Operational resilience, digital sovereignty top the CIO agenda
For CIOs across the Middle East & Africa, keeping systems online is the foundation of customer trust. By Martin Lentle, vice-president: Middle East and Africa at Red Hat EMEA As public sector institutions and private enterprises accelerate their digital...
When intelligence moves closer to the action, so do the threats
For years, cybersecurity strategies focused on protecting centralised environments such as data centres and corporate networks, and, more recently, the cloud. By Avinash Gupta, head of centre of excellence at In2IT Technologies However, the rapid growth of edge...
AI risk and the human element: six high-stakes situations
For a growing number of organisations seeking greater efficiencies and effectiveness, artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to be a brilliant tool, but no matter how good AI gets, it is not going to displace the human element any time soon. By Vanessa Jacklin-Levin,...
Unrest readiness is built between crises, not during them
The 30 June marches passed largely peacefully, and that outcome was no accident, writes Adriaan Otto, managing director of Excellerate Services. It was the result of preparation, and a level of cooperation between police, private security, communities and business...
Digital resilience is an SME business imperative
In June, Meta experienced a global outage that disrupted Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp services for users worldwide, leaving many businesses temporarily unable to connect with customers through some of their most important digital channels. While the disruption was...
When the office is everywhere, so are the risks
The modern workplace extends beyond traditional office walls. It now exists in coffee shops, spare bedrooms, airport lounges, and co-working spaces. By Amritesh Anand, vice-president and MD: technology services group at In2IT Technologies Hybrid and remote work have...
Connect security, privacy, AI governance to reduce information risk
Information security, privacy and artificial intelligence (AI) governance are often treated as separate disciplines. But, in practice, they are closely linked. By Ryan Boyes, senior security administrator at Galix AI systems rely on information, which often includes...
Your cloud strategy may be weakening the business
The biggest mistake CIOs make about cloud is believing that adoption equals modernisation. By Helen Kruger, MD of Troye It does not, in many cases cloud has simply given them a more expensive, more fragmented and harder to manage version of the infrastructure problems...
SA at critical turning point on airspace safety as commercial drones take off
South Africa’s commercial drone sector is entering a period of rapid expansion, with advanced unmanned aircraft increasingly used in logistics, agriculture, security, infrastructure inspection and emergency response. But as drones begin sharing low altitude corridors...
Trust, verify, repeat: Source credibility will define the future of fraud prevention
Artificial intelligence is not just changing how fraud is committed, it is changing how trust is established. By Samenthrie Govender, regional manager: Gauteng at SW360 Today, fraudsters can use AI to generate convincing documents, create synthetic identities,...
There are risks in connecting private power to the grid
The national electricity grid has reached a level of physical stability worthy of praise. As it increasingly decentralises, its digital footprint is growing too. The task now is to keep it equally stable amidst mounting cyber threats to its physical infrastructure. By...
Risks posed by agentic AI must be confronted before benefits can be realised
Agentic AI adoption is moving faster than many organisations are prepared for, and while the technology promises major productivity gains, the risks need to be carefully weighed. Cliff de Wit, chief innovation officer at Accelera Digital Group (ADG), says businesses...