30 results
- 27 Apr 2025
AI and Cybersecurity: Balancing Innovation with Caution
By Aaron Bugal, Field CTO APJ, Sophos Undoubtedly one of the most influential technologies in recent decades, the ascent of artificial intelligence has produced a mixture of reactions from…
- 25 Jan 2023
ChatGPT’s Impacts will be Social, not Technical
By Chester Wisniewski, field CTO applied research Sophos The technology world was on fire about the latest artificial intelligence demonstration by OpenAI in the waning months of 2022, ChatGPT. It is…
- 27 Dec 2023
Cyber Defenses and Cyber Insurance: A Holistic Approach to Cyber Risk Management
By: Chester Wisniewski, Director Global Field CTO The landscape of cyber threats has significantly expanded in terms of volume, complexity, and impact of attacks over the past few years.…
- 19 May 2023
Protecting Assets in a Remote-first (and potentially Hostile) World
By: Chester Wizniewski, Field CTO Applied Research at Sophos I live in a city center and the lunch hour certainly isn’t like it once was. While some people have returned to working in an office, it…
- 17 Dec 2024
Abuse of Trusted Applications Grows by 51% in Latest Sophos Report
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, today released “The Bite from Inside: The Sophos Active Adversary Report,” an in-depth look at the changing behaviors…
- 29 Jan 2025
Sophos Survey: 89% of IT Leaders Concerned About GenAI Flaws Impacting Cybersecurity
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, Tuesday, released a new report, “Beyond the Hype: The Business Reality of AI for Cybersecurity,” which surveyed…
- 17 Jul 2024
Recovery Costs for Ransomware Attacks on 2 Critical Infrastructures Quadruples to $3m in 1 Year - Sophos Survey Finds
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released a sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Critical Infrastructure 2024,” which revealed…
- 26 Sept 2024
Two-Thirds of Healthcare Organisations were Hit by Ransomware in 2024: Sophos
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, today released a sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2024,” which revealed that the rate…
- 10 Apr 2023
Sophos Survey Reveals How 93% of Organizations Find Execution of Essential Security Operation Tasks Challenging
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Monday published a new survey report, “The State of Cybersecurity 2023: The Business Impact of Adversaries on…
- 11 May 2023
Ransomware Attacks Reaches Highest Level as 66% of Organisations Surveyed fell Victim to adversaries - Sophos Report
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has released its annual “State of Ransomware 2023 ” report, which found that in 76% of ransomware attacks against…
- 30 Jun 2023
Over 68% of Manufacturers Hit by Ransomware Had Their Data Encrypted - Sophos Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has announced a new sectoral survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Manufacturing and Production 2023,” which…
- 2 Nov 2023
75% of Healthcare Organizations Fall for Ransomware Attacks - Sophos Report
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Thursday shared its sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Healthcare 2023,” which revealed that, among…
- 9 Nov 2023
Ransomware Attack: Only 26 Percent of Retail Organizations Were Able to Halt Cybercriminals from Encrypting Their Data- Sophos
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, on Thursday shared findings from its sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Retail 2023,” which found that…
- 19 Nov 2023
Cybercriminals Wiped Out Logs in 82% of Attacks - Sophos
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has released its Active Adversary Report for Security Practitioners, which found that telemetry logs were missing in…
- 21 Nov 2023
Cybercriminals Wipe Out Logs in Most Attacks - Sophos
Sophos, a global leader in innovating and delivering cybersecurity as a service, has released its Active Adversary Report for Security Practitioners, which found that telemetry logs were missing in…
- 4 Apr 2024
Sophos' Incident Response Report Shows How Cybercriminals Abuse Remote Desktop Protocol in 90% of Attacks
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, today released the Active Adversary analysis, “It’s Oh So Quiet (?): The Sophos Active Adversary Report for 1H…
- 8 Apr 2024
Cybercriminals Abuse Remote Desktop Protocol in 90 Percent of Attacks
The latest report by cybersecurity firm Sophos has revealed that cybercriminals abused Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), a common method for establishing remote access on Windows systems, in 90 per cent…
- 26 Jun 2024
How 76% of Companies Improved Their Cyber Defenses to Qualify for Cyber Insurance - Sophos Survey Reveals
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions for defeating cyberattacks, recently released findings from its survey, “Cyber Insurance and Cyber Defenses 2024: Lessons from IT and…
- 12 Sept 2024
Most Educational Organizations Paid More Than the Original Ransom Demand - Sophos Survey
Sophos, a global leader of innovative security solutions that defeat cyberattacks, on Thursday released findings from its annual sector survey report, “The State of Ransomware in Education 2024.”…
- 13 Jul 2023
5 Steps to Protect Yourself from Cyberattacks While Working Remotely during Summer 2023 - Sophos
With the arrival of summer, teleworking becomes the priority option for many workers, but it is necessary to take into account the risks and threats involved in moving the workspace to a new…
- 12 Sept 2014
CTO 2014 Forum Calls for ICT Role in Social Development
Participants at this year's three-day Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) Forum 2014 renewed calls for a greater role for ICTs in social empowerment. Stakeholders at the Forum which…
- 5 Mar 2014
Commonwealth ICT Ministers Agree on Approach for Governance of Cyberspace
Commonwealth ICT Ministers have adopted a Commonwealth Cybergovernance Model to guide national policy development of their national cyberspace. Representing over 35 Commonwealth countries, ICT…
- 10 Jul 2017
Huawei Joins, Pledges to Drive CTO's Innovation Agenda
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) has welcomed Huawei, the leading global information and communications technology solution provider, as the organisation's ICT Sector Member. This…
- 9 Oct 2013
Vodacom Building Nigeria’s Smart Grid
Vodacom Nigeria, has said it is engaged in leveraging broadband to turn Nigeria’s regions, cities, and towns to smart-connected, chip based, remotely & pro-actively managed areas. Ms Mickey…
- 22 Jul 2022
Kwik Launches Kwikstore Solution to Help African Merchants Sell Online from their Smartphone
Kwik is expanding its offer of digital services with the launch of KwikStore – adding yet another exciting service to the already sensational offer it brings to African business owners and social…
- 15 Feb 2017
Boutique African Data Collection Agency ‘Bamba’ Raises $1.1m in 1st Seed Round
African data collection startup Bamba has announced today that it has closed its first seed investment round after raising US$1.1 million in investment funds, making it one of the largest and most…
- 30 Oct 2015
Business Leaders to Meet with Sevi Tufekci, CA Technology Chief
Nigeria’s senior business executives are to meet with Sevi Tufekci, CA Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Eastern EMEA at a dinner in Lagos on Tuesday, 3 November. The meeting which is being put…
- 12 Jan 2020
Njalo.ng simplifies online buying & selling
Njalo.ng , a free classifieds platform that emphasizes safety and convenience to sellers and buyers, has simplified the online marketplace to encourage more Nigerians to embrace it. According to Mr.…
- 8 Jun 2018
Nigerian ICT Industry Validates Findings of CTO’s OTT Study
As part of a stakeholder consultation session organised by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) on the 30 May, the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) presented the findings of…
- 8 May 2015
Keri, Emuophedaro Advocate for More Female ICT Professionals in Sector
Yemi Keri, managing director, Edo State ICT Agency and Ufuoma Emuophedaro, editor-in-chief and convener, Girls in ICT (Nigeria), joined Dr. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communication Technology and…