Mimecast sponsors Talk Radio 702 show Technobyte

Mimecast has announced that it will be sponsoring Talk Radio 702 radio show, Technobyte, after months of collaboration between the two brands.

Brandon Bekker, MD at Mimecast South Africa says, "The sponsorship makes sense, as we see that cybercrime impacts individuals and businesses alike and that the consequences of a data breach can be detrimental to both. By partnering with Primedia in this venture, we're reaching business owners and decision makers who need to be more aware of the value of protecting the important, and often highly sensitive, information stored in emails."

"We hope that through numerous marketing efforts, individuals and businesses will be made aware of, and in some cases reminded on the following truths."

• More than 90% of cyberattacks begin with email
  
• 83% of IT security professionals consider email to be the most common source of the attack
  
• 64% believe the attacks to pose a high or extremely high threat
  
• In the first three months of 2016, 67% of organisations had seen an increase in attacks designed to extort fraudulent payments
  
• 43% of organisations saw an increase in attacks specifically asking for confidential data such as HR records or tax information in the first three months of 2016