The breach is in the database

The breach is in the database

South African organisations are experiencing a data breach every three hours. The Information Regulator recorded 2 374 formally reported incidents in the 2024/2025 financial year – and the figure has risen a further 40% since. In the financial sector, the average cost of a single breach has reached R70.2-million. Security budgets are increasing, awareness is…

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ABS Acquires RMC Global to Strengthen Cyber, Risk and Resilience Capabilities

ABS Acquires RMC Global to Strengthen Cyber, Risk and Resilience Capabilities

(L to R): Vince Kuchar, President, RMC Global, and David Wechsler, President and CEO, ABS Group ABS, through its affiliate ABSG Consulting Inc. (ABS Consulting), has today announced the acquisition of RMC Global (RMC), a leading provider of industrial cybersecurity, risk management and resiliency solutions. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here:…

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Goodbye, Showmax

Goodbye, Showmax

When Showmax went live on 19 August 2015, it carried more than just a catalogue of TV series and films. It carried Naspers’s conviction that South Africa could build a globally competitive streaming service from Johannesburg, beat Netflix to its own market and use local content as the wedge to keep it there. Today that…

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