SA urged to focus on data, security-centric strategies as AI advances at pace

A lack of innovation roadmaps and related strategies is a significant challenge as organisations are warned to proactively transform the workplace amid increasing adoption of AI and agentic AI.

Chris Tredger

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Datacentrix

11 hours ago

Datacentrix wins SolarWinds Growth Partner of the Year for South Africa title

The company has closed a number of deals over the past year, with recent customer engagements including projects in the mining, telecommunications and financial services sectors.

Cyber Insight: Before you sign off the 2027 security budget, ask what this year's spend actually changed

Cyber Insight says one question should come before the next security purchase: can your current report tell you what was fixed, what is still open and who owns it?

October's cyber scares are the new reality

Attackers rarely break down the front door; they go after the systems in between, says Pashnee Naicker, chief marketing officer at Flowgear.

Building governance capabilities to support SA’s digital economy

SA’s digital economy needs organisations that can earn and sustain trust as they innovate, says Taka Sande, MD of Fasford Group and founder of Anvil Advisory.

ITWeb TV #SS24 Steve Jump, Custodiet Advisory Services

Recorded live at ITWeb Security Summit 2024, Steve Jump, director, Custodiet Advisory Services, provided ITWeb's Adrian Hinchcliffe with an update on the Security Summit Hackathon, the value these have in skills development and talent recruitment for companies and the start-up scene, as well as an overview of Secure by Design principles.

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Datacentrix

3 Nov

Datacentrix introduces OT Cybersecurity Baseline Assessment to help industrial organisations strengthen cyber resilience

The assessment will help companies understand their security posture, identify vulnerabilities and develop a practical roadmap for improving cyber resilience.

Datacentrix Holdings

05 - 05 November 2026

ITWeb Security Summit 2024

6:00

GOLE Cloud

3 Nov

SA's cloud scene just got more interesting

Gole Cloud has officially introduced its services to the South African market.

ITWeb TV: AI-driven fraud rises as criminals target human trust | Ep #158

AI-driven fraud is rising across Africa, with criminals exploiting human behaviour and trust rather than system vulnerabilities, says Thalia Pillay, CEO of Orca Fraud. In an interview with ITWeb Africa editor Samuel Mungadze, Pillay says criminals are deploying increasingly sophisticated AI-powered tactics to circumvent security controls.

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Untapped AI

3 Nov

Untapped AI moves to stop voice cloning

Untapped AI has filed two US patent applications for technology that verifies where a voice is really coming from during a live call and ends the call the moment that voice has been cloned or altered.

Untapped-Ai

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AI-assisted observability

3 Nov

Beyond AI-assisted observability: Is Africa ready for autonomous IT operations?

Avior, the agentic AI application from SolarWinds, is designed to take on first-line IT operations work, freeing teams to become more strategic and proactively address the needs of their digital estates.

ATS Network Management