How can SA plug the ICT skills gap?

Kathy Gibson reports from the IITPSA Workforce Conference – While South Africa records the highest unemployment rate in the world, there is still a dire shortage of critical IT skills. Presenting the IITPSA IT Skills Survey, Lehlohonolo  Mokenela, MD of Africa...

Is talent debt depleting your institutional knowledge?

Organisations cutting costs through workforce reduction to weather tough conditions may be trading a visible saving for an invisible liability that will cost them far more later, warns Advaita Naidoo, Africa MD at executive search firm Jack Hammer Global. “Globally,...

In 2027, AI could account for 20% of all business tech spend

In the coming year, CIOs and CISOs will face growing pressure to realise returns on their AI investments in infrastructure, security, digital sovereignty, and emerging technologies, according to Forrester’s 2027 technology and security predictions. Additionally, with...

Banks expect to hand decisions to AI – even if they can’t explain them

Banks are racing toward a future where AI no longer merely informs key credit, treasury, and risk decisions – it makes them autonomously. Yet AI governance is not keeping pace with adoption, according to new AI risk research by FT Longitude, SAS and Microsoft. Even as...

Phishing mimicking WormGPT surfaces on dark net

Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence experts have uncovered a series of websites on the shadow Internet that appear to be selling fake access to the malicious AI-tool WormGPT. These sites have phishing-like characteristics including varying designs, pricing,...

Predictive analysis can reduce risks of data breaches

Thanks to the increasing professionalisation of cybercrime, predicting the actions of attackers based on profiling is becoming more challenging for cybersecurity practitioners, but a new study from WithSecure demonstrates an alternative model of predicting how attacks...

Lockdown does not mean vacation

2020 is the year when nothing is the same and yet life goes on, for cybercriminals and APT groups alike. The Covid-19 pandemic is actively used as bait for many campaigns, large and small. Kaspersky researchers have seen the continued development of APT arsenals on...

Local survey reveals major financial struggles for South Africans

Living and working within the Covid-19 constraints has unfortunately become our new norm and there is no doubt that each and every one of us has been affected as a result. The extent of this, though, may from one person to another. Helene Vermaak, business director at...

New imaging system creates pictures by measuring time

A radical new method of imaging which harnesses artificial intelligence to turn time into visions of 3D space could help cars, mobile devices and health monitors develop 360-degree awareness. Photos and videos are usually produced by capturing photons - the building...

Covid-19 severely impacts gig workers

Flourish, a mission-oriented global venture capital firm with portfolio investments throughout Africa, has published the South African edition of The Digital Hustle: Gig Worker Financial Lives Under Pressure. The report tracks the experiences of gig workers, including...

Tarsus brings MS Surface to local channel

Microsoft South Africa has appointed Tarsus Distribution as an official distributor for its Surface high-end notebooks and hybrid tablet/laptop devices in South Africa. This marks the first time that Microsoft Surface products are available in South Africa through...

Calling all innovative businesses

Recognising South African organisations that are innovating and changing the course of their industries, BCX's annual Digital Innovation Awards 2020 is now open for entries. The award is looking for digital innovations across all industry sectors from businesses that...

Private sector salaries plummet in June

The number of monthly salaries paid in June 2020 showed an annual decline of -20,7%, affecting one-fifth of employees’ salaries. This is according to the latest figures from the monthly BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI). “We have seen this massive slide in...

The massive cost of data breaches

Data breaches cost South African companies R40,2-million per breach on average among organisations in an IBM Security study. Based on in-depth analysis of data breaches experienced by South African organisations, the study found that malicious attacks on customer,...

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