Africa
Ask the expert: Parametric cyber insurance – is it worth it?
The cybersecurity industry is increasingly turning its gaze towards parametric solutions, data-driven models that promise a more quantifiable and scalable approach to managing digital risk. With the average...
Email security remains critical as threat actors embrace AI
African ICT business Datacentrix, highlights the importance of protecting business email, which still accounts for around 90% of breaches today. Email compromise still accounts for around 90% of breaches that occur...
Next-gen access control tech offers hospitality critical holistic view
With its high customer volume, the cash-and labour-intensive hospitality industry needs advanced security technology to ensure a safe environment. The typical environment is generally characterised by many access points, ...
Cutting-edge technology and AI combating poaching in Southern Africa
South Africa has by far the largest population of rhinos in the world and is an important country for rhino conservation. However, more than 1,000 rhinos were killed last year as a result of poaching, with gangs now ...
Kenya once again tops DDoS threat list in East Africa
As cyberthreats surge across East Africa, Kenya has once again recorded the region’s highest number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, according to NETSCOUT’s latest global threat intelligence report. Bry...
Ask the expert: Parametric cyber insurance – is it worth it?
The cybersecurity industry is increasingly turning its gaze towards parametric solutions, data-driven models that promise a more quantifiable and scalable approach to managing digital risk. With the average...
Cybersecurity challenges in the education sector and key advice for C-suite...
The education sector is one of the most prone to cyberattacks in the world, heightened in recent years due to the fast-paced, ever-evolving technological field. Sarah Lawson, CISO and Deputy CIO for the University...
Email security remains critical as threat actors embrace AI
African ICT business Datacentrix, highlights the importance of protecting business email, which still accounts for around 90% of breaches today. Email compromise still accounts for around 90% of breaches that occur...
Selling physical security systems to the C-suite
Wissam Acra, Regional Sales Director of Genetec, discusses how to establish your vision for a unified physical security solution and how to take a strategic approach to presenting your proposal to C-suite executives....
Global cybersecurity skills gap creates golden opportunity for young South...
Along with many cybersecurity leaders, Doros Hadjizenonos, Regional Director for Southern Africa at Fortinet, aims to encourage young South Africans to enter into a career in cybersecurity and explains how they can do...
Cairo Bank unifies security operations across more than 230 branches with...
Centralised command and control help the bank strengthen regulatory oversight, enhance customer experience and co-ordinate operational intelligence across its nationwide network. Genetec has announced Cairo Bank has...
Kaspersky helps Cleopatra Hospitals Group cut cyber-incident investigation...
Egypt-based Cleopatra Hospitals Group has reduced investigation times for high-severity cyber-incidents from eight hours to two after deploying Kaspersky Next XDR Expert, strengthening threat detection and response...
I&M Bank partners with ThetaRay to deploy full cognitive AI financial...
In a comprehensive regional rollout, ThetaRay’s end-to-end AML platform will be deployed across I&M Group, integrating screening, transaction monitoring, investigations and reporting to enhance financial crime d...
Industry experts discuss the value of digital and biometric data
The world of technology advancements has opened us up to several possibilities that were once considered a pipe dream. Although many offer convenience and have positively impacted ample aspects of society, it must be...
Syrex harnesses Redstor to deliver seamless solutions
Syrex, provider of virtualised and hybrid network infrastructures and solutions, has implemented numerous Redstor offerings in the South African market, providing clients with enterprise-level cloud backup and security...
Kaspersky Lab: ransomware actors targeting attacks against businesses
Kaspersky Lab’s researchers have discovered an emerging and alarming trend: more and more cybercriminals are turning their attention from attacks against private users to targeted ransomware attacks against businesses. A...
