Deimos Calls for Bolstered Education for Cybersecurity Protection – Tech | Business
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…Only 24% of Africa’s financial businesses believe they have sufficient resources to counter attacks.
Deimos, a leading African cloud-focused cybersecurity company, renowned for its pivotal role in cloud-native development and security operations, is sounding the alarm for an urgent need to bolster cybersecurity awareness and education across multiple sectors.
With a diverse clientele spanning the public sector, fintech, and e-commerce, Deimos is resolute on the critical importance of proactive security measures in safeguarding businesses against cloud security vulnerabilities.
Deimos prioritises automated security processes to reduce manual reviews and controls, mitigating human errors.
In Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, they estimate that 74% of breaches involved the human element, which includes social engineering attacks, errors or misuse.
As remote and hybrid work is the new normal, businesses increasingly rely on cloud technology. Deimos sheds light on three vital methods engineering teams must apply to increase their cloud security:
- “Shifting left” – moving the security planning, design, and testing of key products earlier in the software development life cycle, rather than after release.
- “Defending right” – Implementing firewalls and intrusion detection systems to protect products from external threats.
- Utilising automated tools to establish guardrails before moving into production – such as static and dynamic application security testing, or package vulnerability scanning, to analyse source code, software packages, or web application respectively, for vulnerabilities. Utilising automated tools to establish guardrails before moving into production.
These protections are crucial for Africa’s fast-growing tech ecosystem which holds lucrative data and assets within the cloud, making unprepared businesses an attractive target for cybercriminals.
Each breach further impacts millions of Africans, across the continent and diaspora, and whilst cyber security solutions are readily available, many are not followed.
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