Security Services & Risk Management



The line between locking residents out and restricting their access
July 2026, News & Events, Residential Estate (Industry)
A June 2026 High Court judgment has clarified one of the most contested issues in modern estate governance: when an HOA's digital access restrictions amount to unlawful self-help or spoliation, and when they do not.

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Modernise field communications with Push-to-Talk over Cellular
July 2026, Products & Solutions
Sentiv is bringing Hytera’s Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PTToC) portfolio to organisations that need a more structured and controlled way to coordinate field teams, without extending a full private radio model to every team, site, or function.

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SAFPS urges taxpayers to remain alert to fraud
July 2026, News & Events
The SAFPS warns taxpayers about evolving SARS scams this tax season, highlighting common fraud tactics, practical prevention tips, and trusted reporting channels to stay protected.

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Zero-touch automation certificate life cycle management loop
July 2026, Products & Solutions, Information Security
ManageEngine completes the certificate life cycle management loop with CA-agnostic, zero-touch automation. New post-deployment automation in Key Manager Plus removes the last manual step in certificate renewal as lifespans gradually shrink to 47 days

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Fire safety in South Africa
SMART Alarms & Fire Safety Handbook 2026, Technoswitch Fire Detection & Suppression, Technews Publishing, SMART Security Solutions, Fire & Safety, Editor's Choice
Fire safety is sometimes ignored, sometimes relegated to whatever is cheapest, and sometimes treated with the seriousness it deserves, given that it focuses on protecting life and assets. SMART Security Solutions asked Brett Birch, MD of Technoswitch, for some insights into the realities of fire safety in South Africa.

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Nimbus remote fire alarm management
SMART Alarms & Fire Safety Handbook 2026, Technoswitch Fire Detection & Suppression, Fire & Safety
Nimbus connects key stakeholders to their fire alarm systems, simplifying compliance with fire safety standards and greatly improving visibility into critical events, thereby augmenting first responder processes that save lives and protect assets.

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Sophos launches AI-native cybersecurity defence system
July 2026, News & Events, Information Security
Built for a threat landscape reshaped by AI, Sophos Fusion unites security operations, endpoint, network security, identity, email, and cloud into one defence system that prevents, detects, investigates, and responds at AI speed.

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Stop supplier fraud at the moment of payment
July 2026, News & Events
Cape Town-built platform bridges the gap between onboarding and transaction by securing identity inside the live channels where companies exchange invoices and banking details.

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Ungoverned AI agents and deepfakes pose critical threats
July 2026, Information Security
Global study reveals 64% of South African organisations already deploy autonomous AI agents with little to no governance, while 63% of employees admit they are unlikely to be able to spot attacks such as deepfakes

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A risk-based approach to fire safety
SMART Alarms & Fire Safety Handbook 2026, Fire & Safety, Industrial (Industry), Agriculture (Industry)
A report by fire engineering consultancy ASP Fire is challenging blanket assumptions around combustible-core sandwich panels, arguing instead for a rational, risk-based approach that balances fire safety requirements with commercial realities in sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and industrial processing.

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Preventing and suppressing lithium fires
SMART Alarms & Fire Safety Handbook 2026, SMART Security Solutions, Technews Publishing, Editor's Choice, Fire & Safety, Smart Home Automation
SMART Security Solutions asked Clyde Becker, director of Pyro Brand, for some insight into the mechanics of lithium-ion battery fire risks, especially thermal runaway, and to define a comprehensive, layered approach to fire detection and suppression.

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SMART Security Summit 2026: Resilience under fire
July 2026, SMART Security Solutions, Technews Publishing, News & Events
The SMART Security Summit 2026, to be hosted by SMART Security Solutions at the Indaba Conference Centre in Fourways on 10 September 2026, will deliver a roadmap from reactive survival to structured resilience.

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Prompt injection is the new phishing
July 2026, Information Security
AI security is heading in an uncomfortable direction following Microsoft’s research showing how prompt injection can be chained to remote code execution vulnerabilities in AI agent frameworks, including work involving Semantic Kernel

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Identity recovery matters most
June 2026
As cyberattacks grow more targeted, more destructive, and increasingly aimed at the very fabric of trust within the enterprise, the ability to restore identities has become just as critical as restoring data.

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ISO 27701 helps demonstrate privacy compliance beyond POPIA
June 2026
ISO 27701 include privacy-specific controls and provides a structured way to manage Personally Identifiable Information (PII) throughout its lifecycle, giving organisations a way to demonstrate how privacy is managed.

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Echoes of 2018? Follow-up on Woolworths explosions
June 2026, Technews Publishing, News & Events, Retail (Industry), Facilities & Building Management
SMART Security Solutions follows up with Jimmy Roodt to find out more about an old connection to the Woolworths bombings from 2018. The investigation remains ongoing.

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Increase in cyberattacks on the manufacturing sector
June 2026, News & Events, Industrial (Industry)
According to a new Kaspersky ICS CERT report, in the first quarter of 2026, the percentage of industrial control systems (ICS) on which malicious objects were blocked reached 19,6% globally.

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Next-generation cash-in-transit vehicle
June 2026, News & Events
Fidelity Services Group has unveiled a new, purpose-engineered Cash-in-Transit (CIT) vehicle designed to redefine crew protection, deter threats, and enhance operational resilience in an increasingly complex criminal environment.

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The risk at the edge of South Africa’s agriculture supply chain
June 2026, Agriculture (Industry), Logistics (Industry)
Research from ESET has found that a significant number of South African agritech operators and farmers continue to believe their companies are not attractive targets for cybercriminals. Unfortunately, that belief is precisely what makes them one.

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AURA partners with Discovery to launch Discovery 911
June 2026, News & Events
AURA has announced a partnership with Discovery Insure to power the security-response component of its new Discovery 911 virtual panic-button offering, which is available through the Discovery Insure app.

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