Hendrik Krüger, Cloud On Demand Ask most organisations how secure their cloud environment is and you get an inventory of acronyms. We have cloud security posture management (CSPM). We have endpoint detection and response (EDR) on every device. We are on Microsoft 365 E5. All of those can be true while genuine detection capability sits…
Drones have become a primary mechanism of warfare on many fronts around the world. Those fronts range from the war between Russia and Ukraine to the conflict between the United States and Iran. Drones are used to achieve air superiority, a reconnaissance advantage, and highly precise strategic strikes along the front lines. Those strikes range…
Brett Salovy As security risks proliferate and AI emerges as a game-changer in security, security architecture needs to change. This is according to Brett Salovy, Business Development Manager for Africa at Fortinet, who was addressing an executive briefing in Sandton, hosted by Fortinet and QBS Software Africa – a value-added distributor for Fortinet cyber security…
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has renewed calls for reform of the United Nations Security Council, saying Africa’s continued lack of a permanent seat is no longer defensible. Guterres made the remarks on Tuesday, September 22, while addressing the opening of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, in what was his…
The Department of Justice said in a court filing late Tuesday that President Donald Trump has the right to ban media outlets CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House, calling their access a “privilege” and citing national security concerns. The filing urges a federal judge not to block the ban, ahead of an emergency…
New York — South Africa is pushing for greater African representation on the United Nations Security Council, with the country using ongoing intergovernmental negotiations on UN reform to advance the African Union’s position for permanent representation. This is according to South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the UN in New York, Ambassador Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi, who…
South African organisations are facing increasingly complex cyber threats. As digital transformation accelerates, cloud adoption grows and regulatory obligations become more demanding, security teams are expected to manage more alerts, greater complexity and increased business risk, often without a corresponding increase in resources. For managed security service providers (MSSPs), the challenge is amplified. Every new…
Richard Weitz, a senior fellow at the NATO Defense College tells Al Jazeera that the new US-Denmark security deal over Greenland gives US President Trump a diplomatic agreement without delivering his earlier ambition to annex the territory. Published On 19 Sep 202619 Sep 2026 Share Trump ‘settled for less’ with new US-Denmark Greenland security deal…
Mogadishu, Somalia — Somalia’s immigration authorities and the African Union discussed strengthening cooperation on security, migration and border management during a meeting in Mogadishu between senior officials from both sides. Hussein Qasim Yusuf, director general of Somalia’s Immigration and Citizenship Agency, received a delegation led by Idriss Mounir Lallali, director of the African Union’s Counter-Terrorism…
The head of the UN’s climate body has warned that treating global warming as a partisan issue is dangerously out of step with reality, as he set out a stark account of the economic toll climate change is already inflicting on Europe. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),…
