Information Security



Managed security solutions for organisations of all sizes
SMART Estate Security 2025
Cyberattackers have become significantly more sophisticated and determined, targeting businesses of all sizes. PwC’s Global Digital Trust Insights Survey 2025 Africa and South Africa highlights the urgent need for organisations to implement robust cyber risk mitigation strategies.

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Multiple IoT devices targeted
SMART Estate Security 2025, Residential Estate (Industry)
Mirai remains one of the top threats to IoT in 2025 due to widespread exploitation of weak login credentials and unpatched vulnerabilities, enabling large-scale botnets for DDoS attacks, data theft and other malicious activities.

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Local-first data security is South Africa's new digital fortress
Issue 4 and 5 2025, Infrastructure
With many global conversations taking place about data security and privacy, a distinct and powerful message is emerging from South Africa: the critical importance of a 'local first' approach to data security.

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Sophos launches advisory services to deliver proactive cybersecurity resilience
Issue 4 and 5 2025, News & Events
Sophos has launched a suite of penetration testing and application security services, designed to identify gaps in organisations’ security programs, which is informed by Sophos X-Ops Threat Intelligence and delivered by world-class experts.

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Kaspersky highlights biometric and signature risks
Issue 4 and 5 2025, News & Events
AI has elevated phishing into a highly personalised threat. Large language models enable attackers to craft convincing emails, messages and websites that mimic legitimate sources, eliminating grammatical errors that once exposed scams.

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Software security is a team sport
Issue 4 and 5 2025, Infrastructure
Building and maintaining secure software is not a one-team effort; it requires the collective strength and collaboration of security, engineering, and operations teams.

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Stronger cloud protection
Issue 4 and 5 2025, Kaspersky, Products & Solutions
Kaspersky has announced the release of an enhanced version of its Kaspersky Cloud Workload Security, delivering advanced protection for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

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AttackIQ enters South Africa with key appointment
Issue 4 and 5 2025, News & Events
AttackIQ, a provider of continuous security validation and exposure management, has announced its entry into the South African market with the appointment of Luke Cifarelli as its country manager.

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Managed security solutions for organisations of all sizes
Issue 4 and 5 2025, News & Events
Cyber attackers have become significantly more sophisticated and determined, targeting businesses of all sizes. PwC’s Global Digital Trust Insights Survey 2025 Africa and South Africa highlights the urgent need for organisations to implement robust cyber risk mitigation strategies.

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Data resilience at VeeamON
Issue 4 and 5 2025, Technews Publishing, SMART Security Solutions, Infrastructure
SMART Security Solutions attended the VeeamON Tour in Johannesburg in August to learn more about data resilience and Veeam’s initiatives to enhance data protection, both on-site and in the cloud.

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Troye exposes the Entra ID backup blind spot
Issue 4 and 5 2025, Infrastructure
If you trust Microsoft to protect your identity, think again. Many organisations naively believe that Microsoft’s shared responsibility model covers Microsoft Entra?ID – formerly Azure AD – but it does not.

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Secure data protection without hardware lock-in
Issue 4 and 5 2025, Infrastructure, News & Events
New Veeam Software Appliance empowers IT teams to achieve instant protection with Veeam’s fully preconfigured, software-only appliance, delivering enterprise-ready simplified deployment and operational efficiency, robust cyber resilience.

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Check Point launches open, vendor-neutral MDR services
Issue 4 and 5 2025, News & Events, Products & Solutions
New Check Point MDR 360° and MXDR 360° offerings deliver 24/7 managed continuous threat monitoring protection across endpoints, cloud and network environments with built-in identity threat detection and 160+ integrations across hybrid, multi-vendor environments.

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Credential theft surges in South Africa
Issue 4 and 5 2025, NEC XON
NEC XON issues a critical cybersecurity warning about the dual threat of massive credential theft and AI-powered cyberattacks sweeping across the region, with an increasing number of incidents and evolving threat tactics.

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Want effective Attack Surface Management? Think like an attacker.
Issue 3 2025
Effective ASM requires companies to think like attackers, anticipate risks, and act decisively to reduce exposure by knowing their environment, deploying a structured approach, leveraging capable tools, and addressing both internal and external risks.

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The growing role of hybrid backup
SMART Fire & Safety 2025 , Infrastructure
As Africa’s digital economy rapidly grows, businesses across the continent are facing the challenge of securing data in an environment characterised by evolving cyberthreats, unreliable connectivity and diverse regulatory frameworks.

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POPIA non-compliance puts municipalities at risk
SMART Fire & Safety 2025 , Government and Parastatal (Industry)
Digital responsibility must go beyond POPIA compliance to recognising that privacy and service delivery are fundamentally linked. Despite this, only 51 out of 257 municipalities submitted their mandatory data protection and access to information reports in 2024.

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Choicejacking bypasses smartphone charging security
Issue 3 2025, News & Events
Choicejacking is a new cyberthreat that bypasses smartphone charging security defences to confirm, without the victim’s input or consent, that the victim wishes to connect in data-transfer mode.

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Most wanted malware
SMART Fire & Safety 2025 , News & Events
Check Point Software Technologies unveiled its Global Threat Index for June 2025, highlighting a surge in new and evolving threats. Eight African countries are among the most targeted as malware leaders AsyncRAT and FakeUpdates expand.

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Welcome to the new cyber battleground
SMART Fire & Safety 2025
The Iran-Israel conflict is rapidly redefining modern warfare, pushing the boundaries of cyber capabilities and creating a new, borderless digital battlefield. Fortinet’s CISO, Dr Carl Windsor, offers a critical, in-depth analysis of the escalating tactics and global implications in his latest report.

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