A poll by Knowbe4 shows only one in five people in Africa are concerned with cybercrime. Yet, despite this we know that as technology advances across Africa, new windows are opening for hackers to compromise organisations and individuals. Employees from various sectors in Ghana, Egypt, Botswana...
ImmuniWeb has partnered with Kecam Technologies Limited to help to increase Cyber resilience and compliance in Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra-Leone. The partnership allows Kecam Technologies Limited to offer an award-winning and globally recognised ImmuniWeb AI Platform for Application Security Testing, Attack Surface Management and Dark...
Digital security verification platform Identitypass has secured $2.8million in seed funding. The company provides verification services for companies across Africa. In November 2021, the tech company made $360,000 in pre-seed funding, bringing their total funding to $3.1 million. The company was initially developed to allow customers to...
BlackBerry Limited has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the Midis Group to expand its go-to-market sales motion across Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The move comes from the technology company Midis Group, which boasts a network of over 170 affiliates...
Vodacom and Accenture have announced their partnership to help fight cyber crime in South Africa. The collaboration comes as South Africa is recently named as one of the hardest hit by cybercrime in the world, and one that has insufficient defences against sophisticated cyber attacks. Vodacom...
A recent study from the world's leading VPN service, NordVPN, has revealed that 86% of consumers are reasonably concerned about their data privacy. Furthermore, it found that 92% of consumers also fail to protect their privacy, leaving them open to cyber attacks. The study focused on American...
Global leader in cybersecurity, Sophos, has unveiled new advancements to its Sophos Cloud Workload Protection, including new Linux host and container security capabilities. The added features have been created to accelerate the detection and response of in-progress attacks and security incidents within Linux operating systems, improve security...
Leading cybersecurity company Fortinet has announced the launch of their new global workforce security awareness and training service. The new service will allow companies to further protect their security by advancing their employees’ cybersecurity skillsets and knowledge. A Fortinet survey found that 73 percent of organisations had...
The most secure African countries for cybersecurity has been revealed via the latest Global Cybersecurity Index from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). According to the ITU, the recent index shows a growing commitment worldwide to tackle and reduce cybersecurity threats. The newly released 2020 index indicates that...
Moroccan cybersecurity company LMPS Group has announced it will launch the first 100% Moroccan cyber defence product for companies and public organisations. The new product will be backed with artificial intelligence and work autonomously, as part of a new "Managed Detection & Response" (MDR) portfolio. The new...
