Your databases are being watched

Your databases are being watched

The title of this piece is not a metaphor. When a database is compromised and goes unmonitored, an attacker is inside – querying, extracting, mapping access over weeks and months before anyone notices. The monitoring that would catch them, in most environments, does not exist. What makes this pattern consistent across sectors and incident types…

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SITA appoints long-awaited board | ITWeb

SITA appoints long-awaited board | ITWeb

Cabinet has approved a new SITA board, for a three-year period. (Photograph by Lesley Moyo) A full complement of new board members has been announced by the State Information Technology Agency (SITA). This, as the embattled entity also welcomed its first permanent managing director Magatho Mello on 1 April, promising much-needed leadership stability for the…

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Affirm CEO says ‘the American consumer is unbelievably resilient’

Affirm CEO says ‘the American consumer is unbelievably resilient’

Affirm CEO Max Levchin told Jim Cramer the American consumer remains strong, even as concerns about the economy and spending continue to mount in the face of high gas prices. “The American consumer is unbelievably resilient,” Levchin said on CNBC’s “Mad Money” on Friday. Affirm reported better-than-expected quarterly results on Thursday, with gross merchandise volume…

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Africa: Statement on the passing of H.E. Festus Gontebanye Mogae, former President of Botswana

Africa: Statement on the passing of H.E. Festus Gontebanye Mogae, former President of Botswana

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is deeply saddened by the passing of H.E. Festus Gontebanye Mogae, former President of the Republic of Botswana, recipient of the 2008 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, and former Chair of the Ibrahim Prize Committee. President Mogae was an exemplary statesman whose leadership was defined by integrity, discipline, and a steadfast…

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Computerised testing closes learner licence loophole

Computerised testing closes learner licence loophole

A computerised learner’s licence testing system at a licensing centre in Cape Town. The computerised testing systems at licensing centres across the country have led to a “significant” decline in fraudulent learner licence passes, says the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC). Introduced in 2021, the computerised learner licence testing systems aim to combat widespread fraud…

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