AI is driving more breaches, at an average cost of $6m

One in four malicious breaches were AI-enabled – a 56% increase over last year – and these breaches cost an average of $6-million, roughly $1-million more than the global breach average of $4,99-million. This is among the findings from IBM's 2026 Cost of a Data Breach...

AI automation is having an impact on entry-level hiring

Nearly a quarter (22%) of CHROs report that at least one business leader in their organisation has stopped hiring for entry-level roles due to AI automation, according to Gartner. The 4Q25 Gartner survey of 110 heads of HR also found that 95% of organisations have...

Africa’s young people want jobs, clean government

Africa’s young people are more optimistic about the future of their countries, economies and the continent than at any point since the pandemic - but they are demanding jobs, cleaner government, safer communities, a stronger political voice and a model of democracy...

Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

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AI agents will make exploits quicker

By 2027, AI agents will reduce the time it takes to exploit account exposures by 50% according to Gartner. “Account takeover (ATO) remains a persistent attack vector because weak authentication credentials, such as passwords, are gathered by a variety of means...

IBM contributes AI projects to Linux Foundation

IBM is contributing three open-source projects - Docling, Data Prep Kit and BeeAI - to the Linux Foundation. “We're continuing our long history of contributing open-source projects to ensure that they're easy to consume and that it's easy for others - not just us - to...

Few employees are engaged, enthusiastic, energised

Fewer than one-third of employees report they are engaged, enthusiastic and energised by their work, according to Gartner. Gartner defines engagement in three ways: * Employees feeling energised; * Employees finding purpose in their work; and * Employees feeling...

Detection and response tools key as cyber claims surge

Following two years of high but stable loss activity, 2023 has seen a worrying resurgence in ransomware and extortion claims as the cyberthreat landscape continues to evolve, according to a new report from Allianz Commercial. Hackers are increasingly targeting IT and...

Another solid month for take-home pay

For the third consecutive month, the nominal take-home pay among South Africans has shown positive growth on a monthly and annual basis, according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI) for September which says conditions in the private sector have...

HR leaders must be ‘everyday bold’ to ensure success

Eighty-three percent of HR leaders say they are expected to do more now compared to three years ago, according to Gartner. The role of HR has expanded greatly since the start of the pandemic - a July 2023 Gartner survey of 287 HR leaders found 70% of HR leaders say...

10 local finalists vie for spot at Startup World Cup

The organisers of the annual Africa Tech Festival - taking place in Cape Town from 14 to 16 November - have announced the Top 10 finalists of the AfricaIgnite Pitch Competition who will battle it out to win the opportunity to represent the African continent in the...

Espionage-ready worming miner uncovered

Kaspersky experts have uncovered a previously unknown, highly sophisticated StripedFly malware with global reach affecting over 1-million victims since at least 2017. Initially acting as a cryptocurrency miner, it turned out to be complex malware with a...

In a changing world, hybrid cloud offers choice

Kathy Gibson reports - The cloud computing environment is constantly changing and organisations can no longer afford to have a single platform approach. This is the word from Craig Parker, head of hybrid cloud: Europe at Fujitsu, who believes the correct value...

Fujitsu evolves to meet customer imperatives

Kathy Gibson reports - The last couple of years have seen massive advances in technology and new business use cases - and IT companies have been leading the charge. Fujitsu has a 88-year history of innovation. It has moved from a hardware supplier, to a software...

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How tech is transforming the office

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Gemalto boosts cloud security

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Data centres hyperscale Africa’s ability to transform

Digital transformation is reshaping every industry and sector, because of agile technologies like software defined data centres. By Sameer Cassim, R&D systems architect at Internet Solutions Companies are moving their workloads into the cloud due to aging...

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