Mar 29, 2017
With only a few months to go before the office of the Information Regulator is operational and the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) becomes fully enacted, organisations must be aware of the limited time left to comply with the comprehensive requirements...
Mar 29, 2017
A staggering 1 792 data breaches led to almost 1,4-billion data records being compromised worldwide during 2016, an increase of 86% compared to 2015. According to Gemalto’s Breach Level Index, identity theft was the leading type of data breach in 2016,...
Mar 29, 2017
The wearables growth story continues unabated in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region, with shipments reaching an all-time high of 746 000 units in the final quarter of 2016, according to the latest figures compiled by International Data Corporation (IDC)....
Mar 29, 2017
Just a few weeks remain for schools that have not yet entered the South African Institute of Professional Accountants’ (SAIPA’s) National Accounting Olympiad (NAO). Zobuzwe Ngobese, marketing and business development executive at SAIPA, says entries for...
Mar 29, 2017
For the first time ever, FNB data is showing that middle income earners are making fewer cash withdrawals at ATMs and instead opting to use point of sale devices, electronic transactions and cash tills from select retailers. “For our Gold account customers who...
Mar 28, 2017
Scientists hope to combat the West Nile virus by understanding vulnerabilities in the DNA of the mosquito that carries the disease. A team led by researchers from The Centre for Genome Architecture (TC4GA) at Baylor College of Medicine have used technologies from IBM,...
