by Dianne Bayley | Feb 1, 2020 | Security and Legal
Institutional checks and balances, civil society groups, and independent media saved South Africa from a $76bn nuclear power deal with Russia under the leadership of the then President Jacob Zuma, according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace report....
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 28, 2020 | Security and Legal
It’s no secret that South Africans are under pressure financially – with a slow economy, increasing electricity and petrol prices and slow wage growth. Many may therefore search for ways to make their savings work harder for them, and in so doing fall prey to...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 27, 2020 | Security and Legal
Artificial intelligence (AI) offers prospecting and mining operations a range of new possibilities to enhance efficiencies, writes Leanne Mostert, a Partner at Webber Wentzel. These include a greater ability to target likely mineral deposits, plan new mine...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 25, 2020 | Security and Legal
Managed security service providers (MSSPs) are likely to be in the spotlight over the next few years as the scale and sophistication of cyberattacks increase at alarming rates, writes Paul Grapendaal, Head of Managed Services at Nclose. In its latest report, the SA...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 22, 2020 | Security and Legal
“The easiest way to understand this scenario is to compare cannabis to alcohol. Alcohol has always been legal to consume, but it is still illegal to be intoxicated by alcohol in the workplace or to enter the workplace while under the influence of alcohol. The same is...
by Dianne Bayley | Jan 18, 2020 | Security and Legal
The new decade is still in its infancy and already we have heard news of potential malware attacks on major banks in the sub-Saharan Africa region. These alleged attacks are thought to be the work of a Russian hacking group named ‘Silence’. While it seems that South...
