Global Cyber Trends a South African Reality

Cyber trends are a reality across the globe. Not o nly are technology and electronic devices and media used more regularly in easing everyday activities, but these technological advances are also used in sophi sticated criminal activities. Regardless of the global innovation and development ranking of a country, all countries tend to show the same global trends, eith er on a more or lesser scale. Some of the more prominent global trends are identified and discussed. This paper aims to show that these global cyber trends are also a real ity in South Africa, by addressing some of the most prominent global trends. Based on the statistics available to support the presence of high cyber trends, as present in hi gh ranked countries across the globe, this article shows that technology within So uth Africa has advanced to such an extent that the country is not unduly hurdled by large scale lack of connectivity and bandwidth, computer illiteracy, low Internet pe netration and inadequate cyber crime related legislation. The discussion within t his paper places South Africa on par with first world countries in terms of cyber tr ends.