Jul 23, 2026
South Africa’s financial institutions face growing demands for conduct and compliance, and regulation is moving to keep pace. The Conduct of Financial Institutions (COFI) Bill, now before Parliament, will consolidate and tighten the rules the...
Jul 23, 2026
In a Security Operations Centre (SOC), detection is measured by what happens after an alert appears on a screen. By Timothy Smith, director: sales at DigitalShield Many organisations now have tools that identify suspicious activity across endpoints, email, identity,...
Jul 22, 2026
I’ve sat through a lot of cybersecurity announcements. Most of them follow the same script: Two vendors shake hands. A press release goes out. Yet very little on the ground changes. I understand why people tune out, writes Gareth Redelinghuys, country MD at...
Jul 20, 2026
South Africa’s commercial crime statistics paint a concerning picture. Every year, reports of fraud, corruption, procurement irregularities, cybercrime, and financial misconduct continue to place pressure on both public and private institutions. Yet many governance...
Jul 16, 2026
Rarely a week goes by without headlines of an organisation having suffered some sort of cybersecurity incident. By Werner Joubert, commercial SYS business director (South Africa and SADC) at ASUS The first half of 2026 has already seen major institutions like...
Jul 16, 2026
Boards spend a lot of time asking questions. They challenge strategy, review financial performance, interrogate financials and revisit decisions that made sense six months ago but may no longer make sense today. Which makes one question from Jason Oehley, regional...
