As risks rise, CISOs should shift focus
Chief information security officers (CISOs) must focus on three areas to harness increased hype and scrutiny and turn disruption into opportunity, according to Gartner. These three areas include being mission-aligned, innovation-ready and change-agile. “Organisations...
The gap is closing, but gender parity is still a century away
The global gender gap has closed to 68,8%, marking the strongest annual advancement since the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet full parity remains 123 years away at current rates, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025. Iceland leads the rankings...
CNAPP market to surge on cloud security concerns
The cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) market is poised for substantial growth, projected to rise from $2-billion in 2023 to $6-billion in 2028, representing a 25% compounded annual growth rate (CAGR). This surge is primarily driven by enterprises...
GenAI becomes a priority in healthcare, life sciences budgets
Over half of healthcare and life sciences organisations in Asia/Pacific are planning to have dedicated budgets for GenAI projects for timely investments, according to a recent IDC report, GenAI in Healthcare and Life Sciences: Current Trends and Future Potential in...
Commercial display market set to reach $78bn
The global commercial display market size is anticipated to reach $78,48-billion by 2030 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6,5% from 2024 to 2030, according to the new report by Grand View Research. As businesses embrace digital technologies to stay competitive...
As hybrid working steps up, CEOs see productivity gains
New research has revealed that nine in 10 CEOs have adopted hybrid working (91%), with three quarters saying this has led to an improvement in productivity (75%) and staff retention (76%). The latest C-suite-focused study, undertaken by International Workplace Group...
Planetary defense will be on hand for 2029 asteroid near-miss
30 years ago, on 16 July 1994, astronomers watched in awe as the first of many pieces of the Shoemaker-Levy 9 comet slammed into Jupiter with incredible force. The event sparked intense interest in the field of planetary defence as people asked: "Could we do anything...
Multiple scams target Olympics fans
The first in-person Summer Olympics since the lifting of pandemic restrictions is set to begin on 26 July 2024, attracting millions of sports enthusiasts - and cyberthreats. Kaspersky experts have noted a surge in scamming activity surrounding the event, with...
Coastal ‘zoom towns’ lead business growth
Over the past two decades, South Africa's coastal towns have experienced massive development and growth - with over 33% of our population now residing within a 10km radius of our 3 000km shoreline. Where, traditionally, it would have been an older demographic moving...
Robust growth forecast for robot operating systems
The global robot operating system market is expected to reach $1,214-billion by 2030 - growing at a CAGR of 13,9% from 2024 to 2030 - according to a new report by Grand View Research. The robot operating system (ROS) is a comprehensive collection of tools and...
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2021 will be a cybercrime bruiser
Predicting the future is risky. As is often quipped, predicting the past is hard enough! Certainly, nobody could predict that 2020 would be a year like none other in modern history. The pandemic caused a tremendous realignment of priorities and waves of uncertainty....
How to recover from a hasty cloud migration strategy
Many organisations run into trouble when they embark on cloud migration projects without a properly formulated strategy and business case, meaning they have little clarity about where the business value lies and why they are making the move in the first place. The...
The benefits of an agile PoS enablement
There is little doubt that the rapidly evolving point-of-sale (PoS) landscape and the growing number of digital applications and mobile payment methods is exciting for many retailers. However, it is also challenging, as the PoS environment must be made more agile and...
Ensure your WiFi network is ready for the Android 11 QPR1 security update
The Android 11 QPR1 security update is a minor one, but will have far-reaching consequences on enterprise Wi-Fi networks when it is implemented during the course of December. Most organisations with 802.1x Wi-Fi networks are still using relatively-ancient legacy EAP...
Better-functioning tech makes for less stress at work
At Dell, we use research to understand our customers' needs and to drive innovations as those needs change, writes Brooke Huling, vice-president: product management at Dell Technologies Modern Compute Solutions Group. That's why we embarked on our first ever...
Covid-19 test detects virus with smartphone
Montreal-based Two-Photon Research has announced CAST, a diagnostics platform that changes the way viruses are detected. The CAST platform uses TPR's patented Aptamer Molecular Photonic Beacon (AMPB) that photonically interfaces with smartphones. The first application...
Taking console gaming to the masses
The Covid-19 pandemic has done for gaming what sunshine and beaches did for ice cream, writes Andrew King, senior product manager: visual communications at Vox. The global video game market is expected to top more than $200-billion by 2023. And when it comes to prize...
iOCO offers Africa-focused SD-WAN
iOCO has extended its partnership with and automated cybersecurity solution provider Fortinet to offer its software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) solution to the southern African market. An SD-WAN solution connects users to any application wherever it resides,...
The changing shape of African cybersecurity
The 2020 KnowBe4 African Report collated insights from 881 respondents across South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius and Botswana to discover how the continent views cybersecurity and its risks in a world shaped by a global pandemic. The report...
AI/ML could solve the problem of medical fraud
Medical malpractice litigation costs South Africa millions of rands every year and drives up the cost of healthcare. By Shiraaz Joosub, healthcare sales executive at T-Systems South Africa While some claims of medical negligence have merit, the unfortunate reality is...
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Network Security Engineer (Hybrid Senior) at EnableSA (Pty) Ltd
The primary responsibility of this role is to assist in the implementation, maintenance, and support of the Company's network infrastructure. Additional duties include supporting the global Help Desk and regional Network Administrators from a second-level support...
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Network Security Engineer (Hybrid Senior) at EnableSA (Pty) Ltd – Eastern Cape Gqebera
The primary responsibility of this role is to assist in the implementation, maintenance, and support of the Company's network infrastructure. Additional duties include supporting the global Help Desk and regional Network Administrators from a second-level support...
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Project Manager (Intermediate) at Datonomy Solutions – Gauteng Sandton
We are seeking a Project Manager to join our team, based in Johannesburg, on-site.Your role will be to plan; direct and co-ordinate the activities of enterprise-wide projects to ensure that project goals are accomplished and to develop project plans specifying goals;...
Application Support Analyst at Mintek – Gauteng Randburg
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