Tag: DigitalTrust

The local business news cycle has taken a dark and repetitive turn. Week after week, headlines are dominated by a relentless spike in organisations falling victim to sophisticated hacks, data breaches, and crippling ransomware attacks. From local municipalities to major political parties like the ANC, no sector seems immune.

Digital trust is the invisible contract that lets people, businesses, and governments rely on digital systems for critical interactions. Without it, Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) - the shared digital rails for payments, identity and data exchange - cannot scale or deliver the economic and social value it promises.

Most people understand what it means to protect a human identity. The dangers of someone impersonating you online or stealing and cloning your card are immediately obvious. Today, organisations rely on thousands of non-human identities. These identities belong to software applications, cloud workloads, APIs, bots and now AI agents.

Cybersecurity is no longer confined to the IT department. Instead, it is a strategic imperative that touches every sector, every organisation and every citizen. As digital infrastructure becomes more complex and interconnected, the need for trust, transparency and collaboration has intensified. This urgency spans both public and private domains.

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance has often been viewed as a requirement only when circumstances force action. For example, organisations respond after a breach makes headlines or when a bank requests proof. This reactive approach exposes organisations to avoidable risk.