Dr Moataz Bin Ali, Area Vice President and Managing Director, Trend Micro MEA, looks at cybersecurity preparedness and how it can ensure longevity for businesses. The way we live, and work has changed drastically, thanks to the wave of digital transformation precipitated by the pandemic. As...
Africa’s largest digital payments network, MFS Africa, has reached an agreement to buy Global Technology Partners (GTP). Based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, GTP is the number one processor for prepaid cards in Africa, with over 80 banks using its platform including UBA, Ecobank, BIA, Stanbic, Coris, NSIA...
US based Spirion LLC is strengthening its cybersecurity portfolio by partnering and launching in North Africa with Dubai-based Spire Solutions. The partnership will see the Tampa based company extend its software distribution channels at a global level across both public and private sectors. Spirion President and CEO...
A cybersecurity scholarship has been launched in South Africa to encourage women of colour to upskill. The scholarship has been launched by KnowBe4, provider of one of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platforms. It has partnered with the Centre for Cyber Safety...
Three nations including Ghana have called upon the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) to help them develop their cybersecurity defences in their countries. The other two nations were Mozambique and Sierra Leone. The courtesy calls were led by senior officials of the cyber security institutions of these...
A new survey from Cisco has highlighted the importance of making cybersecurity protocols simpler and integrated while safeguarding the corporate network from attack. The survey also found that even though 53% of employees believe that securing their work devices are important and simple to do, there...
Global cloud software company NetApp® has teamed up with NVIDIA to advance its supercomputing infrastructure. The announcement sees that NetApp EF600 all-flash NVMe storage combined with the BeeGFS parallel file system is now certified for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD™. The new certification simplifies artificial intelligence (AI) and...
Global leader in cybersecurity solutions, Fortinet has announced its Training Institute programs will help to close the cybersecurity gaps. In September last year, Fortinet pledged to train 1 million people in cybersecurity as part of the company’s commitment to address the cyber talent shortage. Through the...
Cybersecurity provider Kaspersky has announced the launch of a new Windows Incident Response training course. The new course will offer in-house cybersecurity teams and InfoSec professionals an opportunity to expand their analytical skills in the incident response domain, especially in the midst of a ransomware attack....
The ongoing battle against cybersecurity threats in Africa is being severely affected by the shortage of digital skills available. Experts have now raised concerns over the shortage of skills, and have said if this continues then a rise in cyberattacks and cybercrime is likely to take...
