DataGroupIT CEO Werner Lindemann discusses how AI is fundamentally changing the cybersecurity landscape for African businesses. Key threats include AI-powered phishing with unprecedented click-through rates, shadow AI where employees use unapproved tools with sensitive data, and synthetic identity attacks that can clone voices or pass biometric checks. Lindemann also challenges the assumption that quantum computing threats are a decade away, urging business leaders to prepare for post-quantum cryptography now. The conversation covers the skills shortage in Africa, the rise of chief AI officers, and how to communicate these risks to boards in business terms.
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