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Kaspersky deepens Africa channel investment with Axiz partnership

Companies to roll out a complete portfolio of cyber security solutions and services across SA and the SADC region.

Christopher Tredger

CISO Banquet 2025

SA CISOs see ‘marginal’ budget increases amid rising threats

Most South African CISOs report minimal budget increases in 2025, despite mounting threats and growing compliance-driven security demands.

Admire Moyo and Nkhensani Nkhwashu

NEC XON earns XMDR Partner status with Palo Alto Networks across EMEA – cementing regional leadership in advanced cyber defence

The achievement validates NEC XON’s alignment with Palo Alto Networks’ Cortex XDR platform and its ability to provide proactive, scalable incident response services on behalf of Palo Alto Networks.

Verifiable messaging platform unveiled to tackle cyber threats in SA

VERA and cheqd have teamed up in an effort to combat escalating cyber threats, especially phishing and business e-mail compromise attacks.

Christopher Tredger

PRODATA announces strategic partnership with IRONSCALES

The partnership will see PRODATA deliver adaptive AI-powered e-mail security to channel partners across Africa.

OpEd: SA can't cyberwar, but it's got friends if one finds it

In a cyberwar, South Africa will be cyber-toast, as it has barely paid lip service to establishing a military cyber command.

SA’s data breach costs remain high, says SARB

The South African Reserve Bank warns that cyber attacks are a systemic danger to the country’s financial stability.

Hacking humans: AI raises the bar for phishing

Companies should start by achieving visibility of the environment and embarking on a programme of innovative, ongoing employee training to improve security, says Barry Neethling, CTO at First Technology Group.

First Technology

NCino KYC Africa

Rampant financial crime, greylisting expose SA’s vulnerable defence

Companies failing to detect red flags in time will be exposed to reputational, operational and legal fallout, warns nCino KYC Africa director.

Christopher Tredger

LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Restoring trust will take all of us

The proliferation of scams and fraud, fuelled by advanced technology, is contributing to a general collapse of trust.

LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Social media scams

SA social media users face highest risk of finance ad scams

South Africa is ranked globally as the most vulnerable to fraudulent and high-risk financial advertisements on social media platforms.

Anti-phishing efforts flag legitimate e-mails

Over 80% of phishing e-mails analysed were enhanced using AI – making them far more convincing than ever before, according to KnowBe4 research.

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