SA denial of human risk element in cyber security a gaping vulnerability

While research shows that SA is the most attacked country in Africa when it comes to ransomware and infostealer attacks, the country’s business leaders remain ambivalent about human risk management (HRM) to address their greatest vulnerability – people.

ESET’s bi-annual Threat Report 2025 shows that over 40% of ransomware attacks and just under 35% of infostealer incidents on the continent occurred in SA. The research adds that phishing attacks make up 52% of all cyber threats in the country.

According to ESET, nearly 70% of cyber incidents stem from preventable human mistakes, making an untrained workforce the weakest link in any organisation.

Please read the entire ITWeb article featuring Mimecast's Senior Director of technical support, Heino Gevers:

https://www.itweb.co.za/article/sa-denial-of-human-risk-element-in-cyber-security-a-gaping-vulnerability/RgeVDMPRbOkvKJN3

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