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NTT DATA showcases end-to-end agentic AI capabilities for MEA region

2 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

Agentic AI can prove transformative for companies; however, to overcome the hurdles and achieve ROI, they need to partner with industry leaders that have full-stack agentic AI capabilities. This is according to speakers at a strategic AI executive roundtable hosted by NTT DATA, in partnership with Microsoft and ITWeb, in Johannesburg this week. Asokan Moodley, head of AI and Industry Advisory for Middle East and Africa at NTT DATA, said agentic AI represented a step into the future.
Getting ahead of agentic AI wave in MEA region

2 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

Agentic AI promises to be as transformative and revolutionary as the internet, and companies should be gearing up to embrace the technology and the new ways of working that come with it. This is according to Aishwarya Singh, senior VP, Digital Collaboration Services and head of Microsoft Global Practice at NTT DATA, who was speaking at a strategic AI executive roundtable, hosted in partnership with Microsoft and ITWeb in Johannesburg this week.
APIs: A fast-growing attack vector

2 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

APIs present a growing risk to data security, according to David Moss, API security specialist – UK, Ireland and southern Africa at Akamai, and Ntando Mngomezulu, cloud security manager at Old Mutual. Addressing attendees at the ITWeb Security Summit in Sandton last week, Moss and Mngomezulu highlighted the risks associated with APIs and approaches to mitigating them. Moss noted: “APIs are now the single biggest attack vector facing an organisation.
AI disruption top of mind at executive roundtable

3 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

AI is a force as transformative as the advent of the internet, bringing with it unprecedented new risks and opportunities in the cyber security space. This is according to speakers at an executive roundtable dinner for CISOs, hosted by BCX and Fortinet, ahead of the 20th annual ITWeb Security Summit, which took place in Sandton this week.
Bracing for cyber warfare

3 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

Lessons from real world battlefields should be applied to the cyber environment as the risk of cyber war increases. This is according to Noelle van der Waag-Cowling, strategy and innovation officer at the Cyber Security Institute, who was addressing the ITWeb Security Summit in Sandton this week. “Cyber space is increasingly complex and dangerous, and we’re not winning the war.
AI for security and the security of AI

3 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

Cyber criminals are now exploiting weaknesses in the AI embedded into some security technologies to breach organisations, leaving them more exposed than ever, while falsely believing they’re protected. This is according to Jack Chapman, SVP of Threat Intelligence at KnowBe4, who was speaking at the ITWeb Security Summit in Sandton this week. Chapman said while AI can be a force for good in cyber security, there are also myriad new risks associated with it.
Implement guardrails to support safer GenAI use

3 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

Generative AI use is soaring, and companies must take steps now to ensure it can be used safely and productively. This is according to Paul Beyleveld, senior solutions engineer at Netskope, who was speaking at the ITWeb Security Summit in Sandton this week. “AI is at the peak of its hype cycle, changing everything. But there are concerns,” Beyleveld said. “For example, the fine print on GenAI tools says that they will collect your conversations and use that data for training the AI model.
Moving towards super AI - a double-edged sword for cyber security

3 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

By Tracy Burrows, ITWeb contributor. Johannesburg, 06 Jun 2025The exponential progress being made in AI and GenAI represents an inflection point for technology and mankind, which is both exciting and cause for concern. This is according to Garith Peck, managing executive: cloud and cyber security at BCX, who was addressing the ITWeb Security Summit in Sandton this week. “The future is now and AI is changing our world, presenting opportunities for every industry,” he said.
CISOs look to deputies, business-wide culture change to mitigate risk

3 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

By Tracy Burrows, ITWeb contributor. Johannesburg, 06 Jun 2025Chief information security officers (CISOs) at leading enterprises are feeling overwhelmed in the face of an onslaught of increasingly sophisticated attacks, prompting them to look to new approaches, such as deputising CISOs throughout the business to mitigate risk. This emerged during the Fireside Chat with CISOs at the ITWeb Security Summit in Sandton this week.
Factoring harm as part of a risk-based approach

3 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Tracy Burrows

Risk should not be the only consideration when organisations move to mitigate cyber threats – they should also focus on the potential harm an attack could cause. This is according to Andy Kennedy, senior solutions engineering manager, UK, Ireland and SA at Cloudflare, who was addressing the ITWeb Security Summit in Sandton this week.