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...

Microsoft the most impersonated brand for phishing scams

According to the Check Point Research (CPR) Brand Phishing Report for Q2 2023, Microsoft has climbed up the rankings, moving from third place in Q1 2023 to top spot in Q2 and accounting for 29% of all brand phishing attempts. This growth may be partially explained by...

Old vulnerabilities gain in popularity

An old vulnerability in Microsoft Office is gaining popularity among attackers who target both regular users and companies, Kaspersky has found. Since the beginning of the year, the exploitation of CVE-2017-11882 has increased by nearly 500%, impacting thousands....

Be alert to new Ginp banker Trojan

Kaspersky researchers have identified a new version of the Ginp banking Trojan, first discovered by the company's analysts in 2019. Apart from the standard functions of Android-focused bankers - capacities to intercept and send SMS, perform window overlays - the new...

Over-cautious counsel costs companies millions

The average organisation is losing more than $17-million a year because in-house counsel is giving legal advice that is too conservative, according to Gartner. "When legal advice is too conservative it costs the organisation broadly and the legal team specifically,"...

Bloomberg finds cryptocurrency regulation support

Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg's proactive cryptocurrency plans place him on the right side of financial history, according to the CEO and founder of deVere Group. Nigel Green was speaking out after the New York-based billionaire presidential hopeful...

New tech adoption is up, but benefits lag

Enterprise use of emerging technologies is on the rise around the world, but many are failing to capitalise on its benefits. This is according to the 2019 Global CIO Survey from Logicalis, which questioned 888 CIOs from around the globe. It found that 61% of...

Innovation drives SA’s banks to quicker cloud adoption

After many years of hype, with less change, banks are now faced with the pressure to keep up with the pace of technological innovation and an urgent need to adopt more efficient processes such as innovative mobile banking. Legacy IT systems pose numerous limitations...

AI, big data to drive personalised retail experiences

Retailers across the Middle East and Africa spent $1,95-billion on IT in 2019, according to the latest insights from International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research, consulting, and events firm forecasts this figure will reach $2,04-billion this...

SA boards under pressure to continuously transform

South African boards are under immense pressure to continuously transform in many aspects, in the face of socio-political and economic uncertainty, a volatile market, digital disruption, and increasing demands from shareholders and other stakeholders. The South...

Global spread of coronavirus-themed malware

While the world attempts to take control over the spread of the Covid-19 and tries to contain, eliminate and prevent it from spreading, hackers around the globe have found the new strain of novel coronavirus serving them well as an enabler for their activities. Check...

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