Anna Collard

Explore the shifting landscape of global cybersecurity as the battlefield moves from technical systems to human perception. This analysis examines the geopolitical friction in Africa across three layers: Chinese infrastructure, Russian influence operations, and Western governance. Discover why protecting the "human layer" is the new frontier of digital sovereignty.

For many of us, real rest is only possible when the whole world decides to do so. There’s something so powerful about December and early January, especially in South Africa. The collective rhythm changes. Finally email inboxes go dormant. Meetings stop or are rescheduled to next year. Expectations to be available soften. Our nervous system senses this before we can even explain it: it’s safe to slow down now . I went into the holidays carrying more than I realised. My 2025 was a great year,...

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