Cybersecurity

World Cyber Security Summit - Africa succeeded in bringing in fresh narratives, innovative ideas and awareness on key areas such as cyber threat intelligence, data governance, data privacy and cyber regulations in the African region.

African governments need to regulate which smartphone manufacturers can sell devices. The unknown brands of mobile phones pose the highest risks as far as preloaded malware and bloatware is concerned. They also don't have spare parts readily available.

Before 2016, only 40% of internet traffic was running on a secure protocol. Today, that percentage has risen from 40% to over 80%. This is all thanks to Let's Encrypt.

In this episode of the Tech Legal Matters podcast, we take you through everything you need to know about the Experian Data Breach. What their CEO, Ferdie Pieterse has shockingly said, what the banks are saying, and a social engineering incident that led to a 77-year-old woman losing over R100,000.

On 28 August 2020, Trescon’s World Cyber Security Summit Africa will unearth cyber intelligence strategies, critical investment opportunities, and threats in the African cybersecurity ecosystem from leading voices in cybersecurity.

Twitter mediates so much in the public sphere that weak points at the company are weak points in society. Outsiders were able to take over Twitter accounts of high-profile individuals by ‘social engineering,’ which allowed them to convince Twitter employees to provide access to its systems.

New podcast episodes are now available on iAfrikan Radio. Our featured podcast is an episode of Tech Legal Matters which looks at the regulatory risks regarding FinTech solutions.