Nov 26, 2014
A well designed ABC compliance programme usually comprises of a number of prevention, detection and response elements, but many ABC due-diligence plans fail to involve the information technology (IT) department. This piecemeal approach is the Achilles Heel of ABC...
Nov 25, 2014
Aside from suffering reputational damage, losing customers and failing to attract new ones, and paying out millions in damages to a civil class action, not complying with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) once it comes into effect could cost you up...
Nov 24, 2014
eDiscovery, the process of discovery in litigation in electronic formats, requires proactive management of information and records for potential eDiscovery requests, says Bryan Balfe, enterprise account manager at CommVault. Various corporates, legal and IT...
Nov 10, 2014
The recently enacted Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act, which sets conditions for how organisations can process information, has caused significant upheaval in the South African business environment, says Professor David Taylor, data privacy officer at...
Nov 5, 2014
Information volumes continue to grow at an unprecedented rate, particularly in the area of randomly generated unstructured user data, says Chris Hathaway, director at Soarsoft International. This is a result of the way the modern “information worker” interacts and...
Oct 30, 2014
The promulgation of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act into law will result in severe penalties if an online business does not adequately secure the personal details of its customers stored online. According to the Act, personal information is defined...
