African organisations must adopt an active defence posture

African organisations must adopt an active defence posture

Considering the constantly evolving and increasingly sophisticated cyber threat landscape, the state of cybersecurity, resilience and data protection in Africa potentially has global implications. By Kate Mollett, regional director of South Africa and SADC at...

Email best practices under the spotlight

Just about every organisation in the world relies on email. And yet, securing this mission-critical platform is often not treated with the diligence that is required. One of the best ways to mitigate against the threat of compromise is a combination of user education,...

Understand and navigate AI risks

The risks associated with using artificial intelligence (AI) systems can be extensive and have severe business impact if left unaddressed. By Nevellan Moodley, head of financial services technology at BDO South Africa AI is being used everywhere, across every business...
Strengthen supplier management processes against fraud

Strengthen supplier management processes against fraud

Chief financial officers (CFOs) not only have a serious fiduciary duty to themselves as individuals, but they also have a responsibility to their employer to ensure that every step of every financial process is in order and above board. By Ryan Mer, CEO of eftsure...

Why the board should push cybersecurity boundaries

From a technological perspective, microsegmentation of your IT security environment can be viewed as a way to identify, isolate and curtail the reach of any threat – even once it is in your network. In a cybersecurity context, microsegmentation is a framework...

Why the 3-2-1 rule matters for your business data

Bad things happen. One day, that file you worked on is fine. The next, it’s gone – lost in a hard drive failure or perhaps a stolen device. Maybe the version you worked on has corrupted, and you need to recover an earlier file. Someone might have deleted...