Many businesses in Africa have become more subjected to cybercrimes in recent years due to not having the necessary protection in place. Cybersecurity was previously considered an expensive operational cost by many organisations in Africa, however the increasing rise in security breaches on the continent has made more of them aware of the consequences of not having the necessary security measures in place and highlighted the value of their benefits.
African nations in general are needing to start educating people more and making the people in Africa more aware of cyber security and cybercrimes because, one way or another, many organisations within Africa will become victims to cyber attacks. From large corporates to small businesses, most of them have already been affected in some way by cybercrime. And as for African nations still trying to grow their economies it will be much harder to have successful businesses in growing economies as a result of the detriments of cybercrime. Many people would also like to start their own business and manage them successfully going forward but being unprepared to fight against cyber threats could easily prevent this from happening. Most new businesses are also operating online or are moving onto an online platform and can collapse because of a simple mistake or miss-click on just one computer with all the years of hard work and future dreams being lost.
Having cyber security implemented into a business is just like having a roof over your house in that you would want to protect your home from any bad weather or danger. Well-managed cyber security solutions will help protect a business from being hijacked by cybercriminals. Unfortunately, not many business people have been were aware of the threats businesses face today with many of them having their businesses collapse as a result.
For a business to remain successful in the modern era of cyber threats, it will need to be able to prevent and fight against the following major threats in today’s world:
-Credentials and data theft
-Cyber fraud
-Email phishing
-Malware
-Ransomware
-Spyware
Any organisation that implements and manages their cyber security on a regular basis will be taking a major step towards protecting themselves and the rest of Africa against cybercrimes.