Oct 10, 2013
End-point encryption is set to revolutionise Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance requirements for retailers by simplifying the process and providing increased levels of security. Vaughan Alexander, Innervation Value Added Services Executive for payments, says that...
Oct 9, 2013
The Draft National Policy on Intellectual Property, 2013 (the Policy) is an important document. That’s because it provides an insight into how government is thinking about IP and where it should be headed. In a sense, it is a statement of intent and an opportunity for...
Oct 8, 2013
South African companies outside of the financial services industry are earnestly looking for data or information governance frameworks to meet statutory and regulatory requirements on the one hand and handle their data management lifecycle (DMLC) on the other. That’s...
Oct 1, 2013
South African businesses are set to face even more legislation with the introduction of the Protection of Personal Information Bill (PoPI). The Bill has taken current restrictions to a whole new level, since it even restricts the way in which you may go about...
Sep 17, 2013
The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) act is, now more than ever, an immovable force that South African businesses will soon be expected to comprehensively address or risk facing harsh penalties for failure to act. After several reconsiderations and...
Aug 27, 2013
Up until a couple of years ago, data compliance was the concern of only a few select industries such as financial services and healthcare. However, with an increase in the volume, and value, of data which both the public and private sectors are dealing with, there has...
