Ransomware prevalence is down, but don’t celebrate yet
Kathy Gibson reports - The prevalence of ransomware is starting to dip: the number of organisations around the world hit by ransomware dropped from 59% in 2023 to 66% in 2022. In addition, enterprises have reported that the number of computers effected by ransomware...
Cybersecurity strategies are under the spotlight
As the digital landscape continues to evolve at an unprecedented speed, organisations are racing to keep pace with revamped cybersecurity strategies. LogRhythm has released its "2024 State of the Security Team: Navigating Constant Change" report, based on research...
Digital growth, global opportunities drive SME growth
Data from Mastercard's 2022 Borderless Payments Report has revealed that two in five (42%) of small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) in South Africa are earning more money than before the pandemic. Online business and international sales are key drivers, with...
African business leaders expect higher GDP growth
African business leaders are confident sub-Saharan Africa will beat International Monetary Fund forecasts for GDP growth this year and next, according to new research for blockchain-based mobile network operator World Mobile. The IMF is predicting real GDP growth of...
Top cybersecurity predictions for the years ahead
Executive performance evaluations will be increasingly linked to ability to manage cyber risk; almost one-third of nations will regulate ransomware response within the next three years; and security platform consolidation will help organisations thrive in hostile...
Just $2k could buy cybercriminals access to your company
With the rise of cybercrime as a service business model, the information necessary to organise an attack is in demand among cybercriminals. Kaspersky's experts analysed nearly 200 posts on the dark web offering to buy information for initial access to companies'...
Pandemic has affected compliance reporting
The rate of compliance reporting has dropped by 30% from before the pandemic, according to Gartner. Employees are both less likely to observe misconduct and less likely to report it when observed. "The increase in remote and hybrid working practices has reduced the...
Crypto malware shows no signs of stopping
Crypto malware has grown by 300% between 2020 and 2021 - and reported losses due to account breaches increased by nearly 60-times from 2018 to 2021. Against this backdrop, Ping Identity highlights why companies with a digital profile must implement preventative...
IoDSA calls for local government to be professionalised
The recent report on local government by Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke is a timely reminder of the prevailing dysfunction in municipalities across the country, and the catastrophic impact that is having on all South Africans. This is the word from Parmi Natesan,...
Retailers search for differentiation with digital loyalty programmes
The number of digital loyalty programme memberships will exceed 32-billion globally by 2026, up from 24-billion in 2022; representing growth of 33%. This is according to a new Juniper Research study, which defines a digital loyalty programme as a solution comprising...
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Get full value from conferences
Getting back to serious work in the New Year means getting the diary for the next 12 months into some sort of order. A key issue here is what conferences to attend, where and why, writes Auguste Coetzer, director: executive search at Talent Africa. As costs remain...
Five big data trends for 2016
With the New Year upon us, financial institutions and businesses will be looking to leverage big data analytics as one of the means to overcome the current tough economic conditions. Yudhvir Seetharam, head of analytics at FNB Business, says the use of big data has...
Ensure a positive experience in the contact centre
Jim Freeze, senior vice-president of Aspect Software, offers five tips for customer service success. Most of us will have been at the receiving end of bad customer service, and it is normally something that you do not forget too quickly. However, it may not purely be...
Millennials guiding the always-on business
With more millennials joining the workforce and expecting a seamlessly connected environment, companies need to ensure that operations are conducive to an always-on approach. According to Warren Olivier, regional manager for southern Africa at Veeam, changing business...
Infortrend appoints CSSi as African distributor
Infortrend has announced the official appointment of CSSi (Computer Storage Services) as the distributor for its award-winning range of storage devices. During 2015, Infortrend was ranked first In terms of IOPS and speed performance records, as assessed by the Storage...
BT joins alliance to promote retail insights
BT is a founding member of the Acuitas Digital Alliance, bringing together like-minded technology innovators determined to bring the full benefits of the new digital era across the entire supply chain, all the way to the physical locations where customers do business....
Adobe again in Magic Quadrant for Web conferencing
In a new report released by Gartner in December 2015, Adobe has once again been named a leader in Web Conferencing software. Adobe has proven itself against the criteria with which Gartner assesses positioning in the Magic Quadrant, namely its ability to execute, as...
Tigo pays out again to Pesa users
Tanzanian digital lifestyle company, Tigo, has announced another quarterly payment of $2,1-million (Tshs 4,4-billion) to its 4,6-million Tigo Pesa users, the seventh time in a row that the company is distributing profit to its mobile financial services users. Tigo...
Embrace BYOD strategically, says CRS Technologies
Research shows that the bring your own device (BYOD) trend is not only here to stay, but will, in fact, grow in significance in next few years. Human capital management and HR experts at CRS Technologies believe that businesses ought to conduct a thorough cost and...
Tips for your first job interview
The beginning of the year means many school leavers and graduates are now looking to enter the workplace. Workforce solutions provider Manpower South Africa's MD Lyndy van den Barselaar explores various ways that the youth can prepare for their first interview. "An...
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Functional Analyst at Accenture
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