Aug 18, 2026
Over the past decade, Southern African organisations have become measurably more digital. By Nazia Pillay, MD for southern Africa at SAP Cloud adoption has accelerated. Core systems have modernised. Data, once scattered across departments and spreadsheets, has moved...
Aug 17, 2026
Businesses continue to invest millions in networks, firewalls and cybersecurity, yet many overlook the technology sitting directly between their users and their most critical applications. That blind spot is becoming increasingly expensive, writes Kurt Goodall,...
Aug 17, 2026
“It won’t happen to us because we’re too small.” Many small and medium-sized businesses rely on this logic when it comes to cybercrime risks. Surely criminals will target a business that is larger, promising a handsome payoff for their efforts....
Aug 17, 2026
The recent disclosure by OpenAI of a security incident involving Hugging Face has offered a practical, real-world illustration of what can happen when an autonomous system is given a goal, access to tools, and enough authority to pursue that goal across technical...
Aug 17, 2026
Shadow IT, the use of technology systems, software, applications, devices or cloud services without formal approval, management or monitoring, emerged as a by-product of speed and autonomy. By Bryan Hamman, area vice-president: Africa at NetScout When employees moved...
Aug 17, 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become deeply woven into every aspect of financial services, from customer onboarding and fraud detection to transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and risk assessment. By Chanal Subramoney, group senior compliance manager at...
