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Reliance on social media for news makes Africans vulnerable to disinformation, survey finds

The survey underscores the need for increased education and awareness surrounding misinformation and disinformation

A recent survey across Africa by KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com) reveals that 84% of respondents rely on social media as their primary news source, with 80% favouring Facebook; This heavy dependence on social platforms for information is concerning, particularly as disinformation continues to rise. With 19 African countries set to hold elections…

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Cybercrime worries on the increase, but Africa’s mobile users loath to leave WhatsApp

A KnowBe4 poll of mobile users across Africa has revealed that awareness of cyber risk is on the increase, but that convenience overrides risk when it comes to WhatsApp data privacy concerns

Africa’s mobile users are increasingly concerned about the mobile risks and the potential for digital identity theft; however, this is not stopping them from using their favourite messaging platforms and applications. This emerged in new research carried out by KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com) among over 700 smartphone users in Nigeria, Mauritius, Egypt,…

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The Changing Shape of African Cybersecurity

The 2020 KnowBe4 African Report collated insights from 881 respondents to discover how the continent views cybersecurity and its risks in a world shaped by a global pandemic

Key findings: The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how people live, work and approach security, and 24% of the respondents indicated that they were affected by cybercrime while working from home. Sixty-seven percent of those surveyed use their smartphones on a regular basis for both payments and mobile banking. The…

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Global Security Culture Report: It’s not the technology that secures the organisation. It’s its people

The report underscored one very important fact – the human element is underserved

The 2020 Security Culture Report released by KnowBe4 (www.KnowBe4.com) and CLTRe collected data from more than 120,000 employees across 24 countries to find out exactly how deeply security was embedded into company culture. Or not. South Africa, Kenya, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, USA, UK, New Zealand, Norway and India were some…

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Simple steps to protection of personal information legislation compliance

South African organisations must now move to comply with new regulations to protect identifying and personal information it collects, stores and manages

The African Union’s Convention on Cyber Security and Data Protection (known as the Malabo Convention) (https://bit.ly/3fzeRNx) outlines principles which urge all AU member states to respect and protect individuals’ rights to privacy online and offline. Multiple member states have already ratified the Malabo convention or put in place data protection laws…

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Head’s up Africa. You’ve Been Phished

Of all the countries surveyed, Kenyans (75%) and South Africans (74%) were the most concerned about the risk of cyber crime

Key findings: 53% of Africans surveyed think that trusting emails from people they know is good enough; 28% have fallen for a phishing email and 50% have had a malware infection; 64% don’t know what ransomware is and yet believe they can easily identify a security threat; 52% don’t know…