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Stem the leak: 87% of South Africans think up
their own passwords
he latest Kaspersky report,
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Defending digital privacy:
Taking personal protection to
the next level, has found that 87% of
South African users are thinking up
their own passwords, while 72% say
they are unaware about how to check
if any of their credentials have already
been leaked. This highlights the need
for storing passwords more securely.
Passwords are the most common
method of authentication, but they
only work if they are hard to crack
and confidential. And with an
increasing number of applications
requiring them, it can be hard to
come up with new ideas for complex
passwords and keep them all in
your mind – especially when users
may be required to change their
passwords regularly.
In addition to this challenge of
creativity for users, it is becoming
more vital to store passwords securely
and look out for possible instances when
these credentials could be leaked.
According to Kaspersky’s report, 63%
of local users claim they remember
all of their passwords – which can
be difficult if security requirements
such as password complexity and
uniqueness are to be satisfied.
Furthermore, 10% keep them
written in a file or document stored
on their computer, while 18% use
the browsers on their computers,
smartphones or tablets to store
their passwords.
TREND MICRO NAMED A GLOBAL CYBERSECURITY CHANNEL
‘CHAMPION’ BY CANALYS
rend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity solutions,
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announced it has been placed in the Champions
quadrant of the Canalys Global Cybersecurity
Leadership Matrix, in recognition of major investments and
improvements in the channel over the past year.
Canalys recognised Trend Micro’s significant investments in its
channel programme over the last year, particularly highlighting
its partner portal improvements that include significant
investments in deal registration, sales kits, promotions and
training. The enhancement of the company’s Managed
Service Provider (MSP) programme with a central licensing
management platform and the offering of SOCaaS to automate
cross-customer and cross-product threat analysis received
particular praise from Canalys. The closer alignment AWS’s
CPPO programme was also highlighted as a major step.
the globe have put in over the past year, and there’s even
more to come in 2020 as we continue to refresh our partner
programme, launch new platforms and services and pursue
new growth opportunities.”
The latest Canalys matrix sees Trend Micro move up from a
‘growers’ to ‘champions’ position in 2020, with its highest-rated
benchmark metrics in product availability and supply (79.3%)
and ease of doing business (75.4%).
“Trend Micro has always been 100% committed to the channel
and we’re delighted to be named a ‘champion’ by Canalys,”
said Louise McEvoy, Vice President of US Channel, Trend
Micro. “It is recognition of the hard work our teams around
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