Cybersecurity systems
Our team of engineers, software developers, cybersecurity specialists and researchers lead through cutting-edge research and development of home-grown cybersecurity systems, services and cybercrime-fighting capabilities, built on our extensive experience and strengthened through partnerships and collaborations with private and public industry.
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Highlights
Small but smart: early-warning system against cyber attacks
We have developed a cybersecurity early warning system, available either as a device with embedded software or as a standalone software package, that detects cyberattacks within intranets or local area networks. It scans for cyberattacks in traffic and warns a network administrator of threats via email, user interface messages or security incidents and event management solution integration. This gives the administrator a window of opportunity to respond and halt the attack, avoiding network downtime, disruption and lost revenue. The product is nearing market readiness for commercialisation.
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Virtual experience builds real life cyber expertise
Our home-grown Cyber Range is used for research and training new cyber experts. It is a safe, virtual environment with sensors that collect network data, hardware and software behaviour, as well as user interactions. Various data sources are combined for analysis to determine hardware and product performance. The Cyber Range can be used extensively in defensive and offensive exercises, software development skills assessments and incident response activities. The scenarios are customisable to ensure they are optimally tailored to each specific use case. The range can also be used for evaluating the security aspects of software applications before purchase or for testing the effectiveness of security techniques or the skills of cyber engineers.
Our capabilities
As part of our cybersecurity capability, we perform desktop exercises such as penetration testing and vulnerability assessments. Our experts have access to a cybersecurity and ransomware laboratory, as well as a dark-web laboratory, which is used for research and development. Our research has also led to the development of novel technologies such as a cyber early warning system, a virtual cyber range used for product testing and training and a honeynet, which is used to study and analyse cyberattacks, attacker behaviour and network vulnerabilities.
Software systems
Our software systems design and development team is often called upon to create bespoke, fit-for-purpose tools for clients of all sizes in government and the private sector.
Cybercrime investigation
Through our dedicated research on trends related to cyberattacks and common cybercrime scams and tactics, our team is able to stay abreast of the latest developments and provide support through digital forensics, open-source intelligence and blockchain research. We have developed a number of investigative procedures. We focus on developing technologies and solutions to combat cybercrime, including digital forensics and cybercrime analysis platforms. We are increasingly involved in cryptocurrency research and investigations into scams. We are working with the South African Police Service to establish a central cybercrimes and digital forensics investigative capability as a Cybercrimes Designated Point of Contact to support national investigations related to cybercrimes.
Information warfare
Appointed by the Department of Defence as Information Security Defence Evaluation and Research Institute, we have many years of experience in information warfare research at the level of national security.
Our research
Our work primarily focuses on combatting cybercrime and preventing cyberattacks, as well as performing research into information warfare techniques and fostering cybersecurity awareness through awareness and training campaigns. We also develop software systems as custom, fit-for-purpose tools for clients in government and private industry.
Cybersecurity laboratory
Our cutting-edge cybersecurity laboratory enables us to conduct research on a wide range of security topics such as malware behaviour, dark web activities, the generation and dissemination tactics behind misinformation and disinformation campaigns and open-source intelligence gathering. Our laboratory is also used to test novel security concepts and develop home-grown solutions to bolster the country’s cybersecurity posture.
