Africa under cyberattack
African organisations are feeling the pressure of the globe's highest number of cyberattacks during the last quarter. New Check Point Software Technologies data on Q2 2024 cyber-attack trends demonstrates that the rise in cyber-attacks is driven by increasing digital...
Cybercriminal activity on Telegram surges
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What are the most common knowledge gaps in cybersecurity?
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Customers look for service information from third-parties
By 2025, 60% of customers will seek service in third-party sources of information not owned by the company, according to Gartner. Currently, younger customers already use third-party information sources more frequently than older consumers, suggesting that this trend...
China dominates e-commerce industry
China is the current leader in the e-commerce industry, and will remain in the lead until at least 2025. According to numbers presented by SafeBettingSites.com, the Chinese e-commerce industry will produce $1626-billion in yearly revenue by 2025. In 2021, the annual...
SA companies find that better security translates into more innovation
Kathy Gibson reports - Organisations can be more innovative and therefore more competitive if their data is properly secured. This is one of the conclusions from "The State of Cybersecurity in South Africa 2022" study by World Wide Worx in partnership with Dell...
Supply chain leaders are prepared to sacrifice profit for sustainability
Chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) recognise the critical role that hybrid cloud, AI, process mining and execution management play in helping them overcome the disruptions they've faced over the last two years. In fact, 72% of CSCOs surveyed in a new study on supply...
Individuals, key industries, infrastructure under threat
Individual consumers have become the top target for cybercriminals, closely followed by the healthcare vertical. Additionally, the transportation, shipping, manufacturing and information technology industries showed a sharp increase in threats, according to the Threat...
Data, analytics, digital leaders look to CxO as a new operating model
The Gartner Research Board has identified a new model for digital leadership that binds together data, analytics, digital technology and transformation capabilities onto business. The Gartner Research Board said that data and analytics (D&A) leaders are uniquely...
Despite ongoing challenges, small business confidence is up
There has been a significant uplift in business confidence among South African small business owners, returning levels to those pre-Covid, despite a number of ongoing market challenges. According to the Q4 2021 SME Index conducted by Business Partners Limited, the...
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