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Security: An African success story
conversations that helped shape
the picture of security on the
continent and in preparing for a
more secure future.”
n June 2020, KnowBe4
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hosted the inaugural Africa
Cybersecurity Culture
Conference 2020 that invited
delegates and speakers from across
the continent, and the world, to
discuss security culture and the
impact of the global pandemic. The
event hosted industry experts from
Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Norway,
USA and South Africa, among
others, and focused on key trends and
topics relevant to cybersecurity on the
African continent.
According to Anna Collard, Managing
Director of KnowBe4 Africa, the event
exceeded expectations. She said: “We
expected maybe 200 delegates, and we
ended up with 1,300 people registering
to attend. They came from all over the
world, not just Africa, and engaged in
What made the event truly stand out
was how easy it was for speakers
and attendees to engage with one
another and to share insights and
for the event to host a truly diverse
range of speakers. Traditionally,
events are limited by the costs that
come with an international speaker
circuit but a virtual experience
bypasses all the complexities and
opens up significantly more variety in
panel and discussion.
“Our keynote speaker, Charl van der
Walt, Head of Security Research at
Orange Cyberdefence, revealed that,
in spite of everything, simple security
failures like poor patching, basic
security hygiene and human error
are the root causes of most security
breaches,” said Collard.
SANDZ MITIGATES RANSOMWARE RISK WITH OPEX BACKUP
APPLIANCE POWERED BY ASIGRA AND ZADARA
sigra, a leader in backup
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and recovery software that
delivers comprehensive
repository cyber protection, and
Zadara, a trailblazing leader in
enterprise Storage-as-a-Service, has
announced deployment of the OpEx
Backup Appliance by Sandz Solutions
Philippines to ensure the defence of
recovery data against ransomware and
other aggressive malware variants.
Sandz Solutions Philippines was
founded in 2000. The company is a
managed services provider specialising
in IT infrastructure optimisation and data
protection. Sandz provides customised
solutions that address demanding
SLAs, risk mitigation, cost reduction
and regulatory compliance for various
industries. Sandz delivers technology
solutions through a network of channel
partners, who now have access to
the cost-efficient and powerful, OpEx
Backup Appliance, optimised to counter
ransomware attacks on backup data.
The Asigra Cloud OpEx Backup
Appliance integrates Asigra Cloud
Backup Software with the Zadara cloud
storage platform, available exclusively
as a consumption-based service.
The solution can be deployed onpremises
at a colocation facility or in
the public cloud and converges data
protection and cybersecurity to counter
malware attacks on backup data,
including ransomware Attack-Loops.
The appliance allows IT and backup
administrators to move from a CapEx
to an OpEx model in order to costeffectively
safeguard business data to
ensure Business Continuity.
“Backup has received much more
attention and is a higher priority aspect
of our technology solutions suite with
the surge of ransomware attacks now
impacting organisations globally,” said
Henry Velasco, Managing Director,
Sandz Solutions Philippines.
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