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...
Live installer training IFSEC and FIREX is aiming to close the skills gap within fire services in the UK with its live workshops in May. The 'skills gap' in the security and fire industries has been highlighted as one of the challenges facing the industry, which...
South Africa has the third highest number of cybercrime victims globally, and cyber attacks cost the country R2.2bn per year. To fortify defences and improve safety against cyber attacks, environmental, social and governance (ESG) frameworks by South Africa businesses and organisations are being strengthened by two key...
The latest report from Mimecast has warned that the underfunding of critical cyber defences is leaving South African organisations exposed to cyberattacks. The report, titled Mimecast State of Email Security 2022 report, comes at the same time as findings from Altron Systems Integration also warned South African...
Cloudfest will be happening at Europa-Park, Germany over the 22-24 March. We speak to Christian Jaeger, CEO, Cloudfest, ahead of the event. This is the first in-person CloudFest event since the pandemic. What are you most looking forward to? Seeing all my friends in the community! I’m...
VMWare Principal Partner and Africa’s only neutral cloud infrastructure business, Routed, says implementing a workable multicloud strategy hinges on a business properly assessing applications within its current infrastructure environment to decide which cloud is ideal for each of its applications. Managing Director at Routed, Andrew Cruise,...
South Africa's largest private security firm, Fidelity Services Group, is considering an initial public offering. If they go ahead, it will be the country's first in four years. Fidelity’s IPO would be the first since food maker Libstar Holdings Ltd in 2018. The Johannesburg-based firm is still...
Two people have been killed and another person injured in a shooting in the Johannesburg CBD. The injured person is thought to be a 50 year old security guard. The circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear, with investigations ongoing. Journalist Ross Campbell for ER24 was one of...
South Africa's AVeS Cyber Security has become the first certified trainer in Africa for Kaspersky Interactive Protection Simulation (KIPS). This added security technology in AVeS' portfolio will allow the company to support SMEs and enterprises with game-changing cyber security awareness skills to help them make more...
Global cybersecurity firm Resecurity has introduced their technologies and securities to support law enforcement in South Africa. At the the inaugural Cyber Intelligence Africa 2022 in Johannesburg, rsecurity presented their expertise in preventing, detecting and prosecuting cybercrime. According to the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC), cybercrime...
