When something looks too good to be true, it often it, writes Sarel Lamprecht, MD of cyber insurance company Phishield. Scams come in many shapes and sizes, and fraudsters will use whatever communication channel they can to lure in their unsuspecting victims. Take SMS...

The cyber insurance market is a potentially huge, but still mostly untapped one. Organisations of all sizes are starting to understand the importance of cyber insurance in today's complex and volatile risk landscape. Sarel Lamprecht, MD of specialist cyber insurance...

The world of trucking fleets is changing as transport owners turn to telematics to reduce costs in an industry where overheads are rising and profit margins are being squeezed.  Telematics is the technology of sending, receiving and storing information to keep track...

Businesses don't fail, leaders do. In the words of Henry Kissinger, "The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been." Leaders need to walk their talk; operational governance is an important building block in managing a...

The internet has proven to be one of the most significant inventions of our history, however, the unlimited access to communication and information the internet has expedited, has also inevitably positioned us amidst its ills as we have become increasingly vulnerable...

From customer credit card details that ease the flow at online checkouts to employee records that are vital to HR departments, today's businesses are built on sensitive data. In many ways, it's the lifeblood that makes the modern company tick. If experience is...

Too many companies see risk management and business continuity management as compliance issues, something they need to do to keep both shareholders and regulators happy. A much better approach, says ContinuitySA Advisory Manager, Junita van der Colff, is to view risk...

Statistics show that there are over 1,5-million cyber-attacks every year, or 4 000 every day, although experts believe these figures are dramatically under-reported as most victims of cyber-attacks would prefer to keep the news under wraps. In our Internet-connected...

RSA, the security division of EMC, has announced the latest version of the RSA Archer Suite to inspire everyone within an organization to own risk and develop successful risk and compliance programmes. New use case packaging offered by RSA Archer technology is...

Take heed: the risk inherent in doing international business is about to increase, write Willem Janse van Rensburg and Alecia Pienaar from Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr. The UK's proposed extension of "failure-to-prevent" offences to include economic crimes coupled with the...

As technology continues pushing the boundaries of what was previously thought possible, the Internet of Things (IoT) is changing how we work and live. With our corporate IT department  responsible for keeping our data safe at work, Sherry Zameer, Senior Vice President...