Women set to stay underrepresented in cybersecurity

In 45% of enterprises globally, the proportion of women working in IT security departments is less than that in the rest of the company’s workforce. However, of these organisations only 37% of them have in place, or considered applying, formal programmes that...
Enterprises under pressure to achieve value from analytics

Enterprises under pressure to achieve value from analytics

Organisations are under pressure to achieve a faster time-to-value for implementing analytics projects, and this is driving migration to the cloud. This is among the findings of an IDG Research MarketPulse survey, “Optimising Business Analytics by Transforming...

Finance ministers eye digital commerce tax

Commonwealth finance ministers have recognised the potential of technology to improve debt transparency while urging closer collaboration to resolve tax challenges arising from growing digital commerce. Revenues from tax collection are important for maintaining debt...

Winnti cyberespionage group creates SQL Server backdoor

ESET research has analysed a sample from a new backdoor called skip-2.0 by its authors. The backdoor is a recently discovered addition to the arsenal of the notorious cyberespionage group Winnti. Specifically, skip-2.0 targets MSSQL Server 12, allowing the attacker to...

Looking back on 20 years of WiFi

In 1999 several technology companies formed the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA). On 30 September 1999, the 802.11b wireless LAN standard became available in commercial products. This moment is considered as the beginning of wireless networks known...

All the JSE Investment Challenge winners …

High school learners and university students have spent the last six months competing for the number one spot in the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Investment Challenge. The annual competition enables learners and students to understand the fundamentals of...