Securing access control technology is critical for physical and digital security. Every interaction between readers, controllers, and host systems creates a potential attack point for those with nefarious intent.

DeepAlert’s customers, partners and industry professionals invited to see COMMAND, SceneIQ, AlertIQ and SiteIQ demonstrated live at the Nitida Wine Estate on 29 October 2026.

Following the launch of Solo, Paxton’s new phone-based, cloud-hosted access control system, the company is significantly increasing its investment in South Africa by expanding its local team to support installers and customers nationwide.

A particularly nasty truth sits at the centre of cybersecurity in 2026. You can do everything right and still lose if the organisation holding your identity number, banking information, medical history, or biometric data gets breached.

Bringing patrol, incident, and H&S reporting onto a single platform: a security operation should be able to show what happened, when it happened, and how personnel responded.

Fire and explosion incidents are becoming a critical business resilience challenge as ageing infrastructure, unstable electricity, climate pressures, and limited emergency response capacity converge.

As warehouses grow taller, supply chains become faster, and storage densities increase, fire safety has become a strategic business imperative. Michael van Niekerk explains how South African businesses can manage fire risks effectively, while remaining compliant with increasingly stringent regulations.

The risk to the business has grown significantly thanks to the widening footprint of the enterprise attack surface, says Richard Frost, head of technology solutions and consulting at Armata Cyber Security.

From ATM bombings and branch intrusion attempts to operational risks and response management, financial institutions require more than traditional security measures to protect people, assets, and infrastructure.