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Cyber criminals don’t need new attacks when AI is making the old ones work better

Richard Ford of Integrity360 explains how AI is amplifying existing scams, enabling attackers to generate highly personalised phishing emails in seconds using publicly available data. He warns that synthetic audio can convincingly mimic familiar voices, making phone verification of unusual requests increasingly unreliable.

How to tell emergencies and scams apart in the age of AI

With October being Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Richard Ford, Group CTO at Integrity360, insights into how scams are escalating from fake phone numbers to full account hijackings and AI voice cloning.

The rise of the 'ministers of defence' in South African boardrooms

Richard Ford, Group CTO at Integrity360, argues that board maturity metrics must evolve: instead of asking only how much budget goes into prevention, directors must verify who owns recovery and how fast operations can realistically restart under pressure.

Why South African organisations are building private internets to survive 2026

Richard Ford, Group CTO at Integrity360, says executives are being forced to reconsider their reliance on public digital environments beyond their control.

Corporate AI built on legacy systems ripe for attack

According to Richard Ford of Integrity 360, organisations are discovering that more tools do not correlate to increased security; in many situations, they merely increase noise and provide additional places for attackers to hide.

The case for treating cybersecurity as a corporate sustainability metric

A business that can’t protect its data and recover quickly from cyber disruption in a modern digital economy has to take a second look at what it defines sustainability as.

The invisible workforce: why your household apps now have their own digital IDs

A growing invisible workforce of machine identities such as API keys, bots, cloud workloads, and AI agents - now operate within organisations largely unprotected.

Cybersecurity as the cornerstone of sustainable AI

Richard Ford, Group CTO at Integity360, advises that while AI offers immense opportunities for South Africa - from climate forecasting and precision farming to smart infrastructure; its success hinges entirely on the strength of digital trust and cybersecurity.

Articles About Richard Ford (12)

Artificial Intelligence

Social engineering a growing cyber security headache for SA

WhatsApp account takeovers and AI voice cloning are driving social engineering losses in SA, according to Integrity360 and Check Point.

Emerging Technologies

Hugging Face incident charged up interest in agentic AI, say pros

The incident has changed the narrative around enterprise AI without curbing enthusiasm for agentic AI, say experts.

What happens when a SA CISO answers the call from Dubai?

If the CISO left, do current executives and the board themselves know where decisions sit and exactly how the broad reach of CISO coordination between departments is mapped?