Suspended Tshwane Metro Police Department (TMPD) officer for road policing, Maj Lebogang Phiri in May 2025 says he received a R150,000 “loan” from William Mashupye, an employee of a company which was awarded security tenders by the municipality. Phiri testified at the Madlanga commission probing allegations of criminal infiltration in law enforcement on Thursday and...Read More
Greg Reid, president and CEO of Kraken Robotics, joins BNN Bloomberg to discuss the company’s earnings and future plans. As the war in Iran intensifies the need for underwater security, a Canadian marine technology company says it stands to benefit greatly. Kraken Robotics says it is seeing a rapid increase in interest from countries around...Read More
Thales has introduced Imperva for Google Cloud, now in controlled availability. The product is designed to run within Google Cloud and protect web applications and application programming interfaces using Google Cloud Service Extension traffic. It is intended to let customers keep existing pipelines, integrations and monitoring workflows in place. The launch addresses a common issue...Read More
PWNED Welcome back to PWNED, the column where we celebrate the people who’ve taught us how not to secure a server. If you’ve ever tied your own shoelaces together, then tripped over them, or attempted to dive into a swimming pool but hit your head on the diving board, we’ll be talking about your cyber...Read More
One Equity Partners (“OEP”), a middle market private equity firm, today announced that it has completed the sale of its stake in Armis (the “Company”) to ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW). Founded in 2015, Armis is a cyber exposure management and security company, offering products that ensure organizations can continuously see, protect and manage all critical IT assets....Read More
Security awareness training has become one of the most consistent line items in corporate budgets. Most companies run it quarterly and employees click through it, answer the questions and collect their certificates. And yet, the breaches keep coming and the post-incident reports point to the exact same thing: human error. In a recent Forrester’s security...Read More
Strategic partnership with Evolon to strengthen integrated monitoring offering COLUMBIA, S.C., April 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — AMAROK, an industry-leading perimeter security company, today announced it has completed a strategic investment in Evolon Technology, Inc., acquiring a 45% ownership stake in the company. Evolon provides AI-powered video monitoring and virtual guarding solutions for commercial businesses. The...Read More
THE UK government is pushing the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill through Parliament to modernise our national defences. This legislation replaces older rules that didn’t quite keep up with how fast digital threats move. It’s a response to the growing number of high-profile attacks on public services and private companies that provide essential infrastructure....Read More
COMPANY NEWS: Miercom’s 2026 Hybrid Mesh Network Security Assessment Shows Check Point achieving the highest overall security effectiveness score of 99.8%, highlighting its industry-leading threat prevention Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP), a pioneer and global leader of cyber security solutions, today announced that it ranked #1 in Miercom’s 2026 Hybrid Mesh Network Security Benchmark...Read More
Good morning. We find ourselves today at a profound technological crossroads in cyber and AI. And to navigate it, we need a spirit of fearless innovation. So it is fitting that we are gathered here in Glasgow, a city that has long served as the engine of human progress and resilience. We stand in the...Read More
