In a survey conducted by Mimecast , 75 % of consumers in KSA and 78 % of consumers in the UAE , said they would stop spending money with their favourite brand if they fell victim to a phishing attack involving that brand . Compared to a global average of 57 %, this places the region ’ s consumers among the most unforgiving of all markets surveyed .

Among the many insights , Wilson shares that : “ We wanted a partner that could emulate what we had that could take ownership of our cloud architecture and just get on with it . I don ’ t want to build my own cloud architecture , nor do I want to know how providers will keep my environment up and running , I just want it to work .”

You can read more by turning to page 50 .

Elsewhere in the magazine , we look at the thorny issue of skills and training , and find out how CIOs are building the next generation of IT leaders .

In this regard , we continue to cover articles in this edition of the magazine addressing the issue of cybersecurity and the importance for enterprises to make use of DMARC , technology that helps prevent organisations ’ email domains . In this regard , we continue to cover articles in this edition of the magazine addressing the issue of malware and the importance of cybersecurity .

Gracing the cover of this month ’ s edition is Kevin Wilson , General Manager , Group IT Services , Stefanutti , who share about the recently implemented cloud offerings and what it means for the company ’ s strategy going forward .

You will find this feature on page 34 .

As usual , we have all your favourite features , opinion , insight pieces and analysis articles from the African continent . You can also read daily news updates on our website at www . intelligentcio . com / africa /.

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Once again , I would also like to wish you a great month ahead . Enjoy the read !

“ Our IT group acts like a service provider or a reseller , providing different services for around 16 companies and 200 to 300 projects at any given point ,” explains Wilson .

Manda Banda Editor

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