by Dianne Bayley | May 4, 2020 | Innovation
South Africa is a unique country, and in many ways because of our uniqueness we need novel solutions, writes Thoneshan Naidoo, Principal Officer of Medshield Medical Scheme. On the one hand we face a quadruple disease burden of HIV/AIDs and TB; high maternal and child...
by Dianne Bayley | May 4, 2020 | Security and Legal
According to multinational cybersecurity and anti-virus provider Kaspersky Lab, it detected over 120 000 ransomware attacks in SA in 2019, writes Lukas van der Merwe, Specialist Sales Executive: Security, T-Systems South Africa. The figure for the first two months of...
by Dianne Bayley | May 4, 2020 | Security and Legal
Security Operations Centres (SOCs) have an important role to play in the large enterprise. But for mid-to-large enterprises, an in-house SOC may come with more cons than pros. “Not all organisations need to build their own SOC, and doing so could incur unexpected...
by Dianne Bayley | May 3, 2020 | Security and Legal
One of the world’s leading identity management and biometric systems integrators, Texas-based Fulcrum Biometrics, has demonstrated its confidence in southern Africa with the establishment of a local office which will be headed by ICT veteran Rob Griggs. “We originally...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 29, 2020 | Featured Articles, Features
There’s no doubt that this is a challenging and uncertain time for South Africa and the rest of the world, notes Colin Timmis, Xero SA Country Manager. While President Ramaphosa’s announcement of the gradual easing of the lockdown may have provided some light at the...
by Kathy Gibson | Apr 29, 2020 | Report-back
Kaspersky’s annual Security Analysts’ Summit couldn’t go ahead in a physical location this year, so the company gathered 1 400 analysts from around the world to participate in a virtual event. Kathy Gibson reports Changed perimeter puts network at risk Cyber...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 28, 2020 | Innovation
Data sharing is more important than ever under the current Covid-19 pandemic, says Andrew Brown, Deputy Managing Executive for Altron HealthTech. However, one of the key tenets of the government’s mooted National Health Insurance is that public and private healthcare...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 28, 2020 | Sustainability
Having grown up in a “retail family”, Jennifer Farinha, owner of Grobank’s client Sutherland SuperSpar, has had to use all her experience and come up with innovative ways to deal with South Africa’s lockdown response to the Covid-19 pandemic. “When Government began...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 28, 2020 | Innovation
COVID-19 has turned into a global crisis, evolving at unprecedented speed and scale. Vukani Mngxati, CEO for Accenture in Africa, offers a practical guide of actions that business leaders should take now. Experts don’t know how long it will take to contain the virus...
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 28, 2020 | Internet of Things
For years, remote working was a concept that many companies dabbled in, allowing staff to work from home or coffee shops when they needed to, notes Richard Vester, Executive Director, Cloud and International at IOCO. Despite the fact that remote work has grown 91%...
