Defences improve, but ransomware still threatens SA businesses

Almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware incidents in South Africa resulted in data being encrypted over the past year, according to the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from Sophos. This is above the global average of 56% and an increase from the 60%...

20 years on and gender gap parity is fracturing

Twenty years after the World Economic Forum first measured the global gender gap, the world is closer to parity than ever, but progress is fragile, with gains reversing in some areas, according to theĀ Global Gender Gap Report 2026. Women now reach senior leadership in...

Unemployed are least likely to prioritise betting spending-limit tools

The online betting group most likely to prioritise debt repayment with a windfall is also the group least likely to ask regulators or operators for spending controls, according to new research from Softswiss. Fewer than four in 10 unemployed South Africans think...

AI-first enterprises will win big if they do it right

Kathy Gibson reports - Enterprises that are reshaping and reinventing business domains around artificial intelligence (AI) are on track to experience great return on investment (ROI) and become more competitive. But there is a currently a big disconnect between AI...

5G key to an immersive metaverse

Kathy Gibson is at Mobile World Congress 2022 - As the physical and virtual worlds continue to merge, 5G is key to truly unleashing new consumer experiences. The mobility industry in general, and 5G in particular, were set back during the Covid-19 pandemic as people...

More to the digital divide than previously thought

The Alliance for Affordable Internet (A4AI) has published the first ever multi-country study of Meaningful Connectivity, a measure of whether someone can regularly access the Internet on an appropriate device with sufficient data and a fast connection. The...

Countdown to dotAfrica Landrush Phase

With less than 100 hours to go until the end of the .africa Sunrise Phase, the general public will soon be able to compete for valuable and premium .africa domain names when the .africa Landrush Phase begins on 5 June 2017. Already, significant successes have been...

Boom time looms for local e-commerce

E-commerce, as a global trend in its own right, is set to increase in popularity and consumer uptake in South Africa this year. This is as a result of a number of supporting trends, from greater variety offered by e-tailers, to the evolution of tech offerings - such...

Four vectors transforming security software

The security software market is undergoing a dramatic transformation due to four key developments, according to Gartner. The use of advanced analytics, expanded ecosystems, adoption of software as a service (SaaS) and managed services, and the prospect of punitive...

Password reuse a major threat to security

Digital risk management specialist, Digital Shadows, has unveiled research into some of the main techniques cybercriminals are using to target organisations using stolen credentials which have been reused across a variety of sites and online forums. The report...

Cisco, IBM tackle cybercrime

Cisco and IBM Security have announced they are working together to address the growing global threat of cybercrime. In a new agreement, Cisco and IBM Security will work closer together across products, services and threat intelligence for the benefit of customers....

Automotive touch screens to top 50m

With consumers already accustomed to using smartphones and tablet PCs in their everyday lives, touch screens are now increasingly making their way into their vehicles, too. Automotive touch panel shipments are expected to top 50-million units in 2017, up 11% from...

IoT and how it will impact society

Kathy Gibson reports from the MTN IoT Conference in Sandton - The 50-bilion devices that are expected to be connected by 2020 translates to about six devices for each person on the planet. And, with $1,3-trillion being spent on Internet of Things (IoT), about...

Follow the money for IoT success

Kathy Gibson reports from the MTN IoT Conference in Sandton - The sharing economy is rapidly becoming a reality as a means of solving problems associated with congestion and underutilisation of expensive resources. Jimmy Zhu, IoT regional director at Huawei, believes...

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