VISEL AFRICA making waves in the space of IT Security and Compliance services in South Africa

 

CYBER SECURITY RISK

South Africa has recently witnessed the dread of cyber attacks hence cyber security has become imperative for big corporates and startups alike. Today, the stakes are higher than ever. The increasing instances of hacking, mobile usage, internet of things as well as the growing ecosystem of cybercriminals is affecting South Africa. The country has a situation that need to be tackled comprehensively and consistently.

Cyber security is evolving on both the sides, attackers and defenders. 

The challenges for cyber security teams within the organizations large and small, results from  the following mega trends.

(1) Over the years, massive growth of data in business systems,

(2) Security sensors that are meant to protect the businesses,

(3) Immense shortage of skilled cyber security teams to analyze and respond to security incidents affecting the data and infrastructure.


THE IMPACT

There are various kind of malware used by cyber criminals to achieve what they want. 

1.  Making you pay a ransom to get your own data back 

2. Infiltrate into any enterprise wide systems through spear phishing and stealing confidential information. 

3. Sole purpose of malware is to lie low and to sell data access to the highest bidder. 

4. In some instances there are user based leaks - caused either by disgruntled employees or smart opportunists or even through plain carelessness. 

All of these can cost your organizational reputation, financial well-being, competitive advantage and existence.

VISEL Africa Pty Ltd, based at Johannesburg, South Africa, offers a one-stop-solution to software security and its standardization.


THE SOLUTION


WHAT YOU GET? 

1.   Adequate preparation and awareness, as well as evidences to demonstrate comprehensive security of your software product/services

2.   Assistance for fixing your security and privacy issues

3.   Continued support for on-going security assurance


For more information please contact kunal@visel.in

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