Stefan van de Giessen, General Manager: Cybersecurity at Networks Unlimited. Civic-minded South Africans watched with growing concern at the recent extreme civil unrest incidents that flared up around parts of the country. Society and the government alike were caught largely unawares, with the defence minister shockingly clarifying that the South African security cluster ‘had almost been caught with its pants down’. “Whether you have a certain amount of admiration for the unexpected honesty of this statement from the minister, or are more interested in monitoring positive actions to counteract the recent looting, the fact remains that this explosion of unrest has a sobering message for South Africa on so many levels,” says Stefan van de Giessen, General Manager: Cybersecurity at Networks U...