SA has world’s highest cyberattack rate, identity visibility gap

South African companies have significant gaps in workforce password security, underscoring growing risks as they contend with rising cyber threats, increasing regulatory pressure, and limited visibility into user identities and access. This is according to a new study...

AI-enabled attacks drive ransomware surge

Cybercrime no longer functions as a series of isolated campaigns. Today, it operates as a system, with malicious hackers operating across an end-to-end life cycle and compressing the attack life cycle with shadow agents. This is the headline finding from the 2026...

Employees are the biggest cyber threat – and it will only get worse

South Africa experienced a 46% increase in insider cyber risk in 2026, surpassing the global average of 44%. What’s more, 63% of South African companies surveyed expect insider‑driven data losses to increase as growing numbers of disgruntled employees are resorting to...

Interconnected systems at risk of a digital pandemic

Are we ready for solar storms, submarine cable cuts, satellite disruptions, and extreme weather to disrupt communication networks and potentially trigger a “digital pandemic"? A new report – “When digital systems fail: The hidden risks of our digital world​" –...

Healthy outlook for European enterprise networking market

The European enterprise networking infrastructure market will grow 18,9% YoY in 2023, reaching a total value of $14,3-billion, according to International Data Corporation's (IDC) latest Worldwide Ethernet Switching, WLAN, and Router Trackers. Demand for enterprise...

Innovation without disruption resonates with SA enterprises

Avaya's South African customers face the same challenges in moving to the cloud, and many of them have bought into the company's phased approach. Brett Butler, country manager of Avaya South Africa, points out that many of Avaya's largest customers in the financial...

Humans are throwing Earth’s energy budget off balance

Earth is on a budget – an energy budget. Our planet is constantly trying to balance the flow of energy in and out of Earth’s system.  But human activities are throwing that off balance, causing our planet to warm in response. Radiative energy enters Earth’s system...

Workplaces with shared seating will be the new normal

A Gartner survey of finance and corporate real estate (CRE) leaders in February 2021 shows that 59% of respondents are expecting shared office seating for at least a quarter of their employees who return after the Covid-19 pandemic. "An increase in remote working will...

What do people want to know about the future?

People's interest in the future appears to focus on cars, food, health and immortality. Kaspersky tracked the trends of the future that people are most interested in, based on the analysis of questions submitted to the Safer Tomorrow online platform. Since its launch...

Internal audit could be overstretched in 2021

Internal audit organisations are facing both declining budgets and a significantly expanded workload in 2020, according to a study by Gartner. "For many heads of audit, it's not clear where the extra capacity is going to come from," says Margaret Moore Porter,...

Double-digit growth forecast for smart home devices

Worldwide shipments of smart home devices reached 801.5 million units in 2020, an increase of 4.5% over 2019, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device Tracker. Shipments are forecast to surpass 1,4-billion in 2025...

Common cybersecurity myths debunked

Some common misconceptions about cybersecurity - particularly by senior citiens - could jeopardise the security of online accounts, according to research by NordPass. In this article, security experts debunk the five most common cybersecurity myths and explain why...

Government tech trends for 2021

Gartner has identified the top 10 government technology trends for 2021 that have the potential to accelerate digital innovation and optimise or transform public services. Gartner's top 10 strategic technology trends for government this year arise from the challenges...

Phishing attacks increase 12x over 5 years

Analysis from Atlas VPN reveals that phishing in the US soared over 12-times in the last five years, hitting a record 241 342 complaints in 2020. The data was provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) branch, Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3), which...

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XDSL Diginet provides channel opportunities

For vendors of PABX equipment and companies providing ICT support services to enterprise or small businesses, selling voice over IP (VoIP) services into their client base is an attractive business opportunity. It can lower telephony costs for the client, while earning...

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Mobility, connectivity and cloud drive ICT

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SonicWALL SuperMassive 9000 from Dell

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BlackBerry Q10 features QWERTY keyboard

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SAP takes aim fraud

To help companies worldwide address the estimated R32,39-trillion worth of fraud that occurs every year, SAP AG has announced the SAP Fraud Management analytic application.  Powered by the SAP HANA platform, SAP Fraud Management aims to enable enterprises across...

WAN optimisation aids hyperconvergence

Convergence started in the late 1990s when Internet Protocol (IP) became the de facto standard for communication, says Christo Briedenhann, country manager of Riverbed Technology, Africa. Today, convergence means streamlined voice, video, and storage delivery via an...

Alcatel, Tunisie bring broadband to Tunisia

Alcatel-Lucent and Tunisie Telecom, Tunisia’s leading telecommunications provider, have successfully completed the trial of superfast broadband services using advanced Alcatel-Lucent’s VDSL2 Vectoring technology. The trial is a major step toward Tunisie Telecom’s plan...

LAWtrust wins WebTrust, Adobe certifications

South African cryptographic security provider LAWtrust has become the first provider in Africa to be certified by both WebTrust and Adobe. LAWtrust was certified by global certificate authority WebTrust in February, shortly after being added to the Adobe Approved...

Recordings: the contact centre security hole

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IT Technical Specialist at Cloud Group – Gauteng Randparkrif

We are expanding and looking for a young dynamic person to join our technical team. The role will include Supporting our technical partner channel with our iShield and other productsConsulting on infrastructure problems and providing suitable network solutionsTaking...

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SAP SCM Consultant

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Senior Java Developer

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