Cybersecurity no longer a 'phantom menace' - it's a mainstream business issue
JOHANNESBURG - Cybersecurity is the top priority for businesses - second only to the impact of the coronavirus - and the easiest way to infiltrate any organisation is through someone who works there.
This is the stern warning from Craig Jones, cybercrime director at Interpol. Jones warns if companies only focus on technology, they are missing the critical bit that is human behaviour.
"We need to super-charge the human firewall," said Jones as part of a survey report by BT Security.
About 67 percent of consumers regard security as more important than convenience when choosing who to buy from, while only 16 percent trust large organisations to protect their personal data, according to the new the research by BT Security in partnership with Davies Hickman Partners. Over 7, 000 people were surveyed globally.
About 45 percent of employees said they'd suffered a security incident at work, but did not reported it, while 15 percent of employees said they had given their work login and password to others in the organisation.
Only one in three was fully aware of the policies and procedures they should take to protect the security of their organisation's data. Less than half of respondents said they had definitely received training on data security.
Security is also the top priority for businesses, second only to concerns about the impact of the coronavirus, particularly with the rapidly changing business environment and concurrent to increase in cyber threats.
As a direct result, the role of chief security information officer (CSIO) has hugely expanded in its scope and responsibilities and their role has never been more integral to business operations. – FIN24.
IN Tonga we call such people as cilingalinga buyo citakwe kwakugama:
Surely President Levy Mwanawasa was right when he said that UPND need redemption.
They are now crying for the amendment of the Public Order Act, they have forgotten that they boycotted and de-campaigned the process to amend The Constitution and the POA.
Ba UPND are a conflicted and interesting bunch who seem not to know whether they are going or coming; they do not know whether they are turning or heading straight.
In fact, they do not question anything as long as it is coming from ba Sammy; when ba Sammy say “jump” they don’t ask, “why” they just ask, “how high,” they should jump.
Clearly ba Sammy is holding the entire party hostage. No one is allowed to question anything. Everyone is forced or manipulated to obey without murmuring any divergent view.
The challenge ba UPND have is that they are never driven by patriotism, love or common sense, instead they are consumed and blinded by their bitterness and hatred to the point that they even oppose their own proposals just because it is President Edgar Lungu and PF in the driving seat.
They de-campaign and sabotage their own proposals and submissions for constitutional and institutional reforms just because it is President Edgar Lungu and the PF and not ba Sammy and UPND who are in authority to effect those changes.
In fact, they would rather drink poison as long as it has been provided by their own than drink milk which has been provided by President Lungu. That is how bad things are.
1. In 2011 they sabotaged the amendment of the Constitution at the eleventh hour despite them taking part in the National Constitutional Conference (NCC). They shot down their own submissions just because it was ba Rupiah Banda and not ba Sammy in office.
2. In 2016 they de-campaigned the Referendum that was meant to expand the Bill of Rights to guarantee Zambians, economic and cultural rights such as the right to food, the right to shelter, the right to education among others not because there was anything wrong with the Referendum but rather because it was ba Lungu and not ba Sammy in the driver’s seat.
3. Last year they boycotted their own proposal, their own fight, their own submissions to amend the Constitution, the Public Order Act, The Electoral Commission of Zambia Act, The Electoral Process Act No.35 of 2016; they boycotted the process to reform the judiciary, the process to reform ECZ; they short down Bill 10 all because it was ba Lungu and not ba Sammy superintending the process.
Such levels of hatred and bitterness are alarming and extremely counter-productive.
Today they are crying for the amendment of the Public Order Act. How? They had a chance to do so but they shot down Bill 10 and the entire legal and institutional reform process purely out of malice.
True to the words of Levy Mwanawasa, UPND need to redeem themselves. They need to stop drinking from ba Sammy’s chalice of bitterness and hatred and start using common sense, love and patriotism to contribute meaningfully to the development of this country.
Opposition does not mean enmity. We are not enemies, we are simply political rivals under the same yellow, green, orange and black. We may belong to different political parties but we are surely one Zambia, one nation.
ANTONIO MOURINHO MWANZA, PF Deputy Media Director.
“We started on high alert but people now have a casual approach towards the pandemic. We haven’t heard of anyone who has the virus in Nongo. However, we do not have testing kits in our area. We will step up our fight against Covid-19,”
Mr Bupe stated that as per agreement, entry will only be restricted to Nongo, Ngai and Kabunda where hand washing facilities and other control measures will be put in place.
And DRC
Representative, Nkandu Kikashi said his team will sensitise the community on the resolutions especially health regulations aimed at curbing the further spread of Covid-19.
Mr Kikashi revealed that the Nongo community had relaxed in its adherence to health regulations in the area.
“We started on high alert but people now have a casual approach towards the pandemic. We haven’t heard of anyone who has the virus in Nongo. However, we do not have testing kits in our area. We will step up our fight against Covid-19,” he said. ZANIS