Phishing Training Programmes in South Africa
Phishing remains the most common initial vector in South African breach reports. Annual click-through training videos rarely change that — and the data on their effectiveness is unforgiving. Effective phishing training is a behaviour-change programme: measurable, simulation-led, personalised, and operated continuously rather than annually. This article sets out what actually moves the needle. The short […]
Threat Intelligence Trends in South Africa
Threat intelligence only earns its name when it changes decisions. The patterns below are the ones our managed detection and response team is seeing most often across South African client environments — and they are the ones most worth feeding into detection content, tabletop scenarios, and board reporting this quarter. The short answer Five threat […]
Managed Security Services for SMEs
South African SMEs face the same threat landscape as enterprises and a fraction of the resources to respond. Hiring even a small in-house security operations team is rarely viable below a certain scale — and the headcount hired tends to rotate out within months. Managed security services close that gap by providing the monitoring, tooling, […]
Ransomware Protection Strategies for South African Businesses
For many organisations, the operational cost of ransomware now extends well beyond system recovery — affecting customer trust, regulatory exposure, insurance claims, procurement relationships, and executive accountability. Ransomware against South African organisations has shifted from broad opportunistic spray to deliberate, targeted extortion — usually exfiltrate-then-encrypt, with leak-site pressure layered on top. The defences that worked […]
Top Cybersecurity Challenges in South Africa for 2026
South African security leaders are heading into 2026 with the same broad threat categories everyone else is dealing with — and a sharper set of local pressures stacked on top. The Information Regulator is now actively enforcing POPIA. Audit committees are asking harder questions about cyber risk. Insurers are asking harder questions still. The skills […]