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Is your team using ChatGPT at work? 🤔AI is great for productivity, but pasting client data or company information into p...
15/10/2026

Is your team using ChatGPT at work? 🤔

AI is great for productivity, but pasting client data or company information into public AI tools can put your business at risk.

Watch our new video to see how Acronis GenAI Protection helps you stay in control. Great for business owners, IT teams and anyone handling company data.
⏯️ Watch now: https://zurl.co/LQeWE
📕Free guide: https://zurl.co/9XEbA

When discussing cybersecurity, most conversations focus on prevention. But resilience depends just as much on preparedne...
14/10/2026

When discussing cybersecurity, most conversations focus on prevention. But resilience depends just as much on preparedness.

Ask yourself:
• Who would lead the response to a cyber incident?
• How would employees report a concern?
• How would customers be informed if systems became unavailable?

The answers can reveal important gaps before an incident occurs.

Download our Cyber Awareness Scorecard and let's start the conversation.
🔗 [link]

AI is speeding up your team. It’s also speeding up the people attacking you.Right now, someone in your business may be p...
14/10/2026

AI is speeding up your team. It’s also speeding up the people attacking you.

Right now, someone in your business may be pasting client data, source code or IP into ChatGPT between meetings. They aren’t being careless. They’re trying to get work done faster. But once that data leaves your control, you can’t get it back.

The good news: the basics still work when they’re done properly.

Our free write-up shows you how to:
✅ Spot where AI is already being used in your business
✅ Find the gaps that put your data at risk
✅ Put the right controls in place

At Sumo Tech, we work with Fortinet to protect businesses with solutions like FortiGate firewalls, so you stay in control of your data while your team uses AI.

Get the free write-up on the SA Cyber Shield page:
https://zurl.co/pNXFU

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Start with this burning question: Where does your signed contract actually live?A PD...
13/10/2026

It’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Start with this burning question: Where does your signed contract actually live?

A PDF in someone’s inbox? A WhatsApp photo? A “final_FINAL_v3” on a shared laptop?

If you can’t say in ten seconds who signed, when, and where the original sits, you don’t have a paper trail. You have a risk.

Zoho Sign's secure e-signing fixes that. Every signature is time-stamped, tracked and stored in one place, so you can prove it when it matters.

See what Sumo Tech's Cyber Shield covers: Ihttps://zurl.co/McCWz

🎯Weekly Tech Brief | 12 October 2026Three things South African businesses should act on this week:1. Supplier risk. One ...
12/10/2026

🎯Weekly Tech Brief | 12 October 2026

Three things South African businesses should act on this week:

1. Supplier risk. One reused password breached a software supplier to about 45 insurers. A ransom was paid, and the data leaked anyway. Check how your suppliers protect your data, and stop password reuse in your own team.

2. Recovery cost. Recovering from ransomware costs South African organisations over R17 million on average, before any ransom is paid. Tested backups and email security cost far less.

3. Hardware prices. Memory chip prices are forecast to rise another 10 to 15% this quarter, with tight supply expected into 2028. Planning laptop and server refreshes early can save you money.

At Sumo Tech, we help South African businesses stay protected, backed up and ready.

Is your business prepared? Talk to us at [email protected]

09/10/2026

🔍 Every component has a purpose. Every label matters.

Get a closer look at the engineering behind Zebra’s industrial label printers. From the printhead to the media roll, each component plays a role in delivering reliable, high-quality barcode and label printing for demanding business environments.

Need reliable printing for your operation? Sumo Tech can help you find the right Zebra solution for your business.

Many organizations still think cybersecurity is something handled exclusively by IT.Yet cybersecurity affects every part...
07/10/2026

Many organizations still think cybersecurity is something handled exclusively by IT.

Yet cybersecurity affects every part of the business, and is everyone’s responsibility.

Building awareness is the first step toward building resilience.

This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, take a few minutes to evaluate your organization's readiness with our free Cyber Awareness Scorecard.

🔗 Download the scorecard: [link]

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and we're celebrating with a giveaway. 🎁One lucky winner takes home an Acronis...
07/10/2026

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and we're celebrating with a giveaway. 🎁

One lucky winner takes home an Acronis hamper: a laptop bag, desk mat, power bank, notebook and pen. Everything you need to stay .

Why Acronis? Because one cyberattack, a stolen laptop or a failed drive shouldn't mean losing your business data. Acronis combines backup and cyber protection in one solution, so you can get back up and running fast, with your files intact.

How to enter:
1️⃣ Follow us on Instagram and TikTok
2️⃣ Comment "guide" and we'll send you our Cybersecurity Awareness Guide
3️⃣ Tag a business that needs cyber protection

Each tag is a business that could be better protected. Tag as many as you like.

📅 Closes: 1 November
🏆 Winner announced: 6 November

📜 T&Cs:
- Open to South African residents only.
- Entries must meet all 3 steps to qualify.
- The winner is selected at random from valid entries and will be announced on our page and contacted via DM.
- If the winner does not respond within 48 hours, a new winner will be drawn.
- This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Instagram or TikTok.

Recent reports say South Africa's air traffic provider found malware linked to the early stages of ransomware on an oper...
05/10/2026

Recent reports say South Africa's air traffic provider found malware linked to the early stages of ransomware on an operational network, and has called in outside forensic investigators.

ATNS says its own team contained the threat and removed the malware. It hasn't yet said how the attackers got in, or whether any data was taken.

Whatever the findings, the lesson applies to every business: the early stage is where you win.

Three questions for your team:
1️⃣ Would we see early warning signs, or only the ransom note?
2️⃣ Is our network separated so one breach can't spread everywhere?
3️⃣ If containment fails, can we restore cleanly?

Fortinet helps you catch and contain. Acronis helps you recover. Sumo Tech helps you plan for both.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month starts today, and South Africa's numbers are hard to ignore.  Sophos's 2026 ransomware rep...
01/10/2026

Cybersecurity Awareness Month starts today, and South Africa's numbers are hard to ignore. Sophos's 2026 ransomware report: average recovery costs over R17m, before any ransom. 63% of incidents ended with data encrypted. Only 40% of organisations were back within a week.

The top root cause? Compromised credentials. Attackers aren't breaking in. They're logging in.

This October, with Fortinet and Acronis, Sumo Tech shows you how to:
⛔ Block it
💾 Back it up
🔄 Bounce back

Which is your weaker spot: stopping the attack, or recovering from it?

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