Technology

The digital dilemma: Dealing with risks directly

For Directors and Officers (D&Os) of a business, there are plenty decisions needed in any given day, and some of them can have far-reaching consequences.

Human error, fraud, and negligence at the heart of many data breaches

There was a nice surprise waiting in our email inbox on 19 August 2020 in the form of a notification letter from Standard Bank that our personal data may have been compromised. At a time when stories of cybercrime and data hacks make daily headlines, you can imagine the negative scenarios that started playing out. Dear Standard Bank client, started the message, “You may have noted an announcement by the South African Banking Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) and the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS), informing the public of an external credit bureau incident which occurred within Experian, a credit reporting partner to the financial services industry in South Africa”.

Genasys adds Flowgear to its eco-system

The financial services industry has been thrown into turmoil. How do cloud strategies need to adapt?

At the start of the year there was a lot of talk about organisations increasing their IT spend, particularly in the financial services sector.