Passwordless implementation has long been heralded as the future, but are we ready, asks Mortada Ayad, Director, Sales Engineering at Delinea. We often hear about the increasing appetite for a passwordless future and while this mostly is in the context of consumers, the reasons for organisations...
TraiCon Events will be hosting Angola’s premier cybersecurity event titled “Cyber Revolution Summit” scheduled on the 22nd and 23rd of May 2024 in Luanda, Angola. The summit will feature keynote presentations and panel discussions with top security experts from various industries covering a range of topics,...
Group-IB released a comprehensive overview of the cyber threat landscape in the MEA which found a startling surge in ransomware and leaks. The Hi-Tech Crime Trends report covered the years 2023/2024 and provides a thorough analysis of how cybersecurity challenges in the MEA region have evolved. In...
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission and the Council of the EU-Africa Working Party (COAFR) collaborated in a discussion about West Africa and its security. This meeting explored shared regional goals of security, and development with Ms Damtien L. Tchintchibidja, Vice-President of the...
The Malawi government has paused passport issuing after a cyber-attack against the immigration service's computer network caused a “serious national security breach.” President Lazarus Chakwera told MPs that the hackers attempted to negotiate a ransom, however, they will not be bartered with. He said: "We are not...
The Government of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Government of the United States of America released a joint statement regarding the Proliferation Security Initiative African Political Meeting and Outreach event. The PSI meeting in Marrakesh featured senior representatives of 35 countries from the international community,...
Exclusive Networks Africa announced a strategic agreement with HCLSoftware, the software business division of HCLTech, which will see the cybersecurity specialist for digital infrastructure add the HCLBigFix endpoint management platform to its existing cybersecurity offering. Anton Jacobsz, Managing Director of Exclusive Networks Africa explained that the...
U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken toured Africa as part of a relationship-strengthening exercise and to promote Just Transition this week. He said: "Along with physical infrastructure, the United States is investing in Angola's digital architecture, supporting reliable telecommunication networks — using trusted vendors — that...
Exclusive Networks Africa and Proofpoint have signed a distribution deal to further their security technology reach across Africa. The cyber security specialist for digital infrastructure, and vendor of cyber security and compliance solutions will be partnering in a bid to sell across major regions this year. The...
The secure registry of holographic images has been relaunched as the Security Image Register (SIR) to reflect the changing dynamics of the global security holography industry. Established by the International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA) to safeguard hologram copyright and the use of holograms in authentication and...
