by Dianne Bayley | May 23, 2023 | Security and Legal
As payment fraud remains an area of concern for South African businesses, there is debate about what more can be done to tackle the problem and whose responsibility it is. There are layers of complexity that make what appears to be a deceptively easy question to...
by Dianne Bayley | May 21, 2023 | Security and Legal
South Africa loses R2.2 billion per year to cybercrime, according to a 2020 Accenture report. Kaspersky research shows that 32.5% of local users were affected by online threats last year. Four out of five South African organisations – 78% – were hit by...
by Dianne Bayley | May 17, 2023 | Security and Legal
Keeping any business secure is a tough but necessary task, particularly for smaller businesses that don’t always have the funds to put sufficient security measures in place. Many companies think they are too small or obscure to become cybercrime victims, however, the...
by Dianne Bayley | May 6, 2023 | Security and Legal
As technology continues to advance, the digital landscape is constantly evolving, presenting new opportunities and challenges for Intellectual Property (IP) law, writes Darshan Moodley. There have been notable developments involving the interplay between Intellectual...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 21, 2023 | Security and Legal
Trust is a critical component of democracy and vital to the relationship between the modern state and its citizens, writes Moss Gondwe, Public Sector Lead for South Africa at Mimecast. In South Africa, millions of citizens depend on the state for social grants and a...
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 14, 2023 | Security and Legal
The decision announced by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on recently to add South Africa to the international watch dog’s grey list was large expected. In fact, this was the sentiment expressed during a ‘Fighting Fraud and financial Crimes – the Road Ahead’...
