Oct 21, 2026
Cybersecurity Awareness Month gives businesses a timely opportunity to look beyond traditional cyber awareness and assess whether their AI environments are ready for real-world risk. As South Africa’s sovereign AI ambitions accelerate, the core question is...
Oct 21, 2026
South Africa, according to the Microsoft Global AI Diffusion monitor, is leading the continent in generative AI adoption with 23,1% of the working-age population actively using AI in their daily activities. Companies have introduced AI into daily operations rapidly,...
Oct 19, 2026
Digital banking crime cost South Africa R2,41-billion in reported client claims in 2025, an increase of 29,2% from 2024, according to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) Annual Crime Statistics Report. By Andrew Baker, group CIO at Capitec...
Oct 16, 2026
Cybersecurity has acquired a speed problem. Attackers are increasingly using AI to automate work that once required specialist skills, while security teams are still trying to make sense of thousands of alerts. By Kurt Goodall, technical director of Troye The...
Oct 16, 2026
The next scam message to reach your phone will be spelled correctly, carry your bank’s real logo, your name, and possibly the correct suburb a parcel for you might need to reach. Nothing about it will look wrong. It will also, almost certainly, be in English....
Oct 15, 2026
I still see businesses drawing a neat line between IT operations and cybersecurity, writes Brian Pinnock, go-to-market executive of The Cloud Crew. One team looks after Microsoft 365, user access, endpoints, backups, patches and support, while security is handled...
