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92% of Africa’s ransomware now hits South Africa but our real crisis is silence

By Industry Contributor 6 November 2026

What if one of the biggest risks to businesses isn’t their technology, but their employees’ fear of admitting a mistake? Anna Collard from KnowBe4 Africa argues that businesses could be making themselves more... FULL STORY >

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Cyber criminals don’t need new attacks when AI is making the old ones work better

By Industry Contributor 2 November 2026

By Richard Ford, CTO, Integrity360 FULL STORY >

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The illusion of protection - owning the security tools is not the same as being secure

By Industry Contributor 27 October 2026

Most companies believe they are protected right up until they have been breached. So why do the tools create a false sense of safety, and what closes the gap between tools and actual security? Mohammed... FULL STORY >

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Cyber risk begins long before an attack

By Industry Contributor 19 October 2026

By Frik van der Westhuizen, CEO of EQPlus FULL STORY >

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Your backups may survive while stolen credentials keep attackers inside

By Industry Contributor 19 October 2026

Thought Leadership by André Kannemeyer, Technical CEO, Duxbury Networking FULL STORY >

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Are South Africa’s cyber defenders ready for AI?

By Industry Contributor 9 October 2026

By Eniola Lisoyi, Head: Department of Networks, Maths and Systems Engineering at Richfield FULL STORY >

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Veeam Interview - Nine Seconds to Disaster: Exploring Cyber Defence in the AI Era

By Ryan Noik 7 October 2026

Veeam leaders Tim Pfaelzer and Mena Migally argue that the central danger of agentic AI is not malicious machines, but speed, scale and access without sufficient human oversight. FULL STORY >

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Can your business afford what comes after a cyberattack?

By Industry Contributor 6 October 2026

By Yaron Assabi, Founder of Digital Solutions Group FULL STORY >

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The AI is inside - Securing the business in the age of autonomous AI

By Industry Contributor 2 October 2026

Allan Juma, Lead Cybersecurity Engineer at ESET, explains why organisations must implement robust controls to bridge the gap where autonomous systems make high-stakes decisions without proportional accountability.  FULL STORY >

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How Cyber Resilience can strengthen South Africa's sovereign AI ambitions

By Industry Contributor 2 October 2026

Musa Masungwini, Security and Resiliency Platforms Specialist at Dell Technologies South Africa, explores why sovereign AI needs to go beyond data residency, with a focus on security, governance, data accountability,... FULL STORY >

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EMEA organizations facing a shadow agent crisis

By Staff Writer 2 October 2026

New research from Veeam Software reveals a growing ‘shadow agent’ crisis across EMEA enterprises, with organizations battling unmanaged AI on two fronts. FULL STORY >

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The AI notetaker has become a corporate liability

By Industry Contributor 21 September 2026

Every meeting is now recorded and transcribed by an AI notetaker, but nobody knows where the files reside or who has copied them, says Richard Frost, Head of Technology Solutions and Consulting at Armata Cyber Security. FULL STORY >

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Almost two-thirds of SA Ransomware incidents result in data encryption - Sophos

By Industry Contributor 18 September 2026

Bad news for local companies who might come under cyberattack, as the new State of Ransomware in South Africa 2026 report from cybersecurity company, Sophos, found that almost two-thirds (63%) of ransomware... FULL STORY >

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Cyber insurance is forcing organisations to take compliance seriously

By Industry Contributor 8 September 2026

By Ryan Boyes, Senior Security Administrator at Galix FULL STORY >

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Why your cloud journey must start with a “gearlock” mindset to remain safe and compliant

By Industry Contributor 7 September 2026

Allan Juma, Lead Cybersecurity Engineer at ESET, explores why businesses need to take a more deliberate approach to cloud adoption, embedding security and compliance into the process from the outset. FULL STORY >

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