According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), small businesses have become the engine of economic growth and social development across all countries, accounting for a staggering 70% of employment worldwide . Obviously, these small businesses rely heavily on the internet and other online platforms and resources, which form integral components and enabling tools for their transactions. This has become even more prevalent since the pandemic period. Regarding online safety, it is estimated that over 40% of these small businesses have experienced a cyber attack. The type of cyber attacks that are more commonly aimed at small businesses include Social Engineering attacks like Email Phishing and telephone phishing otherwise known as "vishing" There are a few factors that make small businesses to be vulnerable to attacks. Cyber criminals assume that small businesses have weaker security measures in places, ...
It was a remarkable day for the future of cloud technology in Africa as Oracle launched the first cloud region (Cloud Data center) on African soil - In Johannesburg South Africa. This means users of cloud services especially within Africa can now be able to choose a location closer to them for hosting of their cloud resources and applications. Also regulatory requirements would be met such as the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR). What is a cloud region/Data center? It is the actual, real-life geographic location where your public cloud resources are located, where your data resides physically. Some think of the cloud to be a hypothetical or intangible storage in the sky, but it is indeed a physical robust IT infrastructure consisting of server machines and high-speed network connectivity designed to provide secured access to a large number of users or subscribers. Currently, Oracle has about 39 cloud regions around the world. Google boasts of 29 regions, Amazon AWS 26 regions,...