Think like hackers, expert tells firms

DATA centre generators have to think like hackers in order to successfully fight cybercrimes and offer customer trustworthy service, an expert has said.

South African Torque IT business manager, Sean-Lee Evans, told NewsDay on the sidelines at the just-ended Data Centre Africa expo in Victoria Falls, that security managers needed to take on a pro-active approach to curb cybercrimes, as every data centre has a potential of being attacked.

“It’s not about the physical building, so we want to play on the world stage and be part of the competition by offering services and solutions, as the world is becoming a very smaller place but as always been, there is need for more data centres to store that data but on that, there is high need for security professionals check considering that your data has become a gold for cybercriminals,” Evans said, adding there was no one fit solution.

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