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SOCIAL ENGINEERS
Managing network security risks
PhishMe empowers humans in the fight against Phishing
Festo: Russell Schwulst (Head of Business Development), Nico Land-
man (Head of Didactic)and Adrian Bromfield (National Sales Manager).
Gordon Lawson – Snr VP – PhishMe Global sales, Mazen Halawi
– PhishMe Director META and Gregory Anderson – PhishMe
Country Manager South Africa & Africa.
Gordon Lawson – Snr VP – Global sales and Anton
Jacobsz – Networks Unlimited Managing Director.
On 18 May Festo’s first Automation Expo was held at UrbanTree
in Sandton. The latest Festo automation solutions and innovations
were exhibited including Festo’s mobile demonstration and training
facilities, the Expotainer and Eduvan. A seminar highlighted current
industry trends and was followed by a traditional German beerfest.
Festo’s Automation Expo and Beerfest
(Right) Barry Elliot (Managing Director) and (left) Christo Buys
(Managing Director and Business Manager, Control Systems and
Software) at Rockwell Automation sub-Saharan Africa,
were hosts for the day.
Cybersecurityisnotoptional…itisanessentialtenetofeverynetworked
system.Thiswasthestrongmessageconveyedattheofficialmediadayof
‘AfricaAutomationUniversityClassic 2017, byRockwell Automation’ at
Emperors Palace.
Networks Unlimited launched PhishMe products and solutions at Blue Valley Golf
Estate in Centurion on 18 May. Gordon Lawson, Senior Vice President, Global
Sales, PhishMe, gave the main address. With over 90% of cybersecurity breaches
attributed to employee-targeted phishing, employees must be empowered to
strengthen defences and help stop attacks in progress. Gordon Lawson explained
how PhishMe can be part of this human phishing defence solution.
Enquiries: Ingrid Mulaudzi. Email
Enquiries: Email
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