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​" –...

Fraudsters prey on traditional African beliefs

South Africans are deeply connected to their culture and cultural beliefs, but scam artists and conmen are quickly learning how to take advantage of this. Followers of the fundamental traditional African belief system believe they are watched over by their ancestors...

AWS opens first African Skills Centre in Cape Town

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has opened its first international AWS Skills Centre on the African continent in Cape Town, continuing on its mission to remove the barriers of access to cloud skills training. The centres are Amazon's dedicated, in-person cloud learning...

Alviva peeks under Tarsus’ kimono … likes what it sees

Mark Davison reports - Following months of speculation in the IT channel, South Africa's largest distribution group, Alviva, has confirmed that it is in negotiations to acquire the country's second biggest distributor by revenue, Tarsus Technology Group. Late...

SA’s ‘swoosh’ economic recovery continues

The South African economy remains on course to a "swoosh" recovery, according to very latest data from the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI), which also indicates stronger growth for South Africa's upcoming Q3 2020 gross domestic product (GDP) figures....

What’s holding back opportunities at the edge?

The ability of organisations to realize business value from data increasingly depends on their capacity to collect, process, store and analyse it at the edge. New research from Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, finds that as networks become increasingly...

Smart home market set for rebound

The smart home market in EMEA declined 7,2% in the second quarter of 2020, compared to the same period of the previous year, according to research by International Data Corporation (IDC). The market accounted for 20,287-million units between April and June. "Almost...

Modest growth for global PC shipments

Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71,4-million units in the third quarter of 2020, a 3,6% increase from the third quarter of 2019, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Consumer demand for PCs due to home entertainment and distance learning needs during the...

Dimensions that define the new employer-employee relationship

The relationship between employers and employees has shifted significantly due to the major transformation in the way people work, and how organisations are thinking about the future, according to Gartner. Today's new employment deal centers on positively impacting...

IoT expected to transform industrial security

The digitalisation of industrial infrastructure is underway and 55% of organisations globally are confident that the Internet of Things, as one of its key aspects, will change the state of security in industrial control systems (ICS). According to Kaspersky's recent...

Design key in making technology human-centric

Kathy Gibson is at Fujitsu ActivateNow – As the world of work changes, design thinking is driving a new way of developing solutions. Venanzio Arquilla, associate professor at POLI.Design University in Milan, says the role of design thinking is key in the move to...

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