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Google Cloud collaborates with Comair to provide seamless travel experiences in Sub- Saharan Africa aviation group ’ s Digital Transformation plans in line with its mission to deliver seamless travel experiences for customers and help the travel industry regain momentum .
Comair completed its infrastructure optimisation plans as it migrated six labour-intensive , on-premise data centres to Google Cloud .
Niral Patel , Director , Google Cloud Africa , said : “ With the customer positioned at the heart of everything the team does at Comair , we are proud to deliver the cloud infrastructure capabilities and tools that will further engrain the airline ’ s brand promise to be the easiest to book and pay . Comair ’ s Digital Transformation journey started before the pandemic and was indeed accelerated by it .”
Google Cloud has announced it is teaming up with Comair , operator of the British Airways brand and the Kulula budget carrier in Sub-Saharan Africa . The collaboration will accelerate the
Avsharn Bachoo , Chief Information Officer , Comair said : “ We are delighted to have moved to Google Cloud at a time when the cloud has become the foundation that enables businesses to transform , differentiate and gain competitive advantage . The sooner you digitally transform , the quicker you ’ re able to respond to uncertain times . As a result , the digital maturity measures we ’ ve put in place have helped drive a post-lockdown recovery .”
Remote working and cybersecurity in Africa
In 2021 , KnowBe4 , Lynchpin and ITWeb conducted surveys across Nigeria , South Africa and Kenya to unpack how remote working was influencing the security paradigm for organisations . The survey found that a significant percentage of companies will very likely continue leveraging remote working . At the time of writing the report , 57 % of organisations in South Africa , 29 % in Kenya and 32 % in Nigeria will continue with remote working on a flexible basis .
Anna Collard , SVP , Content Strategy and Evangelist , KnowBe4 Africa
Anna Collard , SVP , Content Strategy and Evangelist , KnowBe4 Africa , pointed out that remote working may have become an invaluable tool for the organisation , but it comes with a security caveat – people have to be properly trained to recognise the risks inherent in online interactions .
“ One of the immediate defences against cybercrime is an employee that has been well-trained and understands how to spot and report cyberthreats ,” she added . “ People should know what a social engineering attack looks like , and why they should not click on links or open attachments .
While many respondents in the survey believed that their remote workers were adequately trained to withstand social engineering attacks , a significant percentage was unsure as to how well their people would react to a security threat . And this points to an urgent need for security training .”
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