Businesses can make a change – and reap benefits

Despite how the pandemic has exacerbated an already dire problem with South Africa’s unemployment rate pushing it past the 35% mark by December 2020, and how the education system is falling short, very few businesses know that there is something hugely significant...

Proposed regulations for content self-classification

Draft regulations to the Films and Publications Amendment Act, which lay down the conditions for acquiring permits to self-classify content, were recently published. Webber Wentzel partner Carla Collett and candidate attorney Jodi Hardy take a deeper look at them....

Security lessons we can learn from online payments

Electronic payment security has become more crucial than ever since the start of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. As shoppers stay at home and workers avoid face-to-face interactions with clients, businesses have rushed to increase their capacity to accept money online...

How well do you know the PCI DSS standard?

The saying “nothing worth having comes easy…” couldn’t be truer in the case of fortifying an organisation’s systems and infrastructure and ensuring it meets the industry standards and compliance requirements. By Simeon Tassev, MD and qualified security assessor...

Data breaches are the new industrial accidents

Data breaches are the industrial accidents of the Information Age. That’s according to the Direct Marketing Association of SA (DMASA) which says there are risks to storing the information that powers the knowledge economy, just as there are risks to stockpiling the...