KUALA LUMPUR. – May 5, 2021 – Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, today announced the findings of its global survey, “The State of Ransomware 2021,” which reveals that 59% of Malaysian organizations not hit by ransomware last year expect to be hit in the future. 

Furthermore, 59% of these respondents say it is because ransomware attacks are increasingly hard to stop due to their sophistication; 58% of them say ransomware is already  so prevalent it is inevitable they will get hit; and 41% of them say they’re  already experiencing an increase in attempted ransomware attacks against them. 

By Adi Pendyala

In the post-pandemic world, Industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI) will come of age as a driving force and enabler of innovative operational applications for capital-intensive industries. Fuelled by significant volatile market forces, this new normal will be anything but business as usual. Combined with shifts in new technologies such as 5G and even 6G networks, the transformational impact of Industrial AI is unprecedented. Companies need to adopt a business-first mentality and applying AI technology to domain-specific industrial challenges, by focusing on critical outcomes. With workforce shifts and a resulting loss of domain expertise, there is an increased adoption of AI, Industrial IoT and automation across these industries. 

5G networks can provide accelerated industrial connectivity to potentially one million connections per square kilometre. This is expected to support implementation of advanced industrial IoT applications, as large networks of sensors can be deployed to collect data across distributed assets and plants. This data is crucial for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in analysis and decision-making. 

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – GHL Systems Berhad has embarked on a partnership with global payments technology company, Visa to be the first in ASEAN to introduce Visa Instalments for clients using its eGHL Payment Gateway platform. 

Visa Instalments turns already approved issuer credit lines into instalment payment options at checkout for Visa cardholders.  This enhances the payment experience by letting participating sellers offer their customers an option to spread their total purchases into a number of payments over a defined time period. If eligible, the customer is presented the offer at the point of purchase, either on a payment terminal screen in-store or checkout page online, and can then to complete the purchase in instalments.