In 2027, endpoint security comes down to knowing what you own

In 2027, endpoint security comes down to knowing what you own

Most medium and large South African organisations already run the endpoint controls they are supposed to. EDR, disk encryption, multifactor authentication and tamper protection are standard in most estates. According to Petre Agenbag, service delivery manager at...

Constant micro-disruptions strip output from the economy

Micro-disruptions are having mega-implications for the local economy. Employees surveyed by Altron Digital Business, for instance, lost an average of eight working days annually just fighting internal IT systems. Now Adriaan Venter, CEO of Cube ICT Solutions, is...

A single pane of glass matters for complex security stacks

For years, organisations were encouraged to simplify cybersecurity by standardising on a single vendor. By Hemant Harie, group chief technology officer at Data Management Professionals South Africa Today, that approach is increasingly being replaced by a best-of-breed...

The firewall is dead, long live the firewall

The firewall protects the network it sits on and very little beyond it, so what should companies be doing to benefit from its capabilities without relying on it completely? asks Richard Frost, head of technology solutions and consulting at Armata Cyber Security. From...

Should you trust AI with high-stakes decisions in your day-to-day life?

If you have asked an app like ChatGPT or Claude for a recipe recommendation, travel tips or tech support lately, you are not alone. Around seven in ten adults in South Africa have used an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, with many of us relying on the technology...