Accra, Ghana//-MTN Ghana today sensitised hundreds of Osu Presbyterian Senior High School (SHS) on cybersecurity as part of its Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
Category: IT Security
IT Experts to Discuss Cybersecurity for SMEs As MTN Celebrates Month-long Awareness Campaign
Accra, Ghana//-MTN Ghana is set to hold its second Business Executive Breakfast Meeting for 2023 on Thursday, 5th October under the theme “Cybersecurity and Digital Transformation for SMEs”.
Email Security Remains Critical for Organisations’ Cybersecurity Practices as Threat Actors Embrace AI
Johannesburg, South Africa// – September 30, 2023 – Email compromise still accounts for around 90 per cent of breaches that occur within the business daily, something that, in most instances, can be blamed on user error.
NETSCOUT Identifies Nearly 7.9 million DDoS Attacks in First Half of 2023
//– NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., (NASDAQ: NTCT) has announced findings from its 1H2023 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report. Cybercriminals launched approximately 7.9 million Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2023, representing a 31% year-over-year increase.
Ghana Ranks 96th in the World in Digital Quality of Life
Surfshark’s 5th annual Digital Quality of Life Index (DQL) ranks Ghana 96th in the world, dropping by eight places from last year. Out of the Index’s 5 pillars,
How to Mitigate and Recover From Rising African Cyber Incidents
Johannesburg, South Africa//– September 15, 2023 – There’s no question that African businesses are being increasingly targeted by cyberattacks, with ransomware, spyware and backdoor incidents, as well as data leaks, becoming ever more prevalent.
Vertiv Reinforces Nigerian Footprint with New Office and Customer Showroom in Lagos
Lagos, Nigeria//– Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions, is continuing to invest in the African continent, today announcing the opening of a new Nigerian office and Customer Showroom in Lagos.
Africa Opportunity: Technology & Jobs in Africa
The increasing use of advanced technologies such as AI, automation and blockchain is a mega-trend affecting job creation and job profile shifts worldwide.
Bolstering the Strength of Enterprise Cybersecurity
The cybersecurity landscape is volatile and ever-changing, consistently introducing new threats to organisations across the country. South African companies want to remain at the forefront of digitalisation, accelerating their capabilities alongside the global rate of change, but without compromising on their security.
Kaspersky Assists INTERPOL in Operation to Disrupt Cybercrime in African Countries
Johannesburg, South Africa// — Kaspersky (www.Kaspersky.co.za) has supported Kaspersky assists International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) in operation to disrupt cybercrime in African countries with threat intelligence data in its Africa Cyber Surge II operation, which enabled investigators to identify compromised infrastructure and apprehend threat actors suspected of cybercrimes across the African region.