Oct 20, 2026
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...
Oct 16, 2026
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...
Oct 15, 2026
For many South African businesses, critical operations and customer data now rely on outsourced IT service providers (OSPs), including cloud hosts, software platforms, managed service providers and payment and fintech vendors. This dependence creates a risk that is...
Oct 2, 2026
For many business owners, beneficial ownership remains a compliance box to tick when filing an annual return. But increasingly, getting it wrong, or simply failing to keep it current, can have consequences far beyond paperwork, says Janus Joubert of JBS Advisory &...
Sep 23, 2026
The past several years has demonstrated just how quickly separate risks can combine and amplify one another. In relatively close succession, South African businesses have had to contend with a global health pandemic, periods of widespread socio-political unrest,...
Sep 21, 2026
A cyber incident rarely stays in the IT department. When a critical system goes down, a supplier is compromised or data becomes unavailable, the consequences are felt across the business. By Boland Lithebe, cybersecurity lead for Accenture, South Africa Customers may...
