Three topics will top the list of priorities for executives in the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) sector in South Africa in 2021...
Most strategic discussions in boardrooms around the world will include cloud-based offerings because the services offered have become fundamental...
Trent Odgers 17 Feb 2021
The mobile revolution in Africa has had a powerful impact on job creation and community development. Now, off the back of this technological leap forward...
Leona Mentz 16 Feb 2021
The Protection of Personal Information Act (PoPIA) commenced on 1 July 2020 with a grace period of 12 months meaning that official enforcement will commence on 1 July 2021...
1-grid.com 16 Feb 2021
South Africa's Constitutional Court declares certain provisions of the Regulation of Interception of Communications Act, unconstitutional...
Rui Lopes and Kirsty Gibson 5 Feb 2021
Around the world, Covid-19 has driven a massive acceleration in cloud adoption as moving to the cloud became an essential strategy to ensuring business survival by enabling businesses to operate remotely...
UpBeet Digital 4 Feb 2021
To help organisations set priorities and make decisions that better protect the safety of organisational data, devices and personal information, organisations can empower employees to navigate the change in a way that balances a need for convenience and security by considering habits relating to these three themes...
Francois Kriel, Kriel & Co 4 Feb 2021
Vulnerabilities were exploited to the maximum and there were a number of highly publicised attacks across the globe. However, while this has led to greater awareness of the risks and an increase in caution, businesses cannot afford to let down their guard in 2021...
Simeon Tassev 3 Feb 2021
Most South African businesses traditionally slow down or shut down completely over the festive period, except for retail and hospitality...
Ian Engelbrecht 29 Jan 2021
The results of an internal audit undertaken by the African Network Information Centre (Afrinic) reveal that over 4.1 million Internet Protocol (IP) addresses have been misappropriated...
The need to constantly back up critical data is not only now more crucial than ever but also requires that organisations understand the difference between remote and onsite backups...
Chris de Bruyn 25 Jan 2021
Cybersecurity company Kaspersky recently announced that it has launched its tailored threat intelligence (TI) reporting tool for organisations working in the automotive industry...
Looking to the year ahead, we expect the most common form of attack - phishing emails - to increase in both volume and sophistication...
Anna Collard 20 Jan 2021
If the South African financial industry can learn one thing from Experian's 2020 data breach, it is this: human fallibility is still the weakest link in the fight against cyberattacks...
Yash Pillay 19 Jan 2021
