5 rules on how to protect your data when staff leave.

By Brandon | May 6, 2011 @ 7:39 am

How to protect staff data when staff leave: Every day companies are at risk of business data loss

Staff members that are retrenched, fired or somehow disgruntled with the organization are proving to be more than a headache, as recently proven when Boxing South Africa officials alleged that the organization’s former CEO “wiped valuable information from their computers.”

This is by no means a new phenomenon or an isolated incident.

In fact, research conducted by IT security firm, Cyber-Ark Software Inc, indicates that:

Turning corporations into Kingdoms: GRC and Data Backup

By Brandon | May 6, 2011 @ 6:01 am

King III Requirements in South Africa and Business Corporate Governance considerations

This post is an overview of King III Requirements in South Africa

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King III Compliance Legislation

Compared to the 800 pound, legal gorilla called the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, King III comes across as something of a softie in the world of corporate governance.
It’s not legislated and therefore not enforceable. Moreover, it takes the mild stance of “apply or explain” over “do or else”. However, a deeper inspection reveals a subtle and intelligent approach to ensuring its adoption. It should also be noted how King III compliance provides companies with multiple benefits – operational efficiency and assists in ensuring effective data protection,

Cibecs Version 4.0 Release

By Natasha | May 3, 2011 @ 9:16 am

Increase your Data Security and Protection Rating by up to 40%

Your data protection rating is a reflection of how well protected your business data is based on the security, integrity and reliability of your data backups.

The latest version release of Cibecs’ data backup and recovery software makes it simpler than ever to run and monitor business backups and restores. Cibecs 4.0 – enhances simplicity and speed of execution, improves data protection.