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Africa among regions with highest number of industrial systems under attack in the first half of 2023

By Staff Writer 21 September 2023

In Africa over this period attacks were detected on 40,3% of Industrial Control System computers in the first half of this year, placing it in first place among the other regions, revealed... FULL STORY >

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How to mitigate (and recover from) rising African cyber incidents

By Industry Contributor 18 September 2023

By Brian Smith, Business Unit Manager, Datacentrix FULL STORY >

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From disaster to digital resilience: The facts about safeguarding essential business data against emerging threats

By Industry Contributor 12 September 2023

By Aslam Tajbhai, Solutions Architect at DMP South Africa FULL STORY >

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Safeguard the new feeding ground - cyberattacks and Operation Technology

By Industry Contributor 11 November 2022

Johan Potgieter at Schneider Electric explains how the widespread integration of embedded devices and OT networks with corporate or IT infrastructure has created a new feeding ground for hackers. FULL STORY >

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Move away from antivirus and embrace complete cybersecurity prevention

By Industry Contributor 25 October 2022

By Rentia Booysen, Westcon Director, Westcon-Comstor Southern Africa FULL STORY >

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IBM: Banks must do more in the face of growing security complexity

By Industry Contributor 25 July 2022

IBM has stressed that adoption of AI, hybrid cloud, and zero trust approach are key to managing evolving cyberattacks. FULL STORY >

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Demystifying Cyberattacks on Critical Infrastructure

By Industry Contributor 20 June 2022

Country lead for Trellix SA Carlo Bolzonello, unpacks the far-reaching consequences of cyber-attacks and breaks down the provisions and limitations of current legislation. FULL STORY >

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SA businesses have more mobile workforces now – which means a greater need for cloud security amidst uptick in cyberattacks

By Staff Writer 6 May 2022

The uptick in cloud cyberattacks on South African organisations have illustrated just how vulnerable our country’s sectors are to bad actors and cyber assaults, which... FULL STORY >

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Will 2022 sustain the sophisticated cyberattacks developed in 2021?

By Industry Contributor 26 January 2022

By Steve Flynn, Sales and Marketing Director for ESET Southern Africa FULL STORY >

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Looking for trouble: Cybersecurity for the digital age

By Industry Contributor 13 December 2021

Faced with relentless growth in cyberattacks, coupled with the complexity of today’s digital ecosystem, how should your business respond? Bas Burger, CEO, Global, BT, shares his insights. FULL STORY >

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Kaspersky: Less DDoS attacks and small geographic shifts in Q2 2021

By Staff Writer 2 August 2021

Here is some good news on the cyberthreat landscape - in the second quarter of 2021, the total number of DDoS attacks decreased by 38.8% compared to Q2 2020, according to Kaspersky. FULL STORY >

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Rise in Cyberattacks such as Ransomware during COVID-19 boosted security skills in 86% of IT teams in South Africa

By Staff Writer 15 June 2021

The vast majority of IT teams in South Africa that faced a rise in cyberattacks (86%) and a heavier security workload (90%) over the course of 2020 strengthened their security... FULL STORY >

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Preparing Customers for a Major Cyber-Attack

By Industry Contributor 22 April 2020

As if a global pandemic wasn't enough to contend with, the very real threat of a large scale cyberattack still looms, warns Vangelis Lagousakos, General Manager of Merat at Dell Technologies. FULL STORY >

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Dell Technologies Research: Cyber Attacks and Disruptive Events are on the rise

By Staff Writer 24 March 2020

The Dell Technologies Global Data Protection Index 2020 Snapshot has revealed key challenges impacting data protection readiness across 15 countries in EMEA. FULL STORY >

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Ransomware attackers now targeting cities, municipalities to a larger extent

By Ryan Noik 18 December 2019

2019 has been a year in which cybersecurity has shown how critical it is, not just to businesses and individuals, but to societies as well. Now municipalities are under fire. FULL STORY >

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