SA’s key industries come under fire from DDoS attacks
South Africa has become one of the most targeted countries globally for distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against certain key industries, including financial and computer services. New data from NetScout’s Threat Intelligence Report for the second half of...
Lack of semantics causes inaccurate AI agents, wasted spending
Neglecting semantics will cause AI agents to be inaccurate and inefficient, exposing organisations to wasted spending and increased data and AI governance vulnerabilities, says Gartner. AI agents need to understand the context inputs in each step of the agentic...
AI governance market to hit $3,59bn
The global AI governance market size is estimated to reach $3,59-billion by 2033, registering a CAGR of 36% from 2026 to 2033, according to a new report by Grand View Research. Owing to the increasing benefits of Al, businesses, and governments across the globe are...
HR leaders must evolve pay for performance
The rise of AI is amplifying long-standing challenges in how organizations design and deliver effective pay for performance programs. Kayla Velnoskey, director: analyst in the Gartner HR practice, explains why it is urgent for CHROs to evolve pay for performance...
Compromised Amazon Simple Email Service accounts under attack
Kaspersky has detected phishing and business email compromise (BEC) attacks that are leveraging Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) – a cloud-based email service designed for businesses and developers to send and receive high-volume marketing, notification, and...
Booking.com opens applications for 2026 Hospitality Growth Programme
Booking.com has opened applications for its 2026 Hospitality Growth Programme. The programme gives South African accommodation owners in key tourism regions a new opportunity to grow. It also builds on a strong pilot that delivered a 92% participant satisfaction...
New shocks for SA’s agricultural outlook
South Africa’s agricultural sector enters the next cycle against a backdrop of unusually elevated global uncertainty. While the industry has performed well in recent years, despite logistics constraints and biological risks, a convergence of geopolitical tensions,...
US users prefer built-in security over traditional AV
According to the second annual Antivirus Market Report 2026 from cybersecurity news portal Cybernews, built-in operating system tools have overtaken traditional third-party antivirus software as the primary line of defense for the majority of US internet users. The...
Cybersecurity is no longer an IT problem. It’s an exercise in risk tolerance
South African businesses have evolved alongside the reality of the country’s physical infrastructure challenges. By Tony Anscombe, chief security evangelist at ESET Organisations instinctively build redundancies for power, whether that takes the form of solar...
Sage expands developer platform with AI tools
Sage has announced new tools and commercial options designed to make it easier for developers and partners to build, launch and scale solutions across Sage products. The update introduces a more unified developer experience across Sage Intacct, Sage X3 and Sage...
GoTyme Bank hits 1m app migrations
GoTyme Bank (formerly TymeBank) has had more than 1-million downloads of its new app, just three months since its launch. Customers were able to transition to the new app with minimal disruption. All banking information and personal data – including accounts, balances...
SAS expands SAS Viya with AI
SAS has announced expansions to SAS Viya that advance the platform’s agentic AI features, introducing new AI assistants, agent infrastructure and acceleration tools. Together, these updates build on SAS Viya’s existing AI foundation, helping organisations move from...