Multimodal AI at a crossroads
As generative AI rapidly evolves to process both text and images, a new multimodal safety report from Enkrypt AI - a leading provider of AI safety and compliance solutions for agent and multimodal AI - reveals critical risks that threaten the integrity and safety of...
Bill Gates pledges to ‘give away virtually all my wealth’
On the 25th anniversary of the Gates Foundation, one of the world’s richest men, Bill Gates, has pledged to give away the bulk of his wealth through the foundation over the next 20 years – an estimated $200-billion over the timeframe – after which, the Gates...
SAPS’s brain drain reaching critical levels
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) is concerned that highly-skilled and specialised members of the Special Task Force and National Intervention Unit divisions are exiting these units at an alarming rate, leaving the country's borders vulnerable and...
Go beyond the brink into a black hole …
Ever wonder what happens when you fall into a black hole? Now, thanks to a new, immersive visualisation produced on a NASA supercomputer, viewers can plunge into the event horizon, a black hole’s point of no return. In this visualisation of a flight toward a...
In SA, telecoms tops the list for fraud attempts
The rate of suspected digital fraud attempts in telecommunications where the consumer was in South Africa when transacting was the highest among industries analysed in 2023 at 15,5%, having increased by 78% year-over-year (YoY). The logistics industry experienced the...
It’s no longer ‘business as usual’ in cybersecurity
The prospect of offensive attacks using artificial intelligence (AI) is prompting increases in cybersecurity budgets as organisations try to understand the impact of generative AI (GenAI) on their security, says research group GlobalData. AI is already used for threat...
Supply chain officers need to retain relevance
Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) must expand their focus beyond cost management or accept a relegated role within the enterprise, according to Gartner. "Stakeholders perceive that the worst of the supply chain crisis has receded, and CSCOs now face the prospect of...
Massive growth in mobile banking malware
Kaspersky has released its annual Financial Threats Report for 2023, offering a detailed analysis of the evolving financial cyberthreat landscape. The report reveals significant increases in mobile banking malware and cryptocurrency-related phishing, signaling growing...
Open banking market size to reach $135,17bn
The global open banking market size is anticipated to reach $135,17-billion by 2030, according to a new report by Grand View Research. The market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of 27,4% from 2024 to 2030. The market growth can be attributed to several factors,...
Data management workloads continue to drive enterprise IT infrastructure spend
Structured Database/Data Management workloads continued to drive the largest share of enterprise IT infrastructure spending in the second half of 2023 (2H23), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Semiannual Enterprise Infrastructure Tracker:...
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Leviathan Viral Testing Africa has been awarded the exclusive distributorship of the EMG Group's range of Covid-19 rapid SARS-CoV-2 testing products across Africa. EMG Group (Evotech-Mirai Genomics) supplies high fidelity medical instrumentation and technology for...
KnowBe4 kit helps strengthen passwords
Today (May 7) is World Password Day, highlighting how many users still have weak or vulnerable passwords. "The recent headlines about 500 000 Zoom passwords being up for sale confirm how important it is that people change their password habits," says Anna Collard, MD...
Next-generation CMT operators can unlock R182bn of value
The adoption of key technologies in the South African communication, media and technology (CMT) space, can unlock R182-billion in value for the industry, consumers and society at large by 2026, we found in recent study conducted at Accenture. By Nitesh Singh, MD for...
Ransomware attacks during the pandemic
According to multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider Kaspersky Lab, it detected over 120 000 ransomware attacks in South Africa in 2019. By Lukas van der Merwe, specialist sales executive: security at T-Systems South Africa The figure for the first two...
The cyber risks of online schooling
Distance learning may become the new normal - but there are new risks in this virtual environment, writes Doros Hadjizenonos, regional sales director at Fortinet. With lockdown forcing schools and tertiary institutions to take learning online, a plethora of new risks...
Do your contingency planning
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Apex BI brings Zylo SaaS Management Software to SA
Apex Business Intelligence (BI) is partnering with US-based Zylo to offer a new tool for identifying, analysing, and optimising spending on software as a service (SaaS). According to Neil Buckley, MD of Apex BI, Zylo's SaaS Management Platform will enable new and...
Cyber Security South Africa appoints Simon Perry
Cyber Security South Africa (CSSA) has appointed Simon Perry as its chief technical officer, effective 1 May 2020. In this newly-created role, Perry will be responsible for leading the strategy for technical platforms, partnerships and external relationships with both...
AI: doing more with less
IT teams are increasingly becoming small and budgets are now tighter than ever, while the hard work of keeping the network up and running is more complicated. And operations is only one responsibility, writes y Cherie Martin, senior solutions marketing manager at...
Reimagining the future of telecommunications
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