Foster a risk-aware culture in a world of enhanced scrutiny

South Africa’s grey listing has exposed not just gaps in technical compliance, but a deeper challenge that sits at the heart of business practice: the need to build organisations that are not merely compliant, but consciously ethical.  Servaas du Plessis.  CEO of...

The 12 scams of Christmas

As South Africans prepare for the December holidays, the annual wave of online shopping, travel bookings, and digital gift-giving is met by an equally predictable surge in cybercrime. But this year, things are likely to look a lot scarier. The classic scams we’ve...

Q-KON , Guodian Gaoke, StarWin in IoT LEO alliance

African-based provider of satellite communication solutions Q-KON has reached a tripartite strategic alliance agreement with Beijing Guodian High-Tech Technology and China StarWin Science and Technology to offer Internet of Things (IoT) services supported by the...

Built by hackers, cybersecurity academy aims to close the skills gap

Over 2 000 cybersecurity incidents are said to be reported to Information Regulator over the past year. But, according to experts, the actual number of threats impacting South African companies is more likely to be in the realm of 2 000 per week. It is estimated that...

Check Point debuts Quantum Firewall Software R82.10

Check Point Software Technologies has announced its new Check Point Quantum Firewall Software, R82.10, introducing 20 new capabilities designed to help enterprises safely adopt AI, protect distributed environments and simplify Zero Trust across hybrid networks. “As...