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- 1. Navigating through Cyber security during a Cyber Pandemic Ashley Pillay Sumo Tech Managing Director • Sumo Tech (Pty) Ltd is a strategic consulting business to business (B2B) company providing assurance in solving business and technology challenges in order to bring innovative solutions to move businesses forward. • We are a level 1 B-BBEE Business. • Over 125 years of collective experience in IT sales and procurement with local and global vendors.
- 4. Prevention is better than cure Back to the start line. Let’s Prepare!
- 5. Cyber Security in South Africa • INTERPOL's 2022 Africa Cyberthreat Assessment report reveals that South Africa has the highest number of identified cybersecurity threats on the continent. • SA ranked 6th country most affected by cybercrime • Over 200 Million Threat Detections • 78% of South African organizations experienced ransomware attacks last year • 100% - Increase in mobile banking application fraud. • 22% In malware attacks occur in South Africa, which translates to just under 577 attempted attacks per hour.
- 6. Strategies for Leveraging Cyber Threat Intelligence • Continuous Monitoring for Threat Detection • Vulnerability Scanning and Assessment • Incident Response Planning and Execution • Cyber Threat Intelligence Training and Education • Contextualizing Intelligence for Effective Decision-Making
- 7. Cyber Security In the Public Sector You might wonder why a hacker would target a public sector organization instead of a large corporation or a wealthy business? The answer lies in “leverage”.
- 8. Bridging the Skills Gap: A Shared Responsibility • Having a skilled team can make a huge difference. • Shortage of cutting-edge cybersecurity skills. • Reskilling, upskilling and cross-skilling of the existing workforce, coupled with the pivotal role of Managed Service Providers, which can help bridge the skill gap.
- 9. Technology partners are at the epicentre of cyber security success • Level the Playing Field • Understand the Bad Actors • We do this with with the advancements of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI)