South Africa has been named as one of 135 countries the US claims have been targeted in a hacking campaign by Russian employees. The campaign is alleged to have targeted energy companies and critical infrastructure according to the US’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). They claimed the...
A new ‘Cyber Security Centre of Excellence for Africa’ is to be built in Marrakech to strengthen cyber security cooperation between the UK and Morocco. A delegation of British and Moroccan politicians, plus corporate and academic leaders met in Rabat to commemorate the launch. The delegation, which...
Jobs and hiring activity within the aerospace, defence and security industries in the Middle East and Africa has risen by 4.6% in February 2022. On the whole, this is a decrease of 0.04% compared with the previous month according to the latest data from GlobalData’s...
An INTERPOL report has highlighted a bleak outlook for South African businesses as the threat of cyberattacks continue. The report, titled the African Cyberthreat Assessment Report 2021, revealed that while the broader African continent had experienced some attacks against critical infrastructure and frontline services, South Africa was...
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé has been recognised as one of the leaders of cybersecurity in Africa in an award ceremony at the opening of the summit on cybersecurity. The summit, being held in Togo's capital Lomé, saw the distinguished president receive and accept the African champion...
Gambia has joined up with other counterparts to discuss cyber security resilience across the African continent. Four experts from Gambia joined a further 65 experts as 31 countries collaborated in a two-day meeting titled "Setting the Scene for Cyber Security Status in Africa". The maiden convergence of...
Lomé has played host to Africa's first ever cybersecurity summit with several Africa officials and private industry leaders in attendance. The event has been postponed because of the pandemic but went ahead this week in Togo's city of Lomé. The event has been co-organised by the...
The world moving towards digitalisation has stirred the need to create a framework with strong defence against cyber threats globally. Digitalisation, despite rendering a novel platform for socio-economic development, has also opened the doors for cyber attacks, data breach and many more. With such occurring...
Africa's leading independent telecommunications provider Phase3 Telecom has announced that it will be increasing its security. The move comes as part of a phased approach to provide the company with a more secure infrastructure that can combat cybernetic breaches. This upgrade will also provide support in...
Securex, West Africa's leading exhibition and conference for the security, safety, fire and facilities management sectors is to return to Lagos in May. The conference will engage, inspire and connect more than 3,000 delegates across three days from the 10th – 12th May 2022 at the Landmark Centre...
