Anna Collard, the Managing Director of KnowBe4 Africa, a specialist in cyber security awareness training, was in Mauritius to present The 2019 KnowBe4 African Cybersecurity Awareness Report with over 800 respondents across 8 countries in Africa: South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritius and Botswana. The results of this report were shared during an Executive Media Roundtable held at Voilà Bagatelle. The survey revealed the pressing need to educate Africans to the different cyber-attacks.

The key finding of the Report are as follows:

• 53% of Africans surveyed think that trusting emails from people they know is good enough.
• 64% didn’t know what ransomware is. Yet, they believe they can easily identify a security threat.
• 28% have fallen for a phishing email and 50% have had a malware infection.
• 52% don’t know what multi-factor authentication is.