Fire risks amplified for landlords

Fire is one of the major causes of insured losses in South Africa, and its impact is likely to amplify and accelerate as landlords face the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown and South Africa’s precarious and constrained economy. It is a risk that is perpetuated...

Keep calm and manage your IT risk

There is a joke currently doing the rounds: “Who was responsible for initiating your digital transformation? The CEO, CIO, CTO or Covid-19?” It has no doubt raised more than a few wry smiles, but the reality is that suppliers of outsourced information...

Just how safe is it for employees to work from home?

While companies are rallying to empower their people to work from home, gaps in IT resources and security are set to bite many organisations as they move to enable remote working strategies. “Some companies are geared to enable remote workforces while for many...

Braintree develops crisis comms app

Braintree, the consulting and integration division of Vox, has co-developed a crisis communication management app, which South African organisations can use to tackle Covid-19 – including keeping track of employees’ health status, and their movements to...

What global crises will be next?

2020 will be remembered as the year of an almost worldwide lockdown caused by a virus. What could be next? By Dudley Cartwright, CEO of Soterion The 2019 WEF Report on significant global threats lists cyberattacks and data fraud as high-impact threats in the near...

Look to software escrow to protect from licensor bankruptcies

South African companies – large and small – should consider the advice of The National Law Review and look to software escrow to protect themselves from Covid-19 pandemic licensor bankruptcies. This is the suggestion from Escrow Europe founder, Andrew...