Tag: data storage
Are your Excel spreadsheets a cybersecurity risk?
The use of spreadsheets in accounting and finance departments has vastly improved data analysis and enabled fast and accurate reporting, computing and information storage. Life without them is almost unthinkable. However, danger lurks within and although the use of macros in Excel to automate processes can enhance efficiency, macro malware can put your entire business at risk.
Total system redundancy is key to effective data protection
Ransomware and malware have become part and parcel of business in today’s world. Organisations need to be adequately prepared, which means that their data protection strategy must go beyond the traditional backup, restore, and disaster recovery.
Intelligence at the edge drives business optimisation and efficiency
Businesses today must be more agile, efficient and proactive than ever, a feat that can only be successfully achieved through digital technologies that deliver enhanced intelligence, including the intelligent cloud, and the ability to process and analyse data at source, also known as the intelligent edge.
How to stay safe while working with freelancers
Slipping security into the freelance zeitgeist so company and gig workers alike are protected. The gig economy made up of freelance and project workers dipping their toes in and out of different companies and experiences is not a new concept, but it is definitely a thriving one.
Why businesses need tailor-made insurance solutions
Entrepreneurs invest a lot of energy into getting their businesses off the ground and finding ways to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, few put the same dedicated effort into finding the best insurance solution for their business.
Protecting critical data in a rapidly changing business landscape
The world has changed in many respects in recent years, and with this there has also been a significant change in the way we do business. It is this change that has been driving the rapid adoption of cloud technologies – a trend that was hugely accelerated by the global COVID-19 pandemic.
What are the most valuable business questions to answer?
To find the answers to your pressing business questions, you have to employ data analytics. This will enable you to combine your data from various sources and process it to provide you with the needed insights to make better-informed decisions, helping the business move forward and achieve what it set out to achieve.
Your actions in cyberspace can now land you in prison
By proclamation in the Gazette, President Cyril Ramaphosa has fixed 1 December 2021 as the date on which certain sections of the Cybercrimes Act, 19 of 2020 (Cybercrimes Act/the Act) come into operation. This means that the Act is now enforceable.
The business-building benefits of stricter data regulation
Storing data securely and using it appropriately should not be merely a compliance-driven practice; it should be a cornerstone of any business. Not only does appropriate data protection and use protect your business from risk, but it is also key to building customer trust, without which, no business can survive for any reasonable length of time.
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