Cybersecurity in South Africa has been heightened with the announcement of a new ZAR55 million security hub in Cape Town.
Moneyweb reports that Dublin-based global cybersecurity firm Integrity360’s new security operations centre (SOC) in Cape Town is the largest of its 16 international SOC locations. It follows the Irish company’s acquisition of the Cape Town-based cybersecurity and cloud services provider Grove Group and managed security service provider Nclose in 2024 and 2025.
The new hub, which will operate around the clock to monitor and service clients’ needs across Africa, is expected to create 100 local jobs, according to Business Explainer.
‘The cybersecurity skills shortage is pervasive the world over,’ said Martin Potgieter, regional chief technology officer at Integrity360. ‘The best way to retain [South Africa’s] local talent is to give them world-class and market-leading opportunities right here at home.
The opening of the Cape Town cybersecurity hub also coincides with Integrity 306’s acquisition of identity and access management CyberIAM, which operates from the UK and South Africa.
The continent’s cybersecurity market is forecast to grow at a compound aggregate growth rate of more than 20% from US$7.02 billion in 2026 to US$31.07 billion in 2034.
It was reported recently that South Africa 3 219 reported data breaches in the 2025/26 financial year was stripping as much as 1.81% from South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP), based on the latest Statistics South Africa estimate of GDP at R7.86 trillion.
The IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2026 found that South Africa saw the largest percentage increase globally in average data breach costs (22%) even though its actual cost (US$3.04 million) was lower than other regions.
