What the future of risk can teach us about building resilient leaders

South African businesses are no longer dealing with isolated shocks. They are operating in a permanent risk environment, and leadership models need to catch up. By Izabela Stofberg, chief underwriting officer at Santam Re. BDO’s 2026 Global Risk Landscape report...

Why are we still fighting yesterday’s fraud?

For years, organisations treated fraud as a transaction problem: identify a suspicious payment, compromised account or fraudulent application and stop it before money leaves the system. By Amritha Reddy, senior director of fraud product management at TransUnion Africa...
Credential protection the new foundation of cyber resilience

Credential protection the new foundation of cyber resilience

Identity protection must be integral to cyber resilience. Although organisations continue to invest heavily in data protection and backup strategies, most breaches begin with compromised credentials, often privileged Active Directory (AD) accounts that give attackers...
Can you afford what comes after a cyberattack?

Can you afford what comes after a cyberattack?

A cyberattack does not end when the malicious activity has been contained. For the impacted business, that is usually the time when the most expensive part begins, writes Yaron Assabi, founder of Digital Solutions Group. When an attacker breaches a system, the problem...

Ransomware has moved on. Has your security strategy kept up?

For 47% of South African organisations hit by ransomware in 2025, the attack succeeded because of inadequate protection. For 43%, a lack of cybersecurity capacity was a contributing factor. By Reza Joseph, group product manager: cybersecurity, cloud and unified comms...

Technical debt is becoming a cybersecurity threat

For many organisations, digital transformation occurred quickly and under pressure. Systems were rapidly deployed to support remote work, customer demands changed overnight, and businesses adopted cloud platforms, automation, and new digital services to stay...