Act before it’s too late
Data loss continues to make headlines around the globe with South Africa being the latest target as a database on millions of South Africans has appeared online. Xperien warns that says this could be the biggest breach of Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act...
Could the blockchain enforce PoPI?
The Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act is looming on our horizon. South African organisations are busily preparing for it despite there still being much debate about what the real impact will be and whether or not it will be truly effective. However, one...
PCI DSS may simplify PoPI compliance
South African businesses are busily preparing for the implementation of the Protection of Personal Information (PoPI) Act, undergoing audits and testing compliancy. This is a large task on its own, however many organisations are simultaneously busy with complying to...
Fresh new website from Pick ‘n Pay
Pick n Pay, the largest online grocery business in Africa, this week unveiled its new online shopping website. Designed to work alongside the recently relaunched mobile app, the website has been built to offer greater convenience, wider choice, more promotions and...
When ethics is allowed to slip by the wayside
Ragiema Thokan-Mahomed, legal, ethics and compliance executive at the South African Institute of Professional Accountants (SAIPA), explains why a loss of ethics risks a public backlash. The massive public opinion backlash experienced by politically implicated persons...
Digital reporting standards soon
CaseWare Africa, a division of Adapt IT, is well positioned to guide the South African market towards the move to the XBRL digital reporting standard, set to come into force in 2018. Not only has CaseWare been part of the XBRL SA working group for over a decade but...
Galix helps Dis-Chem pass PCI DSS audit
The Dis-Chem Group's 110 stores across South Africa do well over 6-million credit card transactions a month. Keeping that sensitive customer data safe is a priority for the group. With its second successful Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS)...
Corporate responsibility needed for digital pioneers
As pioneering companies pursue boundary-breaking opportunities, they must assume a new corporate responsibility. The concept of trust and good corporate citizenship will increasingly come to the fore as those who willingly compete in these new and exciting areas...
Data governance an opportunity for SA firms
When Tim Berners-Lee declared data to be the "new raw material of the 21st century" back in 2011, he was perfectly describing the direction many economies were heading in - from industry to insights and intelligence. But in the six years since, data has defied the...
The POPI Act and you
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPI) is due to come into effect in South Africa in 2018. There is no doubt that this act will have serious implications for a great number of businesses and how the data in their possession is handled and processed. The Act...
A cryptocurrency regulatory parable
Seshree Govender, an aassociate at Webber Wentzel, unpacks the Bitcoin Scaling Agreement.The Bitcoin Scaling Agreement was as much a story about technology as Titanic was about a ship.A crash course in the basics of democracy, economic majority theory and...
The millennial factor in corporate governance
When it comes to good corporate governance, "the power is no longer in the boardroom. It is in the smartphone". This was the key takeaway from a recent compliance business breakfast, hosted by LexisNexis South Africa at its Durban head office, where guest speaker,...