Sponsored: Global terrorism on the cyber scale

Arie Swart, Cybersecurity: Pre-Sales Engineer, Pinnacle ICT

Although the financial industry is the most targeted, small and medium-sized business are now the top targets for cyber attacks because, unlike the large organisations with deep cybersecurity budget pockets, hackers know these organisations do not have this luxury.

“It’s a lucrative business for bad actors,” says Arie Swart, pre-sales engineer with Pinnacle ICT. “Ransomware and malware have become outsourced services and 3 000 new malware applications are emerging daily.