The first step in enhancing cybersecurity is acknowledging that cyber attackers do not rest, especially now that most transactions are online. Africa has recently experienced frequent attacks on cybersecurity, increasing the global risk for information leakage. Cyber threats usually target those in the financial sector, and today, the probability is higher due to lockdowns and sudden high reliance on digital processes.

With the rise of remote work we are communicating online in more ways than ever, which is why ease of use and security have taken a front seat as many organizations grapple with maintaining productivity while protecting their data. The recognition comes as another accolade following the launch of our next-generation conferencing capability to scale and give customers better control of their data while supporting their workers' communication needs.

Popular enterprise collaboration platforms help get the work done, but can their data collection policy result in a breach? Here, Wire’s Chief Revenue Officer Rasmus Holst provides a detailed overview of enterprise collaboration applications and the potential risks, along with ways to maintain security and privacy for organizational communication.

As companies face challenges to manage secure messaging around the world, data protection solutions are becoming part of the new normal and, more than ever, businesses are mastering the way data can target audiences more precisely and accurately. The problem is that, in 2020, hackers proved they can redirect cyberattacks from individuals and small businesses to major corporations, governments and critical infrastructure.

Interested in learning about remote desktop security? With the COVID pandemic, most businesses had to transition to virtual work unprepared. And this became a prime opportunity for attackers to launch RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) attacks on public-facing servers with unpatched vulnerabilities. Don’t worry. It’s never too late to work towards ensuring remote desktop security. In this article, we’ll cover everything about remote desktop security and its risks.

We are thrilled to announce that Wire is recognized as one of the top file-sharing softwares of 2021 alongside Box, Dropbox, Slack, and WeTransfer. Researchers at Digital.com conducted a 40-hour assessment of over 60 softwares, looking at solutions that deliver added security through AES 256-bit encryption, which prevents data thieves from stealing valuable files, as well as being user-friendly and seamlessly integrating with frequently used apps and tools.