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Item The perceived impact of Emerging Technologies on Cybersecurity in the South African financial sector(University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2022) Philips, Denzil; Pillay, KiluThis study is based on the investigation of what is the perceived impact of emerging technologies on cybersecurity in South African financial institutions. New and emerging technologies have made significant advancements in many industries that can be very disruptive in nature, and the majority of these technologies have changed the cyber threat landscape as well. These include, among other things, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. The study offers insight into how these emerging technologies affect the cybersecurity of financial institutions in South Africa. The study consisted of Information technology risk and cybersecurity individuals. The sample size of 11 individuals was seen as sufficient based on the spread across the financial sector and the experience within the various industries. The individuals were from banks, insurers and market infrastructures within the South African financial sector. The sample focused on key financial institutions specifically banks, insurers, and market infrastructures, based in different provinces in South Africa such as Johannesburg and Cape Town where the impact could be systemic in the country. A qualitative study was adopted by the researcher based on systems theory to determine the relationship between the adoption of emerging or new technologies and the impact it has on cybersecurity. There were various responses from the different institutions, focusing on the adoption of emerging technologies, the effects of this adoption on the cybersecurity environment, the risk and vulnerability management processes, and the ability to adapt and respond to new cybersecurity risks introduced by emerging technologies. The results of the study found that there is a clear link between the adoption of emerging technologies and the increase in cybersecurity requirements with emerging technologies significantly impacting the cybersecurity domain/functioItem Leadership and the adoption of cloud computing for enterprises in Johannesburg(University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2022) Lephoto, Palesa Irene; Matshabaphala, M.D.JCloud computing is extensively adopted by many enterprises globally. South African enterprises have resisted the shift to cloud computing adoption despite there being extensive potential for organisations. The contribution of this study was to examine the factors that influence leadership to adopt cloud computing as part of digital transformation strategy for their enterprises in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The qualitative general research design was used to investigate the perceptions leaders have about cloud computing which translates into slow adoption of cloud computing. The data was collected through interviews from participants holding leadership positions in their respective organisations. The findings were analysed and discussed using an inductive thematic analysis approach to identify and code emergent themes within the data. The findings indicated that multiple factors influence leadership to adopt cloud computing for their enterprises. Understanding the cloud computing concept includes the drivers and barriers halting the adoption, the characteristics and traits of the leader, and the organisational factors contributing to the prospect of embracing cloud adoption. Despite the significant benefits of cloud, adoption in Johannesburg enterprises experiences challenges and the enterprise leaders still have reservations in fully adopting cloud for their organisations due to both macro and micro limitations