South African Distributor, Obscure Technologies Appoints Philip Francis as CTO
2024-10-25
South Africa’s leading cyber security distributor Obscure Technologies has announced the appointment of Philip Francis as CTO.Read More…
South African Avert IT Distribution appointed Distributor for Anydesk
2024-02-29
AvertITD announced the addition of AnyDesk Software to their distribution portfolio. AnyDesk enables you to provide IT support from anywhere. Whether you’re in the office next door or halfway around the world, AnyDesk’s Remote Support solves any IT problem.Read More…
South African CMC Networks Upgrades SafetySA’s Network
2023-11-09
South African CMC Networks, a global Tier 1 service provider, has been selected by SafetySA, a leading provider of Testing, Inspection, Certification (TIC) and Training solutions, to upgrade its network and improve service delivery to its customer base.Read More…
Rising Cyberthreats Loom Over Africa’s Digitalization Push, Experts Raise Concerns
2023-08-31
With cybercrime increasingly posing a significant risk to enterprises globally, cybersecurity experts in South Africa are forecasting more challenging times ahead as threat actors exploit emerging innovations to launch sophisticated cyber attacks. Driven by heightened technological advancements such as artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), cybercriminals relentlessly utilize popularRead More…
Reverse Engineering Most Complicated Task In Cybersecurity
2023-07-28
The latest Codebreakers competition organized by Kaspersky among cybersecurity specialists from more than 35 countries including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and South Africa has revealed that reverse engineering is the most complex task performed by InfoSec practitioners. Reverse engineering implies detailed examination of a software product or web applicationRead More…
South African Altron Security partners with Silverfort
2023-07-25
South Africa-based Altron Security has announced its strategic partnership with Silverfort, a pioneering platform that delivers modern identity security across all corporate users, service accounts and resources.Read More…
Cyberattacks Increased In Kenya, South Africa And Zambia By 76% In 2022
2023-07-04
Liquid C2, a business of Liquid Intelligent Technologies, a pan-African technology group, has revealed that the number of cyberattacks on businesses in Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia increased by 76%. This is according to the latest cyber security report – ‘The Evolving Cyber Security Landscape in Africa 2022′. Featuring research,Read More…
Obscure Technologies partners with Pentera for South African market
2023-01-12
South Africa based Obscure Technologies announced that the company has partnered with Pentera, the leaders in automated security validation.Read More…
Crypto miners on the rise: Kaspersky
2022-12-23
In Q3 2022, Kaspersky researchers saw a sharp increase in crypto miner variants – an overall growth of over 230% compared to the same period last year. The number is three times more than in the third quarter of 2021 and now exceeds 150,000. Of all corporate users that wereRead More…
Equinix Announces $160mln data center investment in Johannesburg
2022-12-15
Equinix has announced plans to enter the South African market with a US$160 million data center investment in Johannesburg that augments its current footprint on the African continent in Nigeria, Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. The new data center is expected to open mid-2024. With its South Africa expansion, Equinix isRead More…
Group-IB in partnership with South African value-added distributor, Corr-Serve
2022-02-02
Group-IB, has signed a partnership agreement with South African value-added distributor, Corr-Serve to bolster its cyber security portfolio with the full stack Group-IB’s solutions and services, dedicated to detecting and preventing cyber attacks, including with cyber threat intelligence, in-depth attack analysis and effective incident response.Read More…
Acronis launches first cloud data center in South Africa
2022-01-27
Acronis, announced the availability of a new Acronis Cyber Cloud Data Center in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The new data center, one of the 111 new data centers being deployed by the company, gives service provider partners access to a full range of cyber protection solutionsRead More…