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IN CONVERSATION WITH Dr ANTHONY BOUCHER (National Head of Cybercrime Division)

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According to the Check Point 2023 Mid-Year Security Report, there had been an 8% surge in global weekly cyber attacks in the second quarter of 2023, the most significant increase in two years, highlighting how attackers have cunningly combined next-gen AI technologies with long-established tools to conduct disruptive cyber attacks. 
Unfortunately, this worrying increase in data breaches does not correlate with an increase in organisational preparedness. In fact, many organisations are woefully underprepared and fail to implement the basic security measures that are needed to prevent a cyber attack by hackers.
19 May 2025 English South Africa Entertainment News · Music Interviews

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