The end-user is not cyber security’s weakest link

The end-user is not cyber security’s weakest link

Rennie Naidoo, Professor of Information Systems at the Wits School of Business Sciences. Few ideas in cyber security have been repeated as often, or accepted as easily, as the claim that the end-user is the weakest link. It appears in awareness programmes, boardroom presentations, vendor messaging, academic journals and conference speeches. The reasoning is familiar….

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SIU probes UIF’s end-user computing training deal

SIU probes UIF’s end-user computing training deal

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been authorised to investigate allegations of maladministration and unlawful conduct linked to end-user computing training and other skills development programmes intended to benefit more than 7 000 learners across South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 316 of 2026, empowering the SIU to probe the affairs of the…

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