difficult to centrally control and monitor. Ensuring that all endpoints are protected and employing effective security measures and processes requires innovation and agility, and is more important than ever before.

Are you prepared for December data loss risks?

By Natasha | November 16, 2012 @ 11:53 am

Addressing the increased data loss risks of the December Holidays.

December has been identified as one of the highest-risk months of the year when it comes to data loss. With the majority of business users utilising laptops as their primary device, and certainly the C-level execs all having a large amount of mobile data – if you don’t currently employ an effective and automated data protection solution your business is at high risk.

State of SA Business Data Protection

By Natasha | November 5, 2012 @ 1:35 pm

Survey Results: Only 26% of South African Companies are Preparing For POPI Bill

Our recent survey of over 300 South African companies revealed that only 26% are actively looking for technologies and adjusting processes to ensure they comply with the Protection of Personal Information Bill, which is expected to be promulgated in 2013.

Data Security, a boardroom issue?

By Brandon | September 19, 2012 @ 3:12 pm

South Africa slow to realize “Data Security is a boardroom issue”

“When it comes to a data breach or loss of some kind it’s not if, but when,” says Ilze Dewing, Business Development Director at Endpoint Data Backup and Recovery solutions specialists, Cibecs.

“Recommendations in South Africa’s King III report, stipulations in our Companies Act and new incoming legislation such as the Protection of Personal Information Bill (PPI) and the Protection of State Information Bill, places responsibility for the security of sensitive data at the feet of an organization’s board. Neglect to do so can, and will, have a negative impact on individual board members and their organizations alike.”

Outlook Email Backup / PST Backup with Cibecs

By Natasha | August 29, 2012 @ 11:03 am

Outlook Email Backup with Cibecs

Cibecs software is built to address business data backup requirements and provides IT with an effective tool for protecting Outlook email from loss and backing up large PSTs. Cibecs is optimised for easy Outlook email backup and PST backup, and makes recovering all emails and PSTs and an entire Outlook profile to a new machine simple. 

Cibecs business backup software: An overview

By Natasha | August 29, 2012 @ 9:44 am

Cibecs Backup Overview

Cibecs is the simplest and most efficient software for business laptop and desktop data protection. Cibecs business backup software has been built from the ground up to address organizational challenges around desktop and laptop data backup and recovery, ensuring tangible operational benefits and driving down TCO.

The Cibecs Business Backup Solution consists of three components:

Continuity Server Software: This software application is installed on a centralised server/s and it ensures that the data is stored efficiently and securely in an encrypted format.

Corporate Governance Compliance Checklist – Data Protection

By Natasha | August 1, 2012 @ 12:54 pm

Data Protection & Corporate Governance Compliance Checklist for Business IT

Compliance & Legalities around Data Protection for Businesses: A Corporate Governance Compliance checklist

Corporate Governance Compliance and the requirements around Data Protection have become increasingly important to businesses globally due to the consequences of being non-compliant, as well as the often devastating results of data loss, data theft or unauthorized access to confidential files.

Often data protection and effective data management is interpreted as an insurance policy, however, as enterprises become aware of the multiple productivity and cost-savings benefits of employing an effective data protection solution- this perception is shifting.

Data loss in organizations is also becoming an increasingly prevalent problem, with over 50% of companies losing data in 2011, and the growing percentage of mobile workers. In 2012 around 60% of workers are using laptops as their primary device- which increases risks of data loss, data theft and data corruption.

Data protection and Corporate Governance Acts and Requirements can be long and difficult to digest and complicated to drill down to actionable items, and to see immediate business benefits. However, without securing & protecting your company data and – the personal and organizational consequences can be detrimental.

There are certain Governance, Risk and Compliance requirements & guidelines that all companies must follow, here is a basic corporate governance compliance check list:

Data Breaches 2012: The biggest and worst data breaches this year

By Brandon | July 11, 2012 @ 3:55 pm

Nearly 14 million data records exposed through 15 business data breaches.

CIO.com recently published a slide deck highlighting the 15 worst data breaches of the year 2012 (to date).
Considering the massive increase in cyber crime and the multitude of additional risks to company data it boggles the mind as to how businesses and organizations (of all sizes) can still turn a blind eye to the big, hairy, gorilla sitting on their backs.

Here are some of the biggest and worst data breaches of 2012.

Another Cyber Security Attack – Another 1.5m people affected.

By Brandon | April 2, 2012 @ 4:00 pm

US Cyber Security Attack impacts 1.5 million credit card users

First exposed by leading data cyber security blog, KrebsonSecurity, this data breach at Atlanta-based Global Payments (a credit and debit card processor) is currently believed to be confined to North-America account holders.