The goal of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the effectiveness of mindfulness as a defence mechanism against SE attacks

During the recent school holidays, my husband, kids, and I spent ten days self-driving through Kruger Park, staying in the lower park’s...

A few weeks ago, I was privileged to visit the 8th grade of a high school here in Cape Town and talk to the students about cybersecurity,...

Photo credit: Cottonbro Studio In June last year, Joseph James O’Connor, a UK citizen, also known online as “PlugwalkJoe”, received a...

In the 2011 Thinking,Fastand Slow book by psychologist Daniel Kahneman, the author describes how cognitive biases are unconscious and...

Throughout (human) history, our brains have always responded to threats in the same ways - we are wired to survive, more than we are...

When we think we do multiple things at once, our brains just switch between tasks at a cost. Every time we switch, we need to make a...

A couple of months ago I sat in an Uber which dropped me at the workshop where my car went in for a service. The area is not the best in...

Photo credit: Paul Grapendaal When I was growing up I noticed that unlike a lot of my friends I never really belonged to any particular...

Friday Thursday 19th November is World Toilet Day Image credit: Lavo.co.za Last Sunday we’ve come back from a trip with a group of other...

Last week I attended a workshop with representatives from the telecommunication industry about how to tackle consumer security awareness...

Selling art online means you may be targeted by art-scammers A Cape Gooseberry watercolor painting by Kelly Pieterse During the years of...

One thing I really love about my current role is that I get to learn about new things all the time. Sometimes it can be quite...

Nothing really. However, they do link to a story about human emotions and particularly how flattery is really effective as a...

Heath Muchena from Business Africa Online and I discuss leadership, information security, challenges women face in the IT sector, and...

I'd like to share a story about Jason. Jason was barely out of school at 19 years old, when he joined the security team where I worked...