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With the shift towards alternative banking solutions such as online, mobile and telephone come fresh challenges of maintaining integrity of financial transactions. The criminals will always follow the money; it makes no difference to them whether it exists in paper or digital format.

History tells us that financial organisations who do not take security seriously will later have serious questions to answer. Alberto Gonzalez, the guy who masterminded the greatest computer fraud in history, used SQL injection techniques to create backdoors on multiple internal systems of his target organisations. He then sniffed network traffic and gathered enough information which enabled him to steal cardholder data. The attack would not have been possible if the victim organisation had practised due care and due diligence.

Internet penetration has meant that the financial institutions can make significant operational cost savings by using new technologies to deliver more efficient services to their customers. However, the risk of financial loss due to fraud is significantly heightened given that there are tremendous opportunities for criminals to steal money whilst evading detection. Organised crime rings are now using advanced malicious software to hijack active banking sessions and transfer money in real-time. Not even two-factor authentication solution by itself is sufficient enough to combat this genre of threat. Worse still, in most developing countries, non-existent cyber laws means that criminals can walk free when their fraudulent activities are detected - this is a sharp contrast to the manner in which thieves are made to face the music when caught in the physical world.

Also in most developing countries, regulations do not stipulate that financial services providers accept liability when consumers lose their money to cybercriminals. So, it is not surprising that consumers are getting more and more discouraged to leverage online banking solutions offered by their banks. This trend puts the banking industry at a disadvantage as they will continue to accrue massive operational costs if they're not able to guarantee peace of mind with regards to using their online banking solutions.

In tackling this and other challenges, Digiss offers solutions that enable our clients to prevent, detect and react to security incidents.

Contact us today to let us know how we can help secure your organisation.

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Over the last decade, Internet penetration has afforded news and media organisations tremendous opportunities to reach out to their consumers more effectively, especially on a 'near real-time' basis.

Furthermore, advertisement opportunities have also enabled media houses to boost profitability. Given their enormous reach, news websites have the potential to generate more income from advertisements than traditional newspapers and organisations are fast realising this and taking advantage of this new opportunity. Having said this, it is important to note that the core business is the news - this is the commodity being sold in this sector therefore protecting its integrity and confidentiality prior to being made public is not optional.

Website defacement, SQL injection and Cross-site scripting are popular attacks against web applications. While website defacement and SQL injection attacks target an organisation, Cross-site scripting attacks target the consumers of her products. It is therefore fair to assume that, aside from revenue loss, significant brand damage would arise if these threats are realised.

At Digiss, we help ensure the integrity of your brand by protecting your web presence. We constantly monitor and scan your websites so as to be able to promptly identify any malware attack and carry out the required remedial activity. Our automated system is able to notify our customers on near real-time basis whenever new vulnerabilities are found in their web applications or specific changes are detected on their web site files. This world class service ensures that you no extra burden will be put on your limited resources.

Contact us today and let us plug your website in to our world class service.

Digiss has a solution that suits every SMB. Whether yours is a small company with less than 50 staff or a medium company with less than 200 staff, we would be happy to help reduce the risk to your critical assets. If your organisation delivers its services by leveraging the capabilities of modern information technology, then you would need our services. If you have a trade secret that gives you an edge over the competition, then you don't want that information falling in the wrong hand. We help you review and develop information security policy and give you the technologies and processes that allow you to enforce your policy.

Speak to us today and let us know how we can help.

The most important asset of any service provider is the trust reposed in it by the customer - the assurance that the integrity, availability and confidentiality of the customer's data and/or service will not be compromised. Any provider that disregards this trust element and offers services that consistently fall below the expected quality level will be out of business in no time.

On the other hand, every organisation is unique in its own right and competes on the basis of its ability to offer superior products and services. To this end, virtually every aspect of their systems, information or processes constitutes valuable trade secrets. Losing confidential information about operations, strategies, projections, business plans, relationships and processes to the competition can have a massive negative impact on profitability and reputation. Hence, protecting this crown jewel is not optional.

Digiss will work with your organisation to find the most suitable solution for your environment - we focus on reducing your attack surface and limiting the risk to your critical assets.

Below are some of the values that our solutions will add to your business:

• increased employee productivity
• bandwidth optimisation
• policy enforcement
• retention of competitive edge
• new revenue opportunities
• data loss prevention

Local service providers have a lot of work on their hands - from filtering mobile, web & e-mail borne threats to combating DDOS, insider and hacker attacks, the threats to the delivery of services that meet SLAs will continue to escalate. Identifying and working with a competent partner who specialises in combating these threats is undoubtedly the right choice to make.