by Kathy Gibson | Oct 25, 2024 | Features
By Bryan Hamman – As Africa continues to embrace digital transformation, the continent is also becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyberthreats, particularly Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. These incidents, which disrupt the availability of...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 25, 2024 | Features
Organisations have continued to shore up their application security defences over the last year, according to the 2024 State of Code Security survey, sponsored by OpenText and produced by Dark Reading. “This trend is in essence a response to rising concerns over...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 25, 2024 | Featured Story, Features
Kathy Gibson reports – Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is seen as one of the top opportunities and risks for businesses in Africa. This is one of the headline findings of the inaugural KPMG Africa CEO Outlook, which finds that GenAI is seen as a useful tool...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Featured Story, Features
The global average cost of a data breach reached $4,88-million in 2024, as breaches grow more disruptive and further expand demands on cyber teams, according to IBM’s Cost of a Data Breach Report. Breach costs increased 10% from the prior year, the largest yearly jump...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Features
The worldwide network security market – including firewall, SSE, traditional SWG appliance, WAF, and ADC segments – is expected to grow to nearly $40-billion by 2028, according to a new report from Dell’Oro Group. This growth will be driven by a...
by Kathy Gibson | Oct 11, 2024 | Features
By Reginald Greyling – A recent survey of CFOs in 2023 revealed that 80% plan to maintain or increase their digital investments. Innovations in networking, AI, and cloud technology are driving an increasingly digital future. Thanks to these advancements,...