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Working in cyber security can be draining. It’s a high-pressure environment and the stakes are only getting higher. A recent report found that 45% of cybersecurity professionals have considered quitting over the constant threat of Ransomware attacks. The industry has been evangelising (or fear-mongering, depending on who you ask) on the rising threats of bad actors for years. Unfortunately, the stats don’t lie – threats are becoming more numerous and more sophisticated year after year. At the same time, the environments that need protecting are becoming more complex and decentralised, with migration to the public cloud, digital transformation and mounting pressure to roll out new products as fast as possible. A report found that last year 79% of employees admitted to sacrificing security t...

Ignus De Villiers, Liquid Managing Executive Cyber Security, Adil El Youssefi, CEO Liquid Networks Rest of Africa, Ezra Chiloba, Director General Communications Authority of Kenya, Col. Evans Ombati, Director of the National Cyber Command Centre Liquid C2, a business of Cassava Technologies, a pan-African technology group, opened the doors of its first Cyber Security Fusion Centre (CSFC) in Nairobi, Kenya, making this the second centre of its kind in Africa. “Kenyan businesses have seen increased digital adoption, and the country’s connected population in early 2021 was nearly 22 million. The increased number of digitally transformed businesses and individuals means that the target pool for malicious entities is also becoming wider. As a result, we have witnessed immense interest from cust...