With sustained stress, workers turn to escapist behaviours

There has been a steady year‑on‑year rise in addictive behaviours among South African employees, reflecting how prolonged stress is reshaping the ways people cope, escape and self‑manage emotional pressure. Drawn from a five‑year analysis of Lyra Southern Africa’s...

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...

Curro about to set local robotics on fire

Curro Durbanville High School will help ignite National Science Week when it hosts the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Western Cape Regional competition next weekend (Saturday 5 August). Teams of learners from different schools across the province are set to take part in...

Ransomware attacks on the increase in SA

While the beginning of 2023 saw a decline in the number of ransomware attacks in Q2, some regions saw an upward trend - with South Africa experiencing a 10% increase in attempts on individual and corporate users, according to Kaspersky Security Network data....

Intel debuts 11th generation processors

Intel has launched its next-generation mobile PC processors and the evolution of its broad ecosystem partnerships. New 11th Gen Intel Core processors with Intel Iris Xe graphics (code-named Tiger Lake) are the world's best processors for thin-and-light laptops with...

Covid-19 drives more cloud, AI networking investment

In response to the pandemic, IT leaders in EMEA are now investing more in cloud-based and AI-powered networking technologies as business recovery plans take shape. This is according to a new global report "Preparing for the post-pandemic workplace", from Aruba, a...

Initiative secures Covid-19 vaccines for Africa

While the race to find safe and effective Covid-19 vaccines continues, African countries are signing up to a ground-breaking initiative, which aims to secure at least 220-million doses of the vaccine for the continent, once licensed and approved. All 54 countries on...

Board, managment commit to culture change at Eskom

The Eskom board has come out strongly in support of group chief executive Andre de Ruyter's move to suspend power station managers over this week's escalation in loadshedding. It has also committed to driving culture change in the organisation. The managers of the...

Tablets see best EMEA performance since 2013

The Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) tablet market grew by 23,8% year on year (YoY), reaching 11,9-million units in the second quarter of 2020, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Tablets performed positively for the first time in six years in...

Proactive compliance means POPIA won’t be a burden

With just a year's grace to achieve compliance, organisations need to take proactive measures now to align with the guidelines of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). However, they should note that the Act should not be seen as a burden, and rather as...

Regulators respond to digital transformation challenges

Promoting an adaptive, resilient and collaborative regulatory system is key to "building back better" and advancing digital transformation for all, according to participants at ITU's 20th edition of the Global Symposium for Regulators (GSR-20), held virtually the...

IDC tracks strong demand for security appliances

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Security Appliance Tracker, the total security appliance market delivered solid unit shipment and revenue growth in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20). Worldwide revenue increased 7,5% year over...

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