Data protection laws impact non-compliant

The forthcoming promulgation of data protection legislation in South Africa is expected to have a significant impact on local businesses in 2013, as compliance is set to become a legal necessity for businesses. This is according to Guy Kimble, MD of Metrofile Records...

Compliance alone won’t prevent disaster

The advent of King III, with its stringent demands on directors to exercise careful control over every aspect of the business, has been a gift for software vendors who can claim any link between their products and compliance. But, says James Beaumont of technology...

What businesses may overlook with POPI

A new realm of compliance for South African businesses and government is set to arrive in 2013. Executives and business owners may soon have only one year to ensure their IT governance complies with the new Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act when it is...

Make way for cyber-forensics

The advent of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Bill, which is set to be enacted this year, will change the way companies have to approach data handling strategies, processes and procedures.  As computers have increasingly become part of users’...

A business case for data governance

There are 10 basic, yet important steps to building a business case for data governance.Within each step are a number of best practices that define the level of programme success, failure or mediocrity. These steps involve strategy development, value identification,...

The business case for data governance

Data governance may be the most talked about yet elusive prize in the data management space. It is highly coveted by people who work with data because practitioners know the mission-critical role governance plays in achieving desired data outcomes, says Jim Orr,...