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​" –...

PMI sees July decline

After what looks to have been a decent second quarter, at least in terms of quarterly growth momentum, the manufacturing sector had a setback at the start of the third quarter. This is the message from the latest seasonally adjusted Absa Purchasing Managers' Index...

Conversational AI capabilities drive contact centre market

Worldwide contact centre (CC) and CC conversational AI and virtual assistant end user spending is projected to total $18,6-billion in 2023, an increase of 16,2% from 2022, says Gartner. "Near-term investment growth rates for CC and CC conversational AI and virtual...

Robust growth for blockchain investments

Worldwide spending on blockchain solutions is forecast to be $4,1-billion this year, an increase of more than 50% compared to 2019. According to a new update to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Blockchain Spending Guide, blockchain spending will...

Modern privacy regulations will soon cover 65% of people

By 2023, 65% of the world's population will have its personal data covered under modern privacy regulations, up from 10% in 2020, according to Gartner. "With more countries introducing modern privacy laws in the same vein as the General Data Protection Regulation...

Earwear sales a bright spot for MEA wearables shipments

Shipments of wearable devices across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) declined 2,7% year on year (YoY) in Q2 2020 to total 2-million units, according to International Data Corporation (IDC) and its latest Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker. This follows an...

POS card swipes point to economic uptick

Following months of uncertainty, businesses are already seeing signs of recovery as card swipes at merchants point of sale devices rebound close to pre-pandemic levels. Purchases recorded on FNB Speedpoint devices show that transactions recorded in August, when the...

ZACR launches Registry Lock

In 2017, the ZA Central Registry NPC (ZACR) in collaboration with the ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA), launched Domain Name Security (DNSSEC) to provide members within the domain name value chain with an assurance that a .ZA domain name address could be trusted. In...

Sassa launches online grant application portal

As from Monday, 14 September 2020 social grant applicants will be able to apply for certain social grants online. The pilot project will at this stage cover the Child Support, Older Persons, and Foster Child grants. Applications can be lodged on...

SA surprises with higher investment returns

Even as Covid-19 halted the longest economic expansion on record and plunged the world into deep recession, South African investors expect to make an average annual total return of 12,67% - almost 2% higher than the global average predicted returns of 10,9%. This was...

Google helps SMBs get back on their feet

Google has announced plans to help businesses, job seekers, educational institutions and vulnerable populations as they grapple with the "new normal" and begin to rebuild and recover from the impact of the Covid-19 crisis locally and across the continent. The tech...

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