Feb 8, 2021
Nearly half (45%) of South African respondents in Mimecast’s State of Email Security 2020 report said ransomware attacks had impacted their organisation.
The common consequences of successful attacks included data loss, downtime and financial loss.
Duane Nicol, subject matter expert for security awareness and brand protection services at Mimecast, predicts we’ll continue to see major ransomware strains that will compromise global networks in 2021.
“The objective won’t be money, but anarchy,” he says. “DoppelPaymer proved this in 2020 when an attack on a German hospital delayed a dying lady from getting to hospital. Some have even labelled this is the first officially recorded death due to cyberattack. It’s since been proven that she would likely have died anyway, but some might say she would have had more of a chance if she hadn’t been turned away from the first hospital.
Brian Pinnock
In this episode of the podcast, TechCentral speaks to Mimecast director of sales engineering for the Middle East & Africa Brian Pinnock about what companies should know – and be doing – about the Protection of Personal Information (Popi) Act and Europe’s GDPR rules.
How seriously should companies be taking this legislation, especially since many are struggling to cope with the tough economic environment caused by the lockdowns of 2020? Is it something companies can safely ignore for now? And does it only affect big companies?
Pinnock explains what the consequences are of ignoring the provisions of the Popi Act and why company leaders should be paying proper attention to the obligations it places on them – and be doing so before the legislation comes into full force in mid-2021.