Kaspersky enables independent transparency, accountability assessment
Kaspersky has released Protection beyond detection: Why trust and transparency decide your cybersecurity future, a new whitepaper based on an independent transparency and accountability assessment of 14 leading cybersecurity vendors. Kaspersky emerged as one of the...
Cisco debuts integrated AI security and safety framework
AI is no longer an experimental capability or a back-office automation tool: it is becoming a core operational layer inside modern enterprises. The pace of adoption is breathtaking. By Amy Chang, AI threat research and security team lead at Cisco Yet, according to...
Excuse me while I slip on past your security
Attackers are bypassing the very tools designed to prevent them from gaining access to the business, writes Richard Frost, head of technology solutions and consulting at Armata Cyber Security. AI-powered phishing has become the most virulent security threat to the...
Beyond the gate: access control works with physical barriers
In an age of smart homes, mobile alerts and cloud-connected cameras, it is tempting to believe that security has become purely digital. Yet, when it comes to protecting South African homes, estates and small businesses, true security still begins and ends with...
Hexnode expands into Africa
Hexnode, the enterprise software division of Mitsogo, has released Hexnode XDR, its extended detection and response platform that underpins its effort to strengthen cyber resilience across African organisations. Across Africa, cyber threats continue to escalate in...
New training scenarios from Kaspersky
Kaspersky has expanded its flagship awareness platform, Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS), introducing new and updated scenarios that reflect the evolving cyberthreat landscape. The release aims to help corporations, banks and IT companies enhance...
Check Point secures AI factories with Nvidia
Check Point Software Technologies’ AI Cloud Protect is now part of Nvidia Enterprise AI Factory validated design for AI runtime cyber security, enhanced protection, and robust infrastructure acceleration capabilities. “The integration of Check Point AI Cloud...
PCI DSS compliance is a business essential, not an IT task
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance has often been viewed as something to focus on only when required, such as when a breach makes headlines or a bank requests proof of compliance. By Simeon Tassev, MD and QSA at Galix This reactive...
Unlock stronger security with continuous Attack Surface Management
Every organisation today operates in a complex, interconnected digital environment that extends far beyond its traditional perimeter. By Nemanja Krstić, operations manager: managed security services at Galix Cloud workloads, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications,...
Key technology trends affecting the security sector in 2026
It came as a surprise that this is the 10th time that we’ve looked at the technology trends that we think will affect the security sector in the coming year. By Johan Paulsson, chief technology officer at Axis Communications; Matt Thulin, director of AI and analytics...
Critical infrastructure cyber lessons from 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, South Africa’s industrial operators are reflecting on a year of profound change – and concerns. By Doros Hadjizenonos, regional director: southern Africa at Fortinet A significant and oh-so-welcome development was the end of systemic...
Navigating cybersecurity in 2026
For years, the cybersecurity industry has warned that threats are becoming ‘more sophisticated’. By Beth Miller, field CISO at Mimecast In reality, attackers aren’t getting smarter, they’re simply leveraging new tech to exploit the same long-standing vulnerabilities...