Cyber risk: A test of leadership

11 March 2026 - Rennie Naidoo

Why South African organisations must stop treating cyber risk as a technical inconvenience.

At first glance, South African organisations appear to be modernising at an impressive pace. Cloud migration, hybrid work strategies, AI experimentation, internet of things (IOT) expansion, and an increasingly data-driven business culture are reshaping the corporate landscape.

But beneath this digital transformation lies a more complex story. Governance systems are not evolving quickly enough to manage the risks that come with innovation. Complexity is rising faster than control.

Interpol’s Africa Cyber Threat Assessment Report 2025 placed South Africa among the most targeted nations on the continent for ransomware. But the deeper concern is not the rise in cyber crime alone. It is the persistence of outdated thinking.

Too many business leaders still treat cyber security as a technical support function rather than an enterprise risk that requires oversight and strategic management.

That mindset is no longer sustainable. [Read the full article]

This article was first published on ITWeb.