Sophos and Phishield Announce first-of-its-kind cybersecurity and insurance partnership for sub-Saharan Africa. The SMARTpod podcast, discussing the deal and the state of ransomware in South Africa and globally, is now also available.

SMARTpod recently spoke with Pieter Nel, Sales Director for SADC at Sophos, and Sarel Lamprecht, MD at Phishield, about ransomware and their new cyber insurance partnership.

The average cyber insurance claim following a significant cyberattack is just $75 000 for MDR users, compared with $3 million for endpoint-only users, according to a new independent study.

Sophos survey finds that 89% of IT leaders worry GenAI flaws could negatively impact their organisation’s cybersecurity strategies, with 87% of respondents stating they were concerned about a resulting lack of cybersecurity accountability.

Combining complementary AI-driven security platforms powered by automated prevention, detection and response, the two organisations can deliver advanced solutions for defeating modern, persistent adversaries even faster.

Sophos has released the findings of a new study that highlighted the increasing integration of cyber insurance into the risk management strategies of South African organisations.

Cybercriminals abused Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) in 90% of attacks handled by Sophos Incident Response in 2023, Sophos’ newest Active Adversary Report finds. External remote services were the number-one way attackers’ initially breached networks.

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Sophos report found that telemetry logs were missing in nearly 42% of the attack cases studied. In 82% of these cases, cybercriminals disabled or wiped out the telemetry to hide their tracks.