BBC’s Joe Tidy will unpack the surge of teenage-led cyber crime in his ITWeb Security Summit keynote. The motivations and targets of teenage hackers have evolved over the past 10 to 15 years, from an almost philanthropic nature to a greater focus on personal wealth and status. That’s according to Joe Tidy, cyber correspondent at…
Not long ago, industrial work across Africa was defined by risk. In sectors like mining, ports, logistics and heavy manufacturing, dangerous conditions were seen as part of the job. Fatal accidents, equipment failures and human exposure to hazardous environments were often treated as operational realities rather than preventable outcomes. Today, that mindset is undergoing a…
Moses Katende, Senior Manager, SoluGrowth, South Africa. Employer of record (EOR) services have become one of the fastest-growing segments in the global workforce environment. Once viewed as a purely administrative function, EOR today stands at the intersection of compliance, talent strategy, workforce agility and international expansion. The EOR market is strategically evolving, driven by a…
If you are a GRC professional, how do you manage compliance when the goalposts never stop moving? This is one of several questions that international consultant and tech advisor Ross Saunders will discuss at the ITWeb GRC 2025 event on 30 October at The Forum, The Campus, in Bryanston. Saunders’ presentation is titled: “Racing regulation:…
What’s the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient environments and fossils for many years, sets out his ideas about what happened in the distant past – with enormous consequences. Global cooling that happened millions of years ago was thought to be the result of ocean…
