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Oct 11, 2024 · Financial inclusion demands better digital safety. Oct 10, 2024. Digital fraud cost South African consumers more than R740-million in 2022 alone, highlighting an urgent need for stronger digital safety measures to ensure true financial inclusion. And, as digital payments grow in popularity, so does the threat of fraud.
AI data and security concerns hinder adoption - IT-Online
17 hours ago · AI data and security concerns hinder adoption. Eighty-four percent of enterprise CIOs believe artificial intelligence (AI) will be as significant to their businesses as the rise of the Internet – but only 11% say they’ve fully implemented the technology, citing an array of technical and organisational challenges led by security and data ...
Third-party risk makes SA businesses vulnerable - IT-Online
16 hours ago · Third-party risk must be better managed to reduce a range of risks facing South African organisations. This emerged during a recent webinar hosted by the Cybersecurity Special Interest Group (SIGCyber) of the Institute of Information Technology Professionals South Africa (IITPSA), where SIGCyber committee members who are experts in cybersecurity and risk management emphasised the importance […]
Ransomware hits more than half of SA companies - IT-Online
May 9, 2022 · Ransomware hits more than half of SA companies. Sophos’s new State of Ransomware 2022 report shows that 51% of South African organisations surveyed were hit with ransomware in 2021. Forty-nine percent of the organisations that had data encrypted paid the ransom to get their data back, even if they had other means of data recovery, such as ...
DigiSkills gives South Africans access to online training
Oct 8, 2021 · Nedbank has launched the Nedbank DigiSkills online platform, in partnership with Microsoft and Afrika Tikkun, to help South Africans acquire the in-demand skills needed in a more digital post Covid-19 economy. The initiative initially aims to upskill and create sustainable income opportunities for 1 000 South Africans by the end of 2021, with plans to […]
Rising cyberattacks drive the need for better data protection
3 days ago · Recent cyberattacks on various organisations, including South African government departments, are a stark reminder that cybercriminals increasingly target public and private sector organisations. By Modeen Malick, principal systems engineer at Commvault This underscores the critical importance of robust data management and cybersecurity. Unfortunately, many organisations in both sectors face ...
Expanding the digital economy vital for SA’s overall ... - IT-Online
Jun 30, 2023. Growing South Africa’s digital economy has been a major policy pillar for the country’s government for some time now. It’s a key driver of economic growth around the world, with the global digital economy growing at 2,5-times the pace of its traditional counterpart. Additionally, reports from the World Economic Forum (WEF ...
Bridging the digital divide in SA - IT-Online
Feb 15, 2024. In the diverse and dynamic landscape of South Africa, the digital divide is a glaring challenge impeding the progress of educational equity and societal advancement. This divide not only separates communities based on their access to technology but also impacts their ability to develop vital 21st-century skills.
Harnessing 5G for SA: benefits and challenges - IT-Online
Sep 15, 2021 · One of the greatest challenges is that 5G requires fibre of sufficient capacity to deliver the advertised throughput to users’ premises. Frequency wavelength also plays a role in reach (the distance covered), speed and capacity. There are also some caveats to fully achieving the lower latency 5G offers, even though improvements over older ...
Driving growth for IoT in SA - IT-Online
Nov 17, 2021 · The Internet of Things (IoT), is a promise of driving benefit through billions of connected devices receiving data for appropriate use. By Chetan Goshalia, IoT Industry Council of South Africa We are already seeing an increase in connected sensors, albeit delayed. IoT has existed for decades, called by different names, in short, we have always […]