Rethinking risk in an unpredictable yet interconnected world

The past several years has demonstrated just how quickly separate risks can combine and amplify one another. In relatively close succession, South African businesses have had to contend with a global health pandemic, periods of widespread socio-political unrest,...
Cyber resilience needs a seat at the business table

Cyber resilience needs a seat at the business table

A cyber incident rarely stays in the IT department. When a critical system goes down, a supplier is compromised or data becomes unavailable, the consequences are felt across the business. By Boland Lithebe, cybersecurity lead for Accenture, South Africa Customers may...

Escalating risk demands a broader reinsurance leadership pipeline

The demands of the reinsurance sector provide a timely opportunity to consider how specialist industries can benefit from more inclusive pathways to leadership, writes Izabela Stofberg, chief underwriting officer at Santam Re. Attracting, developing and retaining the...

Is your business prepared for when AI gets it wrong?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the way organisations operate. According to McKinsey’s latest Global Survey on AI, 88% of organisations now use AI in at least one business function, up from 78% just a year earlier. At the same time, Gartner predicts...

Cyber resilience is becoming more important than cyber prevention

For many years, organisations viewed cybersecurity as a simple goal: preventing attackers from entering the corporate network. By Saurabh Prasad, senior solution architect at In2IT Technologies Businesses invested heavily in firewalls, antivirus software, email...