Smart Africa opens digital academy in Ivory Coast to boost digital and cyber security skills
The Smart Africa Alliance has opened its latest base for the Smart Africa Digital Academy (SADA) as
26 September, 2022New report finds 75% of firms struggle to recruit and retain cyber experts
According to the latest KPMG report, KPMG’s Africa Cyber Security Outlook 2022 Survey: Addressing Cy
22 September, 2022New report sees Africa’s cybersecurity strategy maturing
Results from KPMG Africa’s Cyber Security Outlook 2022 survey have found the cybersecurity industry
20 September, 2022XDR: beyond the buzzword
No doubt you’ve heard the buzz about eXtended Detection and Response… but do you fully understand wh
19 September, 2022Liquid launches DDoS Secure to protect African customers
Liquid, a subsidiary of pan-African technology group Cassava Technologies, has released a new securi
13 September, 2022South Africa’s banking and insurance sectors are being targeted by cyber attacks
Cybercrime is on the rise with South Africa’s banking and insurance sectors being targeted by
12 September, 2022Cybereason warns global critical infrastructure operators after attacks from Ragnar Locker Ransomware Gang
Cybereason has issued a global Threat Analysis Report investigating the Ragnar Locker ransomware gan
08 September, 2022What’s next for ransomware?
Dan Norman, from the ISF considers what the future of ransomware holds for companies around the glob
31 August, 2022Tangem unveils hardware wallet to boost digital asset security
Tangem, a finance company specialising in crypto wallets, has unveiled a digital hardware powered to
25 August, 2022Getting your cybersecurity strategy right
Before you can pin down your cybersecurity strategy you’ll need to gather the right requirements, sa
17 August, 2022NETSCOUT Arbor insight leverages patented ASI technology to enhance security and operational awareness for network operators of any scale
Leading provider for cybersecurity NETSCOUT, has introduced ArborÒ Insight, to enhance threat detect
12 August, 2022Battle against cyber threats to be addressed by cyber security visionaries at #WCSSJordan
The 17th global edition of World Cyber Security Summit is gearing up with the goal of constructing a
11 August, 2022Thwarting attacks and protecting critical assets
Shay Siksik, VP Customer Experience, XM Cyber, looks at why attack path remediation is a vital part
10 August, 2022Vectra announces two new appointments to strengthen EMEA leadership
Vectra AI, a leader in AI-driven threat detection and response for hybrid and multi-cloud enterprise
10 August, 2022Nozomi Networks Labs Report: Wipers and IoT Botnets dominate the threat landscape
The latest OT/IoT security report from Nozomi Networks Labs finds wiper malware, IoT botnet activity
08 August, 2022Cloud security and the road to digital transformation
Although cloud computing is more secure than on-premise computing, the fact remains that it’s not im
08 August, 2022Emerson and Nozomi Networks establish agreement to secure critical industrial processes worldwide
Global software and technology leader Emerson and Nozomi Networks, the leader in OT (operational tec
26 July, 2022Q&A with Tanium
Rami Mashal, Regional Director, Middle East at Tanium, talks to Security & Fire Africa about the
25 July, 2022Trellix releases Summer 2022 threat report
Trellix, the leader in cybersecurity company delivering extended detection and response (XDR), has r
22 July, 2022TDSi unveils latest GARDiS software updates for version 2.4
Integrated security manufacturer TDSi has unveiled the latest version of its powerful but highly fle
14 July, 2022Kenya to benefit from new UK-funded cyber training program
Kenya is set to benefit from a new cyber training program funded by the UK Commonwealth which aims t
08 July, 2022Cohesity delivers FortKnox to combat ransomware with a SaaS data isolation and recovery solution
Cohesity, a leader in next-gen data management, has announced the general availability of Cohesity F
06 July, 2022Help AG and Cribl announce partnership to strengthen data security
Cybersecurity specialists Help AG have joined up with Cribl; a leader in observability ecosystems an
05 July, 2022Barracuda research finds 1 in 5 HTML email attachments to be malicious
Cloud-first security solutions provider Barracuda Networks has found that HTML attachments are by fa
04 July, 2022AGA-Africa stresses the need for African countries to take cybersecurity seriously
The Attorney General Alliance (AGA) Africa have stressed the need for African countries to tighten c
01 July, 2022Group-IB unveils it’s Unified Risk Platform
Group-IB, one of the global leaders in cybersecurity, has unveiled the Unified Risk Platform; an eco
30 June, 2022The importance of modern data protection
The face of data protection is rapidly changing to keep pace with the demands of bigger, faster data
27 June, 2022Evina to protect mobile users by exposing malicious apps with new country reports
Leading cybersecurity firm Evina is to release regular detailed reports on the most malicious apps a
20 June, 2022Cisco showcased its ground-breaking security innovations at CAISEC
Cisco has shown its latest security solutions at The Cyber and Information Security Exhibition and C
15 June, 2022Breaking down barriers
It’s no secret that when it comes to gender bias and stereotypes, one of the industries that struggl
13 June, 2022ESET Southern Africa announces 2022 Partner Awards winners
Global leader in digital security, ESET, recently acknowledged outstanding successes and innovations
13 June, 2022Securing the future of businesses
Dr Moataz Bin Ali, Area Vice President and Managing Director, Trend Micro MEA, looks at cybersecurit
08 June, 2022MFS Africa acquires US-based Global Technology Partners
Africa’s largest digital payments network, MFS Africa, has reached an agreement to buy Global Techno
07 June, 2022Tampa cybersecurity firm Spirion launches in North Africa with Spire Solutions
US based Spirion LLC is strengthening its cybersecurity portfolio by partnering and launching in Nor
06 June, 2022R110,000 cybersecurity scholarship launched for women of colour in South Africa
A cybersecurity scholarship has been launched in South Africa to encourage women of colour to upskil
03 June, 2022African countries including Ghana call on the CSA for collaboration and support
Three nations including Ghana have called upon the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) to help them devel
27 May, 2022Cisco survey finds hybrid workers consider cybersecurity protocol either complicated, painful or unimportant
A new survey from Cisco has highlighted the importance of making cybersecurity protocols simpler and
26 May, 2022NetApp teams with NVIDIA to accelerate HPC and AI with turnkey supercomputing infrastructure
Global cloud software company NetApp® has teamed up with NVIDIA to advance its supercomputing infra
25 May, 2022Fortinet Training Institute accelerates mission toward closing the cybersecurity skills gap
Global leader in cybersecurity solutions, Fortinet has announced its Training Institute programs wil
24 May, 2022Kaspersky launches online ransomware response training course
Cybersecurity provider Kaspersky has announced the launch of a new Windows Incident Response trainin
20 May, 2022Digital skills shortage sees cybercrime in Africa increase
The ongoing battle against cybersecurity threats in Africa is being severely affected by the shortag
19 May, 2022Digital Security Platform Identitypass secures $2.8M in Seed funding
Digital security verification platform Identitypass has secured $2.8million in seed funding. The com
18 May, 2022BlackBerry partners with Midis Group to drive growth of cybersecurity business in Middle East, and Africa and Eastern Europe
BlackBerry Limited has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the Midis Group to expa
13 May, 2022Vodacom and Accenture partner to battle cyber crime in South Africa
Vodacom and Accenture have announced their partnership to help fight cyber crime in South Africa. Th
03 May, 2022AURA highlights how innovation in technology is outsmarting crime in South Africa
Crime including hijackings, robberies and unlawful syndicates are growing more sophisticated, but so
28 April, 2022NordVPN reveals 86% of consumers are concerned about their data privacy
A recent study from the world’s leading VPN service, NordVPN, has revealed that 86% of consume
27 April, 2022Sophos announces new features for its cloud workload protection
Global leader in cybersecurity, Sophos, has unveiled new advancements to its Sophos Cloud Workload P
26 April, 2022Fortinet launches new global workforce security awareness and training
Leading cybersecurity company Fortinet has announced the launch of their new global workforce securi
20 April, 2022Top 10 African countries with the best cybersecurity revealed
The most secure African countries for cybersecurity has been revealed via the latest Global Cybersec
19 April, 2022LMPS to launch first 100% Moroccan cyber defence product
Moroccan cybersecurity company LMPS Group has announced it will launch the first 100% Moroccan cyber
11 April, 2022ATG Digital shares expertise on avoiding the dangers of visitor data protection
In the wake of increasing risk of cyber attacks, ATG Digital has highlighted the dangers of visitor
09 April, 2022Thales creates new Security Operations Center in Morocco
Global technology leader Thales has announced the opening of its new Cyber Security Operations Cente
07 April, 2022ISSAN calls for an urgent review of the National Cybersecurity Protection Act in Nigeria
Stakeholders at the Information Security Society of Africa – Nigeria (ISSAN), have called for an urg
06 April, 2022US claims South Africa targeted in Russia’s global hack attack campaigns
South Africa has been named as one of 135 countries the US claims have been targeted in a hacking ca
05 April, 2022Morocco launched Cyber Security Centre for Africa in Marrakech
A new ‘Cyber Security Centre of Excellence for Africa’ is to be built in Marrakech to strengthen cyb
04 April, 2022Middle East and Africa’s aerospace, defence and security industry IT hiring activity rises 4.6% in February 2022
Jobs and hiring activity within the aerospace, defence and security industries in the Middle East an
01 April, 2022South African businesses urged to take ‘zero trust’ approach for defence against cyberattacks
An INTERPOL report has highlighted a bleak outlook for South African businesses as the threat of cyb
31 March, 2022Togo President Gnassingbé recognised as Africa’s cybersecurity champion
Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé has been recognised as one of the leaders of cybersecurity in Af
28 March, 2022Gambia joins other countries to discuss improving cyber resilience for Africa
Gambia has joined up with other counterparts to discuss cyber security resilience across the African
25 March, 2022Lomé hosts Africa’s first cybersecurity summit
Lomé has played host to Africa’s first ever cybersecurity summit with several Africa officials
24 March, 202211th edition of Cybersecurity Summit: 5-6 May 2022
The world moving towards digitalisation has stirred the need to create a framework with strong defen
23 March, 2022Africa’s Phase3 Telecom scales up layered security for optimised network infrastructure
Africa’s leading independent telecommunications provider Phase3 Telecom has announced that it
23 March, 2022Cybercrime costs South Africa R2.2bn a year
South Africa has the third highest number of cybercrime victims globally, and cyber attacks cost the
21 March, 2022Underfunding of cyber defences leaves organisations in South Africa exposed to cyberattacks
The latest report from Mimecast has warned that the underfunding of critical cyber defences is leavi
18 March, 2022Cloudfest: Q&A
Cloudfest will be happening at Europa-Park, Germany over the 22-24 March. We speak to Christian Jaeg
16 March, 2022Orchestrating multicloud
VMWare Principal Partner and Africa’s only neutral cloud infrastructure business, Routed, says imple
14 March, 2022South Africa’s AVeS Cyber Security to support SMEs and businesses with Kaspersky cybersecurity solutions
South Africa’s AVeS Cyber Security has become the first certified trainer in Africa for Kasper
07 March, 2022Resecurity introduce cyber threat intelligence solutions for law enforcement in South Africa
Global cybersecurity firm Resecurity has introduced their technologies and securities to support law
04 March, 2022Kenya to host one of Africa’s two giant data hubs in bid to build cyber defences
Kenya is to host one of the two giant data centres in Africa that is being implemented to improve In
03 March, 2022Tech First Gulf launches new product lines and confirms commitment to East Africa with roadshow event
UAE-based Tech First Gulf (TFG) has announced its commitment to East Africa with its East Africa Roa
02 March, 2022South Africa features in top 10 list of countries hardest hit by cybercrime
South Africa has been identified as one of the top 10 countries to have the most cybercrime in the w
01 March, 2022Cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion worth of cryptocurrency in 2021, according to latest report
A report by security company Chainalysis has found that cybercriminals laundered $8.6 billion worth
24 February, 2022Ghana aims to become number one cyber secure country in Africa
Ghana is aiming to push itself to take the lead spot as the most cyber secure country in Africa. Cur
23 February, 2022African cybersecurity awareness found to be ‘lacking’ in recent report
A recent report on Africa’s cybersecurity awareness has found the continent’s measures t
22 February, 2022Resecurity collaborates with African law enforcement to secure digital growth
Cybersecurity intelligence company Resecurity has collaborated with the South African law agencies t
15 February, 2022South African businesses warned to ‘up their game’ against cyber attacks
Specialist insurer King Price has warned South African businesses that they need to be extra secure
11 February, 2022African cybersecurity firm Performanta teaches security skills and development
Cybersecurity firm Performanta has led a digital education and skills development programme as part
08 February, 2022Africa records over 1,600 weekly cyber attacks
A recent report has found that organisations in African countries have been victim to an average of
01 February, 2022Microsoft to build cyber security capacity in Africa
Global tech giant Microsoft is partnering with the Attorney General Alliance (AGA) to build up cyber
27 January, 2022FSS partners with banking platform YAP UAE to deliver secure digital-first transactions across Africa
FSS (Financial Software and Systems) is collaborating with independent digital banking platform YAP
24 January, 2022Cybersecurity Digital Alliance formed to strengthen cybersecurity in South Africa
The newly formed Cybersecurity Digital Alliance (CDSA) in South Africa is aiming to strengthen cyber
19 January, 2022Google invests in first stage of cyber investment with purchase of security specialist Siemplify
Technology giants Google have taken the first step in their long-term security plans as they complet
10 January, 2022Africa called to strengthen cyber security at UN treaty meeting
African diplomats are due to meet their global counterparts in New York to thrash out the details of
07 January, 2022Study reveals most effective security measures
Cisco’s latest cybersecurity report, Security Outcomes Study Volume 2, has revealed the security pra
13 December, 2021Resecurity partners with Safety and Intelligence Network Africa
In a bid to advance cyber threat intelligence global cybersecurity solution provider, Resecurity, ha
01 December, 2021Group-IB to stream CyberCrimeCon
A global leader in the cybersecurity industry is set to stream its annual signature event, CyberCrim
30 November, 2021Firms failing to protect sensitive data
Eighty three per cent of companies are failing to encrypt at least half of the sensitive data they h
29 November, 2021Tenable teams with IBM Security
Tenable has expanded its strategic relationship with IBM Security X-Force Red so that companies can
16 November, 2021A boost to South Africa’s cloud market
Routed has appointed Axiz Cloud Technologies as a VMWare cloud distribution partner in a move that w
12 November, 2021Interpol identifies top cyber threats in Africa
A new report from Interpol has identified the most prominent cybersecurity threats in Africa, based
02 November, 2021Cyber security insurance market set to soar
With cyber incidents the biggest risk to businesses across the globe, the market for cyber security
29 October, 2021Developers and security teams need to work together
Fifty two per cent of developers say that security policies are stifling their innovations, accordin
30 September, 2021Pandemic drives cyber threats
Seventy four per cent of organisations say that damaging cyberattacks are a result of vulnerabilitie
30 September, 2021Cybercriminals accelerate global cybersecurity crisis
The bi-annual NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report has underlined the dramatic impact cyberattacks co
28 September, 2021Africa sees decline in phishing attacks – but more to be done
Kaspersky has recorded a decline in the number of phishing attacks for the first half of the year, i
24 September, 2021UN urges African nations to deepen internet security
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) the United Nations’ (UN) arm in charge of global t
20 September, 2021Bad bots account for 40% of global internet traffic
Automated bots designed to carry out malicious activities on the web, account for a massive 40% of a
10 September, 2021IT decision makers plan for data breaches
Over 90% of IT decision makers in South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe say they have increased their foc
07 September, 2021Cyber-attacks expose the vulnerability of South Africa’s ports
On 22 July, the first reports emerged that Transnet, a South African state-owned enterprise, was exp
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