Over the last two years, the problem of cybercrime has moved from being a serious but manageable problem to an existential threat with the potential to ruin businesses and destroy lives. There are many reasons for this: the shift to remote work, the mass cloud migration, untraceable cryptocurrencies and sophisticated, well-organised hacking groups have opened up new vulnerabilities and made robust cybersecurity one of the most important aspects of any organization.
That growing threat is one of the reasons that South Africa has seen the launch of a new cybersecurity forum that brings together the various stakeholders in the local industry. The founding of the Cybersecurity Digital Alliance (CSDA) demonstrates just how seriously the South African corporate sector is taking the threat of cyber-crime to today’s inter-connected digital economy.
CSDA chair Kerissa Varma.
Kerissa Varma
CSDA is a cross-industry forum that aims to foster sophisticated security partnerships that will benefit the whole country. The alliance is being chaired by Kerissa Varma, who recently moved from Old Mutual to take up the role of managing executive for cybersecurity at African mobile…
