Data breaches are a part of doing business

Data has become the lifeblood of modern life as everything from room temperatures and health records to banking details and WhatsApp messages are collected and stored. The rapid digital transformation of businesses and services has created an unprecedented amount of...

Online banking fraud – consumers have a say

Incidents of online banking fraud continue to rise in South Africa as more consumers become comfortable with transacting on the internet. While cyber fraudsters are known to target companies – or financial institutions – in order to steal larger amounts,...

Tips to see your business through 2017

The beginning of the year is the perfect opportunity to give your business insurance portfolio a good review and clean-up. When you’re in the thick of running your business, and tending to day-to-day work responsibilities, it’s easy to leave aspects such...

CA strengthens security

CA Southern Africa has announced the new release of CA Technologies, CA Identity Suite, that includes integration with CA Privileged Access Manager for governance of privileged accounts. Features include new, flexible deployment options for agility, speed and...

Building cyber resilient businesses from the inside out

Juniper research has predicted that the rapid digitisation of consumers’ lives and enterprise records will increase the cost of data breaches to $2,1-trillion globally by 2019, almost four times the estimated cost of global breaches in 2015. Some 4,2-billion...

Building resilience is key to managing risk

The outcomes-based approach of King IV is a timely invitation for corporate South Africa to get better at managing risk in a world that is getting more risky by the day, says Michael Davies, CEO of ContinuitySA. Davies argues that King IV is directing organisations to...