The Internet Society, a global non-profit organisation dedicated to the open development, evolution and use of the Internet and the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) launched a new Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Lubumbashi that will bring faster and more reliable Internet access. An Internet Exchange Point is […]
Read MoreKnowBe4 Africa is partnering with Cyber Security Africa, its African distributor to make access to its cybersecurity awareness training platform easier for African businesses through CS Africa and offer a necessary solution to the threat of cybercrime in growing economies. At the recent World Economic Forum in Cape Town, African business owners flagged cybersecurity as […]
Read MoreRussian hackers piggy-backed on an Iranian cyber-espionage operation to attack government and industry organizations in dozens of countries while masquerading as attackers from the Islamic Republic, British and U.S. officials said on Monday. The Russian group, known as “Turla” and accused by Estonian and Czech authorities of operating on behalf of Russia’s FSB security service, […]
Read MoreFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be in jail now under the terms of a proposed new privacy law which would hold company execs personally responsible for their company’s failings. Under the proposed Mind Your Business Act, senior company executives could go to prison for anything up to 20 years… CNET reports that the bill has […]
Read MoreThe United Nations has called on the Nigerian Government to speed up the passage of the Digital Rights and Freedom Bill. This call is contained in its concluding observations from Nigeria’s review at the 126th session of the United Nations Human Rights Committee which held at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland from July 1-26, 2019. […]
Read MoreA new report from found that The cost of data breaches will rise from $3 trillion each year to over $5 trillion in 2024, an average annual growth of 11%. This will primarily be driven by increasing fines for data breaches as regulation tightens, as well as a greater proportion of business lost as enterprises […]
Read MorePlans to expand and develop the internet in Africa may just have thicken as Mauritius will host the 10th anniversary edition of the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF), which is being organised by the Internet Society and African IXP Association (AFIX) in collaboration with Rogers Capital. AfPIF 2019 will connect and bring key infrastructure, […]
Read MoreDigital Transformation company, Globacom, has topped gainers’ chart in the latest statistics of Internet subscribers released by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) for the month of June. Indeed, June was a difficult month for the industry generally, as the total number of internet subscribers dropped by a whopping 332,338 from 122,624,417 in May to 122,292,079 […]
Read MoreThe number of devices connected to the Internet, including the machines, sensors, and cameras that make up the Internet of Things (IoT), continues to grow at a steady pace. A new forecast from International Data Corporation (IDC) estimated that there will be 41.6 billion connected IoT devices, or “things,” generating 79.4 zettabytes (ZB) of data […]
Read MoreDigital transformation company, Globacom, has introduced the Glo Daily Data Splash, which offers subscribers attractive rate in the country’s telecoms market. The new plan takes care of heavy data users by offering them a whopping 1GB of data for just N300 and 2GB for N500. It also addresses the concerns of subscribers who desire access […]
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