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​" –...

Nations stand to benefit from enhanced cybersecurity

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - Cybersecurity is a pressing global challenge, but addressing it presents nations with a number of new opportunities as well. Badar Alsalehi, director-general of the Oman National Cert and head of ITU for regional cybersecurity, points...

Attacks on Covid-19 response industries double

Cyberattacks evolved in 2020 as threat actors sought to profit from the unprecedented socioeconomic, business and political challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2020, IBM Security X-Force observed attackers pivoting their attacks to businesses for which...

How to counteract propaganda as a service

Online propaganda is a rapidly growing problem, leaving chaos, mistrust, and revolutions rumblings in its wake. Broad propaganda penetration is achieved by following a specific set of steps, and a new report from IDC Government Insights, "Propaganda as a Service:...

Intel, OEMs create ultraportable gaming category

Nowadays, a new class of gamers want a new type of PC. Intel's research reveals that nearly 40% of gamers want thinner, more versatile gaming laptops that are also great all-around PCs for work, school, content creation and personal activities. Intel and its ecosystem...

Lazarus rises again, targets defense industry

Kaspersky researchers have identified a new, previously unknown, campaign from Lazarus, a highly prolific advanced threat actor active since at least 2009 that has been linked to a number of multifaceted campaigns. Since early 2020, it has been targeting the defense...

Battle over digital monopolies gets underway

The case for new regulation around the monopolisation of user data by big tech companies has never been stronger. While regulators have attempted to take on big tech before, the current rules mean we can only catch companies in the act, and it is imperative that new...

Stability slowly returns to vehicle sales

February last year was the last normalised sales month before lockdown regulations sent the motor industry spinning. Back then, the market declined just 0,7% against 2019, a far cry from the 13,3% decline in sales experienced this February compared to it. Relatively,...

B2B marketers need to understand customers’ shifting needs

B2B marketing leaders seeking to improve their B2B content strategy to resonate in times of disruption should focus on designing their strategy around customer behaviors that are likely to endure into the future. According to Gartner, this leads to content that is...

Shopping apps rank behind music apps

IMI's data analysed by the HelpCenter app team reveals that a sudden, pandemic-inspired shift to digital had a significant impact on consumer behaviour, boosting the downloads of shopping apps and making them rank second in popularity after music apps. Daily shopping...

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DiData wins Polycom awards

Dimension Data, the $5,8-billion global ICT solutions and services provider, has announced Polycom, the global leader in open standards-based unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), has named Dimension Data as both Global and EMEA System Integrator of the...

PayU allows payment with Discovery Miles

PayU, an online payment service provider that processes over 65% of the e-commerce transaction value in South Africa, has announced a partnership with Discovery that enables the company to offer Discovery Miles as a secure payment method to Discovery approved online...

Green Apple IT delivers IT services to Bauba

Bauba Platinum, a JSE-listed platinum exploration service, is a holding company for various mineral prospecting rights for platinum group metals mineralisation, collectively known as the Bauba Project.  The company operates primarily in the Eastern Bushveld Igneous...

Lorge wins at Sage awards

Sage ERP X3, Sage 300 ERP (formerly Accpac) and Sage CRM technology and solutions provider Lorge, celebrating its 27th year in business, has won more major awards at the annual Sage awards ceremony in Johannesburg at the weekend, including Sage 300 ERP Best Achiever,...

SunGard identifies outsourcing trends

“The current economic and regulatory environment, as well as the maturation of outsourcing providers, is leading corporations to consider using outsourcing and other managed services more broadly," says Brian Anderson, an executive of SunGard Systems South Africa. ...

mapIT, Integrat announce Developers Day

To follow on from the last successful mapIT Developers Day held in Johannesburg, South Africa in October 2012, mapIT is looking  at expanding their service offering across Africa and will be hosting their first Developer’s Day in Nairobi, Kenya on the 25 March 2013....

Nashua Mobile app available on BlackBerry 10

Nashua Mobile is proud to announce that its existing smartphone app is now also available for BlackBerry 10. Nashua Mobile developers worked closely with the BlackBerry smartphone developers to ensure that the app would be available at launch, aiming to provide...

MTechSA wins at Avaya awards

Telecommunications systems solution provider MTechSA has been awarded the title of Partner of the Year for Small and Medium Business in MEA by Avaya at its 2013 PartnerConnect conference and awards ceremony hosted in Johannesburg in January.  The event, which was in...

Defining ‘process’ in BPM

Part two of a four part series by SoftExpert, Roger Tregear, a manager at Leonardo International and Ian Huntly, CEO of Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings, representatives in Sub-Saharan Africa of SoftExpert, a market leader in software and services for enterprise-wide...

NWK implements SUSE server

Leading agricultural service provider NWK has migrated its entire z/VSE mainframe workload to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System z and is using one IFL on its new IBM zEnterprise 114 server. Processing speeds have improved by more than 70% when compared with the...

ITC Technical Support at Paracon

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System Analyst – Ecommerce Application

N/Subs Well well-known International Company needs the skills of an experienced Systems Analyst with expertise in E-commerce and Web apps for online salesN/Subs Well well-known International Company needs the skills of an experienced Systems Analyst with expertise in...

Retail IT Project Manager (Hybrid / Remote) – KwaZulu-Natal Durban

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IT Support Technician – Western Cape Cape Town

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Sybase SQLAnywhere DBA – Gauteng Johannesburg North

12 Month Contract role with company in the Financial Services sector. Sybase SQL Anywhere DBA. - Monitor performance, Backup, Disaster Recovery, Performance issues, Basic database development, Security issues, Draft policies & precures. Main Purpose of RoleThe...

ITC Technical Support at Paracon – Western Cape Cape Town CBD

Our esteemed client in the Financial Services industry in the Cape CBD is looking for an ICT Support Engineer for a 6 month contract Duties and Responsibilities: Provide General Desktop Support.Fast and effective problem resolution.Monitor Active Directory, Exchange,...

System Analyst – Ecommerce Application – Western Cape Oakdale

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ENVIRONMENT:Our client who provides converged business solutions including Cloud, Connectivity, Security, Voice, Data Centre and Technology Support services, is currently seeking a talented Network Engineer to join their team. The ideal candidate will be responsible...

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