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Cyber Security Month · 1–31 October 2026

The Cyber Carnival of Horrors

Secure Your Connectivity

The carnival is loud. Good security is boring. We’d like yours to be very boring indeed.

Enquire before 31 October and you can qualify for free Sophos Email Security (up to R20,000 in licence value) or a free external vulnerability scan.*

See if you qualify See the line-up
A ringmaster in a red velvet coat reels in a laptop on a fishing line. Qualify for free Email Security
  • The Carnival Opens
  • The Hall of Mirrors
  • The Vanishing Act
  • The Night Watch
  • Last Night of the Carnival

92% of ransomware detections recorded across Africa in 2025 were in South Africa.

Not because local businesses are careless, but because we are the most connected market on the continent, and connectivity is what attackers follow.

Source: INTERPOL African Cyberthreat Assessment Report, 2026.

Tonight’s line-up

Every act has a fix

Seven ways businesses like yours get caught out, and the unglamorous control that stops each one. Pick the ones that match your gaps and we’ll size them to your business.

A glowing shield dome over an office building deflects phishing and malware emails at a night-time carnival.

The Hall of Mirrors

Sophos Email Security

The spelling mistakes are gone. AI-written phishing now looks exactly like the real thing.

The fix Stop more of it at the inbox, so fewer suspicious mails ever reach a person to judge.

  • Filters phishing, impersonation and business email compromise
  • Checks links and attachments before your staff can open them
  • Cloud-managed, with nothing to install on site
Ask about Email Security
Colleagues work safely inside a shield dome beside a carnival tent marked Phishing with a clown-mouth entrance.

The Phishing Tent

Sophos Phish Threat

One convincing click is all the con needs. Most teams never find out who would have clicked.

The fix Safe, simulated phishing that shows you who clicks, then trains them in minutes, not afternoons.

  • Realistic simulations, sent to your own team
  • Short training aimed at the people who need it
  • Reporting you can show to management or an auditor
Ask about Phish Threat
A fortune teller smiles over tarot cards beside a laptop showing a ransomware demand and a countdown.

The Fortune Teller

Sophos Intercept X

The ransom note starts the clock. Every hour your business is down costs more than the ransom.

The fix Endpoint protection that spots ransomware behaviour and rolls affected files back, so there’s nothing to negotiate.

  • Anti-ransomware with automatic file rollback
  • Blocks the exploit techniques attackers use to get in
  • Protects laptops, desktops and servers from one console
Ask about Intercept X
A man walks through a burning carnival gate under a lit sign reading Carnival Fire Maze.

The Fire Maze

Sophos Firewall

Everyone walks through the front gate. Not everyone should make it out the other side.

The fix A firewall that inspects everything passing through, including encrypted traffic, and isolates a device the moment it’s compromised.

  • Inspects traffic, including encrypted traffic
  • Secure access for staff working away from the office
  • Isolates compromised devices automatically
Ask about Firewall
A haunted house at a carnival with red-lit windows and a figure standing in the glowing doorway.

The Haunted House

Sophos XDR

What you can’t see is already inside. The scariest threats are the quiet ones.

The fix One view across endpoint, firewall, email and cloud, so nothing hides and your IT team can act.

  • Correlates alerts from across your security stack
  • Helps your team investigate and hunt for threats
  • Fewer screens, faster answers
Ask about XDR
A glowing gramophone horn above a sign reading The Tent That Forgets Nothing, in a tent lined with brass horns.

The Tent That Forgets Nothing

CallCabinet

A disputed instruction, a complaint, an audit, and no record of what was actually said.

The fix Encrypted, cloud-based call recording with a searchable audit trail you can produce on request.

  • Records and stores calls securely in the cloud
  • Find any conversation in seconds when you need it
  • Supports your compliance and POPIA obligations
Ask about CallCabinet
A security analyst points to a glowing shield that blocks cyber threats coming from a carnival, while a colleague watches monitors in a control room.

The headline act · The Night Watch

Sophos MDR

Attacks don’t keep office hours. Who is looking at your network at 02:00?

The fix Human-led threat hunting, detection and response, around the clock, by Sophos specialists.

  • 24/7 monitoring, detection and response
  • Experts who act on threats, not only flag them
  • Works alongside the security tools you already have
  • Closes the gap between having security tools and being watched over
Ask about MDR

Your ticket in

Two ways to qualify

Qualifying businesses can receive free Email Security or a free vulnerability scan. No purchase necessary. One entry per business, open 1–31 October 2026.

  1. Tell us about your business

    Two minutes. Company, contact details and a short IT and security snapshot.

  2. We check whether you qualify

    A Vox Business specialist reviews your snapshot and confirms which offer your business qualifies for.

  3. Free Email Security or a free scan

    Up to R20,000 of Sophos Email Security licence value, or a professional check of what your business exposes to the internet. At no cost to your business.*

Enter here

See if you qualify

A Vox Business security specialist will be in touch within two working days to confirm whether you qualify for free Email Security or a free vulnerability scan. We’ll tell you what you already have covered, and where the gaps are.

How to check it’s really us

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