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Cyber attack surface facts, figures and statistics for 2017 to 2022
Posted by SGCS Admin, 14-12-2017The rate of internet connection is outpacing our ability to properly secure it. Like street crime, which historically grew in relation to population growth, we are witnessing a similar evolut...
Three men plead guilty in case of cyber-attack that paralyzed internet in 2016
Posted by SGCS Admin, 14-12-2017Three men pleaded guilty to creating a “botnet” known as Mirai that was used to paralyze chunks of the internet in 2016. Paras Jha, Josiah White and Dalton Norman admitted to one ...
Better Cybersecurity Starts with Fixing Your Employees’ Bad Habits
Posted by SGCS Admin, 13-12-2017Cybercrime is here to stay, and it’s costing American firms a lot of money. The average annualized cost of cybercrime for global companies has increased nearly 62% since 2013, from $7.2 million ...
8 cybersecurity trends to watch for 2018
Posted by SGCS Admin, 13-12-2017As we stand on the threshold of another year, the war for our cybersecurity rages on. There have been many data breaches in 2017, most notably for Equifax, Verizon, and Kmart. But if you seek a silver...
Mindef invites hackers to test public-facing systems for vulnerabilities
Posted by SGCS Admin, 12-12-2017In a first for a government agency here, hackers will be invited to put the Ministry of Defence’s (Mindef) public-facing systems — including the National Service (NS) Portal — to the...
Which of Your Employees Are Most Likely to Expose Your Company to a Cyberattack?
Posted by SGCS Admin, 12-12-2017When poet Alexander Pope first said “to err is human,” he probably didn’t realize how prescient those words were in capturing the world of cybersecurity. Yes, the root cause of most ...