NEWS
Accenture opens Liquid Studio to help
drive innovation for SA clients
an effort to drive innovation locally. Rory Moore, Innovation
lead for Accenture in South Africa said: “The next wave of
South African growth and competitiveness will come from
continuous innovation, and I am proud that we are working
closely with our clients to fuel innovation and solve critical
business problems at speed and scale.”
The Liquid Studio accelerates innovation by applying rapid
development approaches including Agile methodologies and
DevOps. This allows clients to reduce development time from
months to days and shorten the time to business impact.
Clients can also experiment with disruptive technologies such
as artificial intelligence, blockchain and cloud architectures.
The capabilities of the Liquid Studio will be supplemented by
Accenture’s alliance ecosystem, startups and others.
Accenture has launched a new Liquid Studio in
Johannesburg as part of the company’s accelerated
investment in innovation in South Africa. At the Liquid
Studio, clients will work alongside Accenture professionals
to quickly turn ideas into innovative applications and
solutions. The Liquid Studio is the first of several new
Accenture initiatives in South Africa which include expanded
investments in training, hiring and strategic relationships in
“Through immersive workshops, organisations will receive
tangible, hands-on experience of how their business can
benefit from the most disruptive technologies,” said Willie
Schoeman, Managing Director for Accenture Technology
South Africa. “By leveraging agile teams, a startup culture
and multi-speed, microservice and cloud-based architectures,
organisations will see more value quickly and lead in the new
digital world.”
Internet Solutions launches cybersecurity
education service, PhishNet
Internet Solutions has launched PhishNet to support
corporate cybersecurity education efforts. PhishNet allows
security teams to launch authentic phishing campaigns to
their colleagues, bolstering training by demonstrating what a
phishing lure looks like – and how easy it is to fall for one.
Sean Nourse, Chief Solutions Officer at Internet Solutions
says: “Phishing attacks are increasingly sophisticated and
they target individuals, so proactive employee education is an
important element of a holistic cybersecurity strategy.”
Internet Solutions recently tested the efficacy of phishing
by sending a PhishNet campaign to a list of IT-savvy
contacts. Despite deliberate spelling errors, an outdated
logo and a questionable subject line, a staggering 40% of
recipients clicked the phishing link contained in the email. Our
dependence on mobile devices aids phishers as small screens
make it difficult to examine emails and websites carefully, and
we’re more likely to unthinkingly click links while on the go. companies identify which employees require additional
training and contributes to security efforts by making
employees aware of new cyberthreats.
PhishNet provides security teams with detailed reports on
who clicked the links contained in the mock-emails, who
submitted credentials when prompted and even who is
running vulnerable or outdated Internet browsers. This helps Nourse is quick to point out that employee education should
be regular and supportive, rather than punitive: “A service like
PhishNet contributes to an ongoing education effort that
recognises how vulnerable all computer users are.”
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