SA slides in competitiveness
South Africa has once again slipped down the rankings in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Report 2014-2015, attaining the 56th position this year. According to the report, this places it third among the BRICS economies. The country has done well...SA weak points hit in threat landscape
Cisco has released its 2014 Midyear Security Report, which examines the “weak links” in organisations that contribute to an increasingly dynamic threat landscape. Geopolitical events are creating new trends in the cyber realm, expanding the risk landscape for...Demystifying the celebrity iCloud hack
On 31 August, anonymous users of infamous forum 4chan leaked nude photos and videos of several female celebrities by hacking their iCloud accounts. They claimed they had had access to those pictures – and some videos – via hacking iCloud accounts. One...Westcon acquires Verecloud
Westcon Group has acquired the assets of US-based Verecloud, the developer of an advanced channel distribution platform for cloud and services solutions, for $12-million. Established in 2006, Verecloud’s cloud services platform aggregates best-in-class cloud solutions...