Kenya, South Africa and Zambia, have increased by 76%.The Cassava Group company warned that illegal access to data remains the biggest cyber security threat to businesses in Africa as it shared the findings of itsKenyan businesses reported an 82% increase in cyber attacks, while South African and Zambian businesses recorded a 62% increase.
An excerpt from the report reads: “… on the one hand, companies know that the threats have become more sophisticated and capable, but on the other, they believe they’ve done enough to protect against them. The reason for this conflict is that they feel they have done more to support security than in the past but are aware that there remain threats that they should be concerned about that may yet result in significant business impact in the future.
Richard Muthua, executive head, cloud and cyber security at Liquid Kenya, says 72% of respondents are concerned about hacking and unauthorised access to their organisation’s information systems and assets. A Shuko Chunga, country executive head, Liquid Zambia, says 93% of Zambian business identified e-mail attacks like phishing and spam as the biggest cyber security threats.Chunga adds that in the emerging cyber security market, the demand for skills remains high and there is limited supply.
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