From the editor's desk: An end and a beginning Issue 8 2021, Technews Publishing, News & Events Welcome to the final regular issue of Hi-Tech Security Solutions for 2021. In some ways this year has flown by, but in others it has been a never-ending slog. There are few people I know who are sad ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Cyber configuration conundrum Issue 7 2021, Technews Publishing, News & Events As Hi-Tech Security Solutions prepares for its first ever handbook dedicated to cybersecurity, I have been surprised at the reason for many of the breaches. I’m using ‘breach’ in a generic sense to include ...
Read more...From the Editor's desk: Under siege Issue 6 2021, Technews Publishing, News & Events It’s not often that an issue of Hi-Tech Security Solutions has such a large section devoted to the sector focus as you will find in this issue. We have combined the transport and logistics verticals into ...
Read more...From the Editor's desk: Security on the side Residential Security Handbook 2021: Secure Living, Technews Publishing, News & Events Welcome to the second Residential Security Handbook of 2021. In this issue, named Secure Living, we turn our attention a little more inwards and, as you will see in the pages to follow, place more focus ...
Read more...From the Editor's desk: Bitcoin or Ether? Issue 5 2021, Technews Publishing, News & Events Well, the July riots are a thing of the past, except, of course, for the million or so rounds of ammo that are still missing and the R120 million in cash that was stolen (cash, not repairs or new equipment ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: A storm in the cloud Issue 4 2021, Technews Publishing, News & Events The latest ransomware attack, named Kaseya after a company that provides a number of tools to customers all over the world, has hit a number of companies ‘downstream. In other words, some of the companies ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Privacy is your responsibility Issue 3 2021, Technews Publishing, News & Events We have a look at the Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) in this issue, which is set to become a reality as of 1 July. We didn’t have space for much information, but more on the topic will ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Maybe security should STTFS Issue 2 2021, Technews Publishing, News & Events The IT industry has an acronym, RTFM, Read the Manual; you’ll notice I left the F out. The same can be said for the security industry, but a recent experience has shown me that both industries, even as ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Who hasn’t been hacked? Residential Security Handbook 2021: SMART Estate Living , Technews Publishing, News & Events Stories of companies being breached and infected with malware and/or ransomware are common these days, with the latest SolarWinds (see the MIT Technology Review article at the short link: www.securitysa.com/*mit1...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Perceptions and deceptions Issue 1 2021, Technews Publishing, News & Events Over the last two days I had two interesting conversations regarding the security industry. The first was an old favourite of many, mentioning that if you work in the industry you must be making huge ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: The end of the beginning Issue 9 2020, Technews Publishing, News & Events I doubt there are many who will be sad to see 2020 vanishing into history. The year seems to have mimicked the world we live in by revelling in chaos and uncertainty. Economies have been plunged into ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Take identity seriously Issue 8 2020, Technews Publishing, News & Events The list of companies subject to data breaches continues to grow, both in Africa and beyond. The dangerous part is that in Africa, including South Africa (at the moment), the companies do not have to ...
Read more...From the editor's desk: Covid consolidation Issue 6 2020, Technews Publishing, News & Events The global security industry has seen quite a few high-profile mergers and acquisitions over the past year or two, with an even greater number of smaller companies that don’t get the headlines also merging, ...
