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

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Even without data centres, Africa faces water bankruptcy

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Online election reflections

Voter education, long queues at voting stations, and the spread of misinformation and disinformation aimed at undermining the integrity of the IEC were among the main talking points online during the election period between 24 and 31 May. According to a report by the...

Digital divide increases the threats in Africa

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex Africa Morocco 2024 - The digital divide is still very real in Africa and this means that organisations have to ensure the security of their systems wherever they are deployed. Favour Femi-Oyewole, group chief information security...

Business printer revenue overtakes consumer as offices reopen

Revenue sales through distribution of business printers across Europe have remained significantly higher than those of consumer devices in January thanks to the strong performance of Laser SFPs, according to new data from market intelligence organisation Context....

LG to close solar panel business

Following approval by its board of directors, LG Electronics has decided to close down its solar panel business. The decision comes as uncertainties in the global solar panel business continue to increase due to a variety of contributing factors, including the...

Challenges and opportunities in data protection

Kathy Gibson is at Techscape 2022 - Covid-19 wasn’t the only challenge we lived through in 2021: supply chain issues, chip shortages, an upsurge in cybercrime, and the July riots all had a major impact on South African companies and the way they work. Kate Mollett,...

Data backup and protection gets smart

Kathy Gibson is at Techscape 2022 - The many risks associated with IT are driving companies to look for smarter backup and data protection systems. It’s no secret that cybercrime is seeing a massive increase, says Hayden Sadler, country manager: South Africa at...

Africa to register mild economic growth in 2022

After being the slowest growing region in 2021, Africa will register mild growth in 2022 (+3.5%) as vaccination rates will remain very low (32% in the overall continent but only 4% in Sub-Saharan Africa) according to the Allianz Economic Outlook report Don't Look Up....

Africa sees decline in mobile malware

While analysing the threat landscape of African countries, Kaspersky experts saw a steady decline in attacks on mobile devices in the region as cybercriminals consolidated their efforts to focus on more complicated, dangerous and profitable threats instead. These and...

Making the Internet a safer place

Microsoft South Africa shared the findings of the organisation's latest Digital Civility Index (DCI) and facilitated discussions about how people can work together to promote safer, healthier, and more respectful online interactions for teenagers and adults alike at...

South Africans unaware of how their data is collected by Facebook

In April 2018, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the social network collects data from people online even if they don't have a Facebook account. Even though this might sound like old news, research by the leading virtual private network NordVPN shows that a...

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When it comes to skills that a leader in business ought to possess, listening is rated as amongst the most important. Although many people "hear" what is said in the day-to-day operations of a company or organisation, few have mastered the art of truly listening....

New channel accounts manager at Fortinet

Fortinet has announced the appointment of Andre van Zyl as its new channel accounts manager for Southern Africa. In his new role, André will grow and reinforce the regional channel organisation and strategy. Based in Pretoria, he will report to Perry Hutton,...

Inoxico, SCNet announce partnership

Risk solution specialist Inoxico has signed an exclusive supplier data verification agreement with Supply Chain Network (SCNet). The partnership puts Inoxico’s data cleansing and verification services firmly in the SCNet engine room, driving the vetting and scoring of...

Data centre market in transition

The data centre market is entering a period of unprecedented transition. With this shift comes a number of significant – and perhaps surprising – changes. Smaller, enterprise-owned data centres are shrinking in size. At the other end of the scale, mega-facilities...

Gemalto protects banks from cyber-threats

Gemalto has launched Ezio Armored Application, an entirely software-based solution that enables banks to quickly deploy secure e-banking applications on any PC. Ezio Armored Application secures e-banking end users against the latest generation of fraudulent and...

Cyberoam grows partner incentives

Cyberoam, a leading global provider of network security appliances, has announced a special rebate programme for its partners in South Africa. Cyberoam has won several accolades on the product front and has a strong channel presence across the globe. The company...

Home theatre systems from LG

There’s nothing quite like the comfort of your own home – but what do you do if you want the ultimate entertainment experience, complete with theatre-like image and sound?   LG, the leader in home entertainment, has created several state-of-the-art options for you:...

Cellfind offers reseller programme

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