Large-scale cyberattacks with eye-watering statistics, like the breach of a billion Yahoo accounts in 2016, grab most of the headlines. But what often gets lost in the noise is how often small and medium-sized organisations
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Imagine you woke up to discover a massive cyberattack on your country. All government data has been destroyed, taking out healthcare records, birth certificates, social care
Young and older people display different behaviours that make them targets for cyber criminals who are intent on stealing money from their bank accounts, says an expert. While banks have increased security for online platforms, cyber
The City of Tshwane will increase the roll-out of free Wi-Fi to connect more people as the city aims to become the cyber capital, mayor Kgosientso Ramokgopa said on Thursday. He was delivering
More than two thirds of South African organisations say that they have been victims of economic crime in the past 24 months. This is according to PwC’s Global Economic Crime survey. Economic crimes include misappropriation of assets, procurement fraud
The state security department’s national cybersecurity policy framework, which was approved by cabinet in 2012, has finally been published. The Right2Know Campaign said recently that, until October, the document was regarded as classified. The policy framework was
Since its release, the Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill has come under intense scrutiny for being too general in its approach. As its members are deeply affected by the provisions in the bill, the IAB South Africa has prepared substantial
Cyber attacks such as that recently suffered by telecoms firm TalkTalk can result in hair-raisingly large losses: TalkTalk may have lost the details of 4m customers, while in just the last few months
On 2 September 2015, government published a 128-page draft Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill for public comment. The bill is part of a set of laws and policy initiatives in South Africa that aim to regulate the ever-expanding online economy, and the surge in cyber-related crimes from
The government wants to step up its fight against cybercrime as it plans to finalise a cybersecurity policy this year. At a media briefing on the state security ministry’s 2015/2016 budget vote on Tuesday, minister David Mahlobo released a