May 25, 2017
Businesses will face a rude awakening if they fail to put in place the reasonable measures to be PoPI compliant, with punishment that will vary from company to company; a fine of up to R10-million or jail time of up to 10 years. Not only are organisations, for the...
Apr 7, 2017
The fourth edition of the King Report on Good Governance (King IVTM), released late 2016, is the new benchmark for corporate governance in South Africa. Key changes in this fourth edition include fewer principles, clearer differentiation between principles, practices...
Mar 17, 2017
Much has been made about the introduction of the Protection of Personal Information Act (or PoPI) in terms of how it will potentially limit the rate at which the local cloud computing and managed services markets is growing. Companies have also pushed back in terms of...
Mar 9, 2017
Much has been made about the introduction of the Protection of Personal Information Act (or PoPI) in terms of how it will potentially limit the rate at which the local cloud computing and managed services markets is growing. Companies have also pushed back in terms of...
Feb 21, 2017
The lifeblood of any enterprise is data. Along with knowledge, data is the business’ most important, irreplaceable aset and data governance is necessary to protect such assets, writes Mike Rees, territory account manager for South Africa at Commvault. This is...
Jan 19, 2017
The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPI) may not have been made effective yet, but businesses need to make compliance one of their top priorities for 2017. This according to Wayne Clarke, managing director of Metrofile Records Management, who states that the...