[info_box point1="AFRIDEX 2026 will place its International Pavilions at the centre of the event" point2="The event will be taking place from 26 - 29 October 2026 at Eko Atlantic in Lagos" point3="AFRIDEX will bring together governments, military leaders, policymakers, and global industry"] The Africa International Defence...
[info_box point1="WatchGuard Technologies has announced the appointment of Rabih Itani as Regional Director for the Middle East and Africa" point2="The expansion comes amid significant regional growth, with the Middle East cybersecurity market expected to more than double" point3="In the newly created role, Itani will report...
[info_box point1="Critical vulnerabilities doubled year-over-year" point2="Elevation of Privilege vulnerabilities accounted for 40 per cent of all flaws" point3="Azure and Dynamics 365, saw a 9x increase in critical vulnerabilities"] A new cybersecurity report has revealed a growing imbalance in the global threat landscape, with critical software vulnerabilities...
[info_box point1="A growing number of enterprises are rethinking their approach to cloud adoption in physical security" point2="Industry experts warn that the process is far more involved than it is often presented" point3=" Findings from the recent Genetec 2026 State of Physical Security Survey show a...
Lloyd Timcke, Regional Director: Africa and Israel, Rubrik, looks at why security cannot be an afterthought. South Africa is at a pivotal juncture as we embrace artificial intelligence at speed, with enterprises across key sectors, including financial services, healthcare and retail, as well as the public...
[info_box point1="Cybersecurity threats across the Middle East, Türkiye and Africa are becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect" point2="Findings presented by Kaspersky at its annual Cyber Security Weekend for the META region revealed a startling reality" point3="The company’s Global Research and Analysis Team warned that...
[info_box point1="Synthetic identity theft is now one of the fastest-growing forms of fraud globally" point2="New figures from LexisNexis Risk Solutions show synthetic identity fraud now accounts for 11 per cent of all reported fraud cases" point3="Analysts link this surge to the rapid expansion of regulated...
[info_box point1="Researchers at BeyondTrust Phantom Labs have identified a critical command injection vulnerability in OpenAI’s Codex" point2="The vulnerability stemmed from improper input sanitisation in Codex's processing of GitHub branch names" point3="An attacker could execute malicious payloads inside the agent’s container and retrieve sensitive authentication tokens"] Researchers...
Christo Coetzer, Director & CEO BlueVision, sets out the key steps to deploying cyber attack surface management (ASM) to defend your business. In an age of sprawling hybrid infrastructures and accelerating digital transformation, Attack Surface Management (ASM) has become essential to maintaining a strong cyber defence...
[info_box point1="Africa’s push towards industrialisation and digital transformation is quickening its pace" point2="But experts warn that without stronger cybersecurity, progress could be undermined" point3="Two recent analyses of the African cybersecurity landscape have shared a similar growing concern"] Africa’s push towards industrialisation and digital transformation is quickening,...