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​" –...

GenAI, LLMs make in impact in the contact centre

Kathy Gibson reports from Gitex - The alignment of broadband availability, lower computing cost, increases in speed, processing power and storage have created a perfect storm for artificial intelligence (AI) to head into the mainstream business world. Omar Javaid,...

Energy drinks and sleepless nights – cybersecurity pros risk burnout

High level staff shortages and a growing cybercrime onslaught are putting South Africa's cybersecurity professionals at risk of burnout - with many suffering from exhaustion, insomnia, disengagement, and a range of physical symptoms. This emerged during a recent Cyber...

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...

Comet makes a pit stop near Jupiter’s asteroids

After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets has found a temporary parking place along the way. The object has settled near a family of captured ancient asteroids, called Trojans, that are...

Threats expand to impact the edge and digital supply chains

Threat intelligence from the second half of 2020 demonstrates an unprecedented cyber threat landscape where cyber adversaries maximised the constantly expanding attack surface to scale threat efforts around the world. According to the latest semiannual FortiGuard Labs...

Stalkerware still an issue despite lockdowns

Stalkerware - secret surveillance software used in the field of domestic violence - remains a significant problem. According to a new Kaspersky report, a total of 53 870 mobile users were affected globally by stalkerware in 2020. The recent Kaspersky report, "The...

Modest increase in printer, copier sales

The worldwide hardcopy peripherals (HCP) market saw overall shipments grow 5,6% year over year to approximately 27-million units in the fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20). Shipment value during the quarter declined 5,1% to $11,1-billion, according to the International Data...

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IBM honours Kenya’s MoDe

IBM has announced that MoDe was named the IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year. Based in Nairobi Kenya, MoDe provides instant nano-credit for pre-paid mobile phone users across the African continent. Nearly 80% of mobile phone users in growth markets do not have access...

Itec helps PenBev go green

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Securing cloud computing

Cloud computing is predicted to be the future of the technology world, and analyst reports abound on the expected growth of the uptake of these solutions. However, security issues remain one of the dominant barriers with the adoption of cloud solutions.  Many...

Building long-term cloud cover

For a number of years now, the cloud has been the buzzword in the contact centre industry. Research suggests that a large number of local companies are starting to shift their operations into this virtual environment, citing cost saving and increased operational...

EMC transforms partner programme

EMC Corporation has announced significant enhancements to the EMC Velocity Solution Provider partner programme that will make EMC’s industry-leading cloud computing and big data technologies and solutions available to more customers – particularly in the rapidly...

Epson expands SureColor range

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Embarcadero supports ICT education in SA

Embarcadero Technologies, a leading provider of software solutions for application and database development, is actively engaging with the academic community across South Africa to support secondary and university-level ICT education in the country. The company is...

Mines need system architecture integration

With constant change to commodity demand and pricing, mining companies are required to maximise productivity and profitability across both greenfield and large brownfield projects. “Planning through economic cycles is a balancing act. You need to ensure that demand...

F5 launches new partner programme

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