Identity threats top of mind
South Africans are growing more concerned over identity fraud threats, with 56,7% of businesses expressing concern or strong concern about future threats. This is among the findings of a new study by iiDENTIFii, “The Identity Index 2024: South Africa Edition”,...
Brace for fewer Black Friday bargains this year
South African shoppers may want to dial down their Black Friday expectations this year, with market data indicating a slowdown in consumer enthusiasm for the annual global shopping frenzy while retailers adjust their strategies toward a month-long approach that...
Investments in renewables key for energy security
Investment in renewable energy will be a fundamental business decision in 2023 and beyond: it is the most direct solution for South Africa's private businesses to improve their energy security situation. This is according to PwC South Africa's second South Africa...
Recession drives increase in job-themed scams
The current economic climate globally is grim because of the ongoing recession. In this environment, job-themed emails have become a prime target for cybercriminals looking to exploit vulnerable individuals. Daksh Kapur, cybersecurity research scientist at Trellix,...
African banks need to reimagine payments
The rising demand for electronic payments is creating fundamental shifts across Africa and making significant inroads in promoting financial inclusion. A rapidly changing landscape and disruptions mean that incumbent banks need to take radical and concerted action to...
Data breaches are top executive concern
New data from Mimecast shows that South African organisations are increasingly under fire from the threat of phishing, ransomware and spoofing attacks, pushing cybersecurity to the top of corporate leaders' agenda. According to the Mimecast State of Email Security...
Half of cybersecurity leaders will change jobs by 2025
By 2025, nearly half of cybersecurity leaders will change jobs - 25% for different roles entirely due to multiple work-related stressors, according to Gartner. "Cybersecurity professionals are facing unsustainable levels of stress," says Deepti Gopal, director analyst...
2022 saw mobile banking Trojan installers double
In 2022, Kaspersky experts discovered nearly 200 000 new mobile banking Trojans, marking a two-fold increase from the previous year's figures. This surge in the number of mobile banking Trojans is also the highest ever reported in the last six years. These and other...
Merged Huge TNS opens its doors
Huge Group announced in October 2022 its intention to combine Huge Telecom and Huge Networks into a single and significantly enlarged telecommunications, networks and services business. The combining of the two businesses will commence on 1 March 2023. The new entity...
These are the top business travel destinations for 2023
Preliminary research from Corporate Traveller, a division of the Flight Centre Travel Group, has revealed the top international and regional destinations for South African business travellers for 2023. "We've decided to have a close look at traveller behaviour,...
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How to tackle the long road responsibly
With the end of the year fast approaching, many South Africans are planning their much anticipated summer holiday, which more often than not includes driving hundreds or sometimes thousands of kilometres to the beach or the bush. Given our current tough economic...
Wipro, ASG partner on intelligence, compliance
Wipro and ASG Technologies have announced an expanded partnership that integrates the offerings of Wipro's Data Management Centre of Excellence (CoE) with ASG's Enterprise Data Intelligence solution to improve compliance for the global financial services companies. A...
Khonology entrepreneur scoops GeoJozi Challenge prize
Khonology entrepreneur and developer Absalom Mpanze has scooped one of the top prizes in the GeoJozi Challenge, a worldwide initiative for users of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate applications that are making a difference in society. The...
Risk spikes in dispersed enterprise environment
The enterprise business is moving out from behind its firewall into a dispersed bring your own device (BYOD), Internet of things (IoT), cloud-based state. An Enterprise Mobility security strategy is important in controlling risk exposure in this new environment, to...
Trend Micro signs up new distributor StarLink
Trend Micro Southern Africa has extended its META-wide distributor agreement with IT compliance and next-generation threat driven solutions provider StarLink to include sub-Saharan Africa. The move is an extension of Trend Micro's strategy to re-energise its channel...
Masterpass accepted at 30 000 SA SnapScan merchants
South Africans can now use Masterpass, a global digital payment service by Mastercard, to pay for goods and services at over 30 000 SnapScan merchants in South Africa using their smartphones. This follows a collaboration announced today by Mastercard and SnapScan, a...
Redstor keeps Pikitup backups running smoothly
Waste management service provider Pikitup has been relying on the Redstor backup solution for several years to keep its data safe in the event of a disaster. Pikitup, an integrated waste management service provider to Johannesburg, has been using the Redstor backup...
How to effectively manage staff during the silly season
As the holiday or 'silly season' approaches, it becomes even more important for employers and management to keep an eye on motivation and productivity levels within their organisations, as employees can sometimes find it hard to focus during this time, owing to the...
Trend Micro signs up Obscure Technologies
Trend Micro South Africa has signed up Obscure Technologies as a distributor of its full suite of security products in the SADC region. Obscure Technologies is a specialised security distribution business, primarily focused on brand and channel development, says...
Property buyers, sellers favour digital platforms
Property portals are now the 'go-to' hunting grounds for selling properties and are using these platforms to maximise exposure and reach. Digital tools have become the major focus, with traditional media such as print, taking a backseat. Options available in the...
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Junior Front-end developer at Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
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Senior Back-end Developer at Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) – Gauteng Pretoria CBD
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Junior Front-end developer at Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) – Gauteng Pretoria CBD
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Our client is looking to recruit an intelligent Systems and Network Administrator who is capable of independent thought. The ideal candidate will be an excellent multi-tasker, responsible for research, design, development, testing, and documentation, while also...
Senior Back-end Developer at Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
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Junior Back-end Developer at Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)
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