Oct 11, 2017
The BankservAfrica Economic Transaction Index (BETI) for September highlights the continuing fluctuation of the South African economy after economic transactions in the overall payment system declined 0,7% after a very strong increase of 1,5% in August. “The...
Oct 11, 2017
Accenture exposed customer’s private data, and could have experienced a major breach, by failing to secure cloud storage hosted by Amazon Web Services. The potential breach was discovered last month by Chris Vickery, the director of cyber risk research at...
Oct 11, 2017
Among the next generation of family business leaders, three in four have big plans to take their business forward. However, generational challenges persist, largely in the areas of digital and innovation. PwC conducted in-depth conversations with 35 next-gens from 21...
Oct 11, 2017
Only 16% of North American industrial companies consume Internet of Things (IoT) data in their enterprise resource planning (ERP) software — so 84% face a disconnect between data from connected devices and strategic decision-making and operations, limiting the...
Oct 11, 2017
NMRQL Research, the fintech player co-founded by former First National Bank CEO Michael Jordaan, launched a unit trust fund powered by machine learning — believed to be a first in South Africa. The NMRQL SCI Balanced Fund, administered by the Sanlam Collective...
Oct 11, 2017
It is becoming more common for threat actors to shun sophisticated and expensive attack techniques like zero-day vulnerabilities, in favour of extremely targeted social engineering campaigns in combination with known effective malicious techniques. As a result, they...
