SAS has announced the official launch of its Enterprise Governance Risk and Compliance (Enterprise GRC) solution to the South African market.

The Institute of Directors in southern Africa (IoDSA) is the custodian of the King reports on good governance and acts as a driver to persuade companies to implement governance best practices throughout their organisations. The recent King III report is the latest of these governance best practice guidelines and contains a number of game-changing recommendations that affect large and small businesses.

Just how well governed is your organisation? The answer to that question may be more complex than initially meets the eye, and with the King III Report broadening the scope of regulation in South Africa to businesses of all sizes, answering it is important for many more directors.

Technology risks should form an integral part of a company’s overall risk management strategy.

With the recent introduction of the King III report and the impending Company's Act due to come in to effect this year, there has been a major shift in business thinking towards better IT governance, risk, compliance and sustainability.

Demand Data has released a new addition to the Connected Backup PC software suite from its principal, Iron Mountain Digital. Dubbed Classify & Collect, it is designed to search data in enterprise computers – in virtually any file including email - gather it into a central, server-based search engine-type database and classify it for eDiscovery purposes.

The Information Technology Infrastructure Library, more commonly known as ITIL, is currently in its third iteration, offering a common language as well as best practice guidelines for IT service management processes, writes Allan Dickson, consultant at Compass Management Consulting.

Corporate governance in business today is an information-centric issue. The key to effective governance is the absolute control over all corporate information, ensuring it is securely stored and protected from unauthorised access, while also making it easily available to those with a need and a right to access it.

The accurate management of information and content is critical in all private sector and government establishments, including large corporate organisations  listed or not, state run enterprises, local- or provincial governments and national government departments. The precise control of these intelligent assets has become particularly relevant since the King III Governance initiative became effective on 1 March 2010.

Companies both private and public are legally bound to conduct both internal and external audits, writes Jayen Vyravene, managing partner of Quency. While the purpose of each of these audits may differ slightly, at the end of the day the objective of both, to provide assurances to the board, is the same.

Biodata IT, local distributor of Tripwire, a leading global provider of IT security and compliance automation solutions, introduced nine key steps to building a streamlined and effective information security compliance programme for both enterprises and government agencies, compiled as a result of research conducted by Tripwire’s Gene Kim and Jennifer Bayuk of the Stevens Institute of Technology.

Bribery between the public and private sectors is a given, and has been happening in countries across the globe for hundreds and hundreds of years, writes Jayen Vyravene, CEO of Quency.