ITWeb Honours SA’s Top CIOs of 2026 | ITWeb Tech Headlines, 19 - 24 October 2026
These are the stories making headlines on ITWeb this week. Transnet group CIO Pandelani Munyai and Absa's Jochem Melis, CIO of cloud, infrastructure and core platforms, were named the top public and private sector CIOs at the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Awards 2026, with Sanlam's Theo Mabaso receiving an honourable mention.
The partnership aims to help organisations strengthen protection against evolving cyber threats across e-mail, data and AI-powered environments.
Effective cyber security depends on business processes, governance and a culture that enables people to make secure decisions under pressure, says SoluGrowth.
The new local Cyber Helpline offers online guidance and trained human responders to cyber crime victims.
There's a difference between a security tool and a security culture, says Byron Robertson, MD of IronTree.
SMEs must reduce complexity, consolidate visibility and build on what their existing team can realistically manage, says Kaspersky.
The financial services firm warns of a sophisticated investment scam that impersonates group COO Zureida Ebrahim.
The 2026 Kaseya INKY Email Security Report analyses the evolution of phishing and e-mail-based cyber-crime in the age of AI.
As companies automate e-mail and workflow decisions with AI, attackers are exploiting those same systems, launching AI-to-AI phishing attacks that bypass human oversight.
ESET shares findings of its H2 2025 Threat Report based on its telemetry research, highlighting the ongoing impact of phishing and ransomware.
The company will demonstrate how African enterprises can fight the next evolution of e-mail threats with a modern, layered and AI-driven security approach.
The Mimecast Threat Research team identified an active credential harvesting campaign using compromised e-mail accounts to distribute HR-themed phishing messages.
While digital transaction fraud is on the decline, SA still battles an uptick in account login attacks and gift card scams, says TransUnion.
ITWeb TV: Assessing Discovery’s cyber risk landscape | Episode #96
In this episode of ITWeb TV, Zaid Parak, group CISO, Discovery, provides insight into the most pressing cyber risks facing the financial services organisation, from credential stuffing to phishing syndicates, as well as emerging threats such as quantum computing to agentic AI. He also provides insight on the role of the CISO, his approach to cyber awareness and creating a cyber culture and strategy. Catch Zaid at the upcoming ITWeb Security Summit. #CyberSecurity #CyberThreats #CISO #CyberCulture #QuantumComputing #agenticai
Secure SMBs
Acronis, in partnership with ITWeb, hosted a webinar on 15 November to learn more about the latest tactics used by cybercriminals to exploit email as an avenue for ransomware and the current defences against them. #secureSMBs #acronis #phishing