Its business division, MWEB Busines

Its business division, MWEB Business, was founded in January 1998. MWEB Business prides
itself as being a business partner that is perfectly positioned to leverage the power of Web-based
technologies in all areas of an organization. MWEB Business helps companies:
-Manage business data in ways that add real value and insight to their operations
-Integrate existing systems with the Internet so as to close the gap between technology,
strategy, and the organization's bottom line
-Develop, manage, and maintain solutions that include all aspects of Internet connectivity,
Website development and hosting, broadband and wireless applications, e-commerce, and
consulttancy services
-Manage internal information among employees, as well as among business partners and
suppliers
MWEB has moved forward in publicizing its plans for the South African Internet market. According to MWEB CEO Rudi Jansen, “We need to get the quality of network better, but it's not only an MWEB problem, but also, the Telkom network is taking strain." Despite having a less-than-ideal network infrastructure, MWEB uses AVG Internet Security to offer its customers the best possible security while online. AVG Internet Security offers MWEB customers the following features:
-Identity protection for safe banking and shopping
-LinkScanner for safe surfing and searching
-WebShield for safe social networking, chatting, and downloading
-Antiphishing and antispam for a safe uncluttered inbox
-High-speed antivirus/antispyware software with automatic updates
-An enhanced firewall
In addition, MWEB automatically protects customers against junk email and viruses that are sent via email. Its virus filter ensures that only virus-free email is delivered to clients’ inboxes by automatically cleaning e-mails from recognized malware sources. MWEB advises its customers to keep their ADSL connections safe from bandwidth theft and account abuse by blocking unsolicited incoming connections to network ports commonly used by hackers.
Despite the multitude of security services offered by MWEB, a number of MWEB Business subscribers‘ account details were compromised when their logon and password details were published on the Internet by hackers. Initial reports indicated that as many as 2,390 users of MWEB's business digital subscriber lines were affected. The company disclosed the security breach on October 25, 2010. It appears that hackers gained access to the Internet Solutions‘ self-service management system that MWEB Business uses to provide and manage business accounts that have not yet been migrated to the MWEB network.
Historically, MWEB Business was a reseller of Internet Solutions‘ Uncapped 8 Fixed IP ADSL services, which were provisioned and managed by MWEB using a Web-based management interface provided by Internet Solutions. All new Business ADSL services provided after April 2010, as well as the bulk of legacy services already migrated, use MWEB‘s internal authentication systems, which were
completely unaffected by this incident.
MWEB responded quickly to the hacking incident. According to Jansen, "We have 1,000 clients still on the Internet Solutions network and we are busy migrating them off that old server and that's the one they attacked . . . This has subsequently been secured. Most customers have already been moved
over to our own IPC network during the course of the last few months. We will be contacting these
customers to reset their passwords, as an added security measure." Jansen was quick to note that no personal information was lost and that none of MWEB's clients suffered any losses as their usernames and passwords had been recreated and changed. He further added that MWEB successfully repels 5,000
attacks a day.