Unlicensed software costs SA billions
The use of unlicensed software in South Africa amounts to over R4-billion, which is costing the economy billions in lost revenue on an annual basis. This is according to Recently released figures from a BSA │ The Software Alliance (BSA) survey. Surpassed only Turkey...Mozilla NSS vulnerability uncovered
McAfee, part of Intel Security, has discovered a critical signature forgery vulnerability in the Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) library. James Walter, director of advanced threat research at Intel Security, says: “Ensuring user security and privacy on the...CIOs need to influence business budgets
IT is more and more a key component of all business initiatives and is becoming an important part of those budgets, according to Gartner. CIOs must work with business executives and the CFO to ensure that the critical contribution of IT is incorporated early in the...Small firms don’t secure BYOD
Very small businesses (VSBs) with fewer than 25 employees have the same rate of mobile device adoption as large enterprises. However, most VSBs lack the security awareness, technical expertise and budget needed to properly protect company-issued or employee-owned...SA firm launches Blue Penguin platform
South African technology company Keystone Electronic has developed its Blue Penguin CPU module, allowing users to create computers and open source platforms to fit their own specifications. Blue Penguin gives users complete control over how they develop and create...