Experian confirms data breach

Consumer, business and credit information services agency Experian South Africa has confirmed that it has suffered a security breach that has exposed customer records. The breach is thought to have exposed some personal information of as many as 24-million South...

Covid-19 dominates cybersecurity landscape

Threats related to the Covid-19 crisis defined the cybersecurity landscape in the second quarter of 2020, according to ESET’s Q2 2020 Threat Report shows. “Our telemetry showed a continued influx of Covid-19 lures in Web and email attacks, as well as an...

Move on digital transformation now or risk failing

Kathy Gibson reports – We need to get on to the digital transformation journey and move along it quickly to take advantage of the opportunities. This is the word from Mark Walker, associate vice-president: sub-Saharan Africa at IDC, who reiterates how Covid-19...

Millennials think they’re too boring to be hacked

Online security tops the charts as the most important factor for millennials looking to find their “digital comfort zones” at home, despite the fact that over a third of them globally (37%) think they’re boring to be the victim of cybercrime, a new...

Positive signs for businesswomen in Africa

While key areas such as advancing and retaining female employees have shown some progress over the past few years, there is more work to be done in other areas such as equal access to leadership roles. This is according to Mercer’s When Women Thrive 2020,...

Delving into the draft Films and Publications Amendment Regulations

Draft regulations to the Films and Publications Amendment Act, which lay down the conditions for acquiring permits to self-classify content, were recently published. Webber Wentzel partner Carla Collett and candidate attorney Jodi Hardy took a deeper look at them....