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Every business will face potential prosecution for not being compliant with the law. Non-compliant companies face risks including penalties imposed on the business and executives, jail time, negative publicity, operational suspension, decreased productivity and...Is your WiFi policy POPI compliant?
In today’s digitally driven, information saturated world, data privacy is a massive issue. One only needs to look at recent high profile cases of corporate cybercrime (Sony, AshleyMadison.com) to grasp the scope of the challenge, says Craig Lowe, MD for execMobile. On...Get your small business ready for POPI
As if you needed something new to worry about, a piece of legislation called the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) recently came into effect in South Africa. This data privacy law means that it’s more important than ever for you to ensure that your data and...Easy, fast POPI compliance
With the enactment of the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) on the horizon, businesses are taking a hard look at how they store and manage data. POPI will place a significant compliance burden on companies, and, as the primary legislation dealing with the...Preparing for PCI DSS compliance
Any organisation that processes credit card transactions is required to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), says Simeon Tassev, director and QSA at Galix. This global standard was developed to ensure the payment card processes and all payment card data are secure throughout a transaction. Compliance requirements differ depending on the size of the organisation as well as their role in the process, however, one mistake many enterprises make is in believing that the compliance process is a simple task that takes at most a few weeks.