Adrian Hinchcliffe

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Editor in Chief at ITWeb

Editor-in-Chief at ITWeb Africa

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ITWeb TV: Understanding Discovery’s cyber risk landscape

3 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Adrian Hinchcliffe

With a market cap of R140 billion and covering over 42 million lives, Discovery has a lot to protect. The man in charge of overseeing the safekeeping of all that data is Zaid Parak, group chief information security officer at Discovery. In an interview with ITWeb TV, Parak outlines the top cyber risks the group is facing, and some insight into the strategic approach taken. He says the number of attacks the group faces is “almost unquantifiable” and increasing exponentially.
There may be trouble ahead

1 month ago | brainstorm.itweb.co.za | Adrian Hinchcliffe

There may be trouble ahead A quick look at some of the latest figures, research and predictions. Compiled by Adrian Hinchcliffe 02 May 2025 PC prankingLeaving your unattended computer unlocked is no joke. According to research from Kaspersky, 21.3% of South African computer users have faced a situation where, having left their PC unlocked, a colleague, friend or relative has pulled pranks with it, such as sending messages pretending to be the user.
VIDEO: SA’s cyber criminals gaining notoriety

1 month ago | itweb.co.za | Adrian Hinchcliffe Johannesburg |Adrian Hinchcliffe

South Africa is one of the largest perpetrators of online confidence scams, according to a leading cyber expert.
Data exfiltration overtakes ransomware attacks in SA

1 month ago | itweb.co.za | Adrian Hinchcliffe Johannesburg |Adrian Hinchcliffe

Ransomware attacks are on the decline, and are being replaced by data exfiltration, says an expert local digital forensics auditor. Professor Danny Myburgh, MD of Cyanre, speaking to ITWeb TV, said his company is called to handle 40 to 60 major breaches of large South African companies every year and has noted a decrease in ransomware in recent months. This, he surmised, is due to companies adopting better backup and recovery strategies, including air-gapping.
Egypt’s new digital skills initiative targets 5 000 students per year

2 months ago | itweb.africa | Adrian Hinchcliffe

A new training initiative focused on developing skills in emerging tech fields, and which targets young Egyptians, is set to start taking applications from next month. That’s the word from Egypt’s minister of Communications and Information Technology, Dr Amr Talaat, who yesterday briefed the country’s president, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and prime minister, Dr. Mostafa Madbouly.
How Vodacom is adopting GenAI

2 months ago | itweb.co.za | Adrian Hinchcliffe Johannesburg |Adrian Hinchcliffe

Many organisations are struggling with adopting generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), but one business already well on that journey is Vodacom. Originally launched as an SMS channel, the chatbot TOBi was one of Vodacom’s first public-facing examples of the use of machine learning to look for certain keywords and then help customers get answers to basic questions. Today, SuperTOBi, as it’s now called, uses GenAI to get a better sense of the customers’ demands.
MTN warns of bleak earnings outlook

Feb 28, 2025 | itweb.africa | Adrian Hinchcliffe

MTN Group has released a trading statement for the year ended 31 December 2024, and despite claiming a ‘strong underlying performance’, shareholders have been warned that earnings will be significantly depressed. The statement outlines that when the FY 24 financial results are released in mid 17 March 2025, the group is expecting to report a decline in earnings per share (EPS) from FY 2023, which exceeds 100%. It also forecasts a drop in headline earnings per share (HEPS) of between -79% and -59%.
Dell explores AI factories, GPU farms and GPUs-as-a-Service

Feb 17, 2025 | itweb.co.za | Adrian Hinchcliffe Johannesburg |Adrian Hinchcliffe

The world of artificial intelligence moves quickly, with the potential to leave behind companies that fail to adapt. That, along with advice on how to chart a path into AI, was the message from Dell’s General Manager and VP South Africa, Doug Woolley, speaking recently at ITWeb’s AI Summit in Johannesburg. Woolley told delegates that AI was not a fad, but was quickly becoming a business imperative, adding that the rapid pace of change was disruptive, while the impacts would be wide-reaching.
VIDEO: SLMs, agentic AI take centre stage at Microsoft AI tour

Jan 29, 2025 | itweb.co.za | Adrian Hinchcliffe Johannesburg |Adrian Hinchcliffe

By Adrian HinchcliffeJohannesburg, 29 Jan 2025Last week, before the tech world’s attention was turned to China’s DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) offering, Microsoft held the South African leg of its global AI tour. Approximately 2 000 attendees descended on the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, to hear from the US vendor and its ecosystem partners about the latest trends in AI.
Quantum horizon spells trouble for digital encryption

Jan 8, 2025 | itweb.co.za | Adrian Hinchcliffe Johannesburg |Adrian Hinchcliffe

With investments increasing and research and development well underway, quantum computers are fast becoming a reality. This new approach to computing, which harnesses quantum mechanics, will offer faster ways to solve complex problems than even the most powerful super computers currently available. One area of concern is the potential of quantum computers to crack current cryptography that’s widely used to secure digital communications and transactions.