New service aims to counter SIM-swops

Mobile technology company Myriad Connect has launched a service to counter the growing threat of SIM-swop fraud. When a customer lets the operator know their SIM card is damaged, lost or stolen, the current SIM is deactivated and a new one is issued. But criminal...

Africa set for opportunity, innovation

Africa is set to continue its rapid growth trajectory, and the co-development of technology has the potential to transform lives, drive collaboration, spur entrepreneurship and share ideas. This is according to Hilton Romanski, Cisco’s chief strategy officer,...

Social grant payments still up in the air

There is still no clarity on how social grants will be paid out from April, 2017, although it seems likely that that current contract with Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) will be extended. Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini told media yesterday that grants...
You could be less secure than you think …

You could be less secure than you think …

Misaligned incentives and executive overconfidence are making it easier for attackers to infiltrate organisations. Intel Security, in partnership with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), today released “Tilting the Playing Field: How...

Corruption stalks SA’s licencing departments

Allegations and investigations of corruption are increasingly appearing in South African headlines as the epidemic of dishonest conduct becomes the norm within the country’s public sector. Most recently, it has come to light that some of those working in our...

Server revenue, shipments declined in 2016

In the fourth quarter of 2016, worldwide server revenue declined 1,9% year over year, while shipments fell 0,6% from the fourth quarter of 2015, according to Gartner. In all of 2016, worldwide server shipments grew 0,1%, but server revenue declined 2,7%. “There...