Data published by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) shows that South Africa’s private security sector now dwarfs the official South African Police Service (SAPS). In some cases, private security firms have been carrying out official police duties, even when not authorised to do...

West Africa's maritime and coastal security has been enhanced as several West African nations joined forces with U.S. Sailors, Coast Guardsmen, Marines and a team from the Environmental Security Program of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL). The partnership came as illegal fishing is on the...

Crime including hijackings, robberies and unlawful syndicates are growing more sophisticated, but so is the technology to fight it. Warren Myers, CEO of South Africa’s on-demand security and medical response platform AURA, reducing crime or wiping it out completely is entirely within our reach. Speaking in a...

A recent study from the world's leading VPN service, NordVPN, has revealed that 86% of consumers are reasonably concerned about their data privacy. Furthermore, it found that 92% of consumers also fail to protect their privacy, leaving them open to cyber attacks. The study focused on American...

Global leader in cybersecurity, Sophos, has unveiled new advancements to its Sophos Cloud Workload Protection, including new Linux host and container security capabilities. The added features have been created to accelerate the detection and response of in-progress attacks and security incidents within Linux operating systems, improve security...