Most South African businesses defend their networks the same way: build a wall, put sensors on it, and wait for an alert. Firewalls, endpoint protection, SIEM dashboards. All reactive. All depend on recognising something bad has already started. The problem is that attackers are not stupid. They study your defences, find the gaps, and move…
IT consulting, cybersecurity, and book publishing look like three businesses. They are three answers to one question: how do you build something trustworthy in the parts nobody checks?
Cheap IT support looks like a saving until something breaks. Here is what low-cost outsourced IT actually costs a small South African business, and how to tell the difference before you sign.
Most business problems that involve technology are not technology problems. Why we started Hayshack and what connects IT consulting, cybersecurity, AI and publishing.
POPIA has been enforceable since 2021. Most businesses have done something about it. Very few have done enough. The common gaps we find and what to do about them.
Running a family business in South Africa in 2026 is an exercise in holding contradictions. What makes businesses durable in this context — and why we are here.