NETSCOUT’s 1H2024 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report (TIR) reveals a continued increase in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks across Southern Africa, marking the region as a growing hotspot for cyber threats. This trend is consistent with the rise in DDoS activity worldwide, which has seen a 43% increase in application-layer attacks and a 30% rise […]

Managing infrastructure efficiently has become an important aspect of today’s business operations. We often explore how tools like Red Hat’s Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) can help companies streamline their environments. For instance, GitOps pipelines can integrate with Ansible to facilitate the likes of disaster recovery, automated provisioning, and source-code-first methods of managing complex infrastructure. In […]

South Africa’s critical infrastructure sector is having to step up its game when it comes to cybersecurity and the evolving risk landscape. The sector has become a prime target for cybercriminals on top of physical threat actors, and the consequences of an incident can be far-reaching. Not only can cyberattacks cause businesses and public entities […]