Don’t forget to start your POPIA compliance journey

Regulators are no longer afraid to protect peoples’ rights to privacy against tech giants. In recent years, we have seen the likes of Google and Facebook receive large amounts of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fines. Rian Schoeman, head of legal and...

The AI core that calculates the score

A local platform for tenants and rental agents uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help manage risks. Averly, a locally created application for rental agents, property owners and tenants alike, uses artificial intelligence, technology and behavioural analysis to help...

Focus on POPIA, data mobility, integrity key for remote working

Most South African businesses traditionally slow down or shut down completely over the festive period, except for retail and hospitality. But 2020 was different, writes Ian Engelbrecht, senior systems engineer at Veeam. The second wave of the pandemic forced the...

B-BBEE could be used to unlock job creation

As the second wave of Covid-19 scours South Africa, it is more evident than ever that even the most astute financial modelling will not be able to predict the long-term economic and social effects of the pandemic. The pandemic and the extended lockdown have resulted...

Top IT security threats in 2021

A tipping point for passwords, cloud jacking to emerge as a new risk, and zero trust will be the default position, as cyber risk grows dramatically in 2021. By Anna Collard, senior vice-president: content strategy & evangelist at KnowBe4 Africa Looking to the year...

How we’ll plan our travel differently now

Even as the Covid-19 pandemic has continued to pause travel around the world, it has not stopped people from dreaming about where they want to take their next, somewhat off-schedule, vacation. By Jiten Vyas, regional group chief operating officer: Australasia, China,...