Top five global tech trends and how SA businesses can get on board
by Dianne Bayley | Nov 23, 2021 | Innovation
Mark Twain reportedly once said: "Never make predictions, especially about the future." The world of technology is awash with predictions, and these excite and scare us in equal measure, writes Tim Wood, Executive Head – IS & IT at Vox. Some predictions have...
Fulcrum Biometrics shows faith in southern Africa
by Dianne Bayley | May 3, 2020 | Security and Legal
One of the world's leading identity management and biometric systems integrators, Texas-based Fulcrum Biometrics, has demonstrated its confidence in southern Africa with the establishment of a local office which will be headed by ICT veteran Rob Griggs. "We originally...
Covid-19: Electronic signatures in lockdown times
by Dianne Bayley | Apr 7, 2020 | Security and Legal
In business, handwritten signatures are required on nearly every document but in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak it has become almost impossible to obtain multiple original handwritten signatures on the same document. But the need to keep the economy going means...
Why identity management must be taken seriously
by Dianne Bayley | Mar 29, 2020 | Security and Legal
Humans have embraced the digital and electronic developments and changes of the last two decades with almost zero resistance, says Dawid Jacobs, Identity Management Specialist, LexisNexis South Africa. Trust has shifted away from where it was once necessary to meet...
Who knows your every cyber-move? Kaspersky discovers new stalkerware
Kaspersky researchers have found a new sample of stalkerware – commercial software that is usually used to secretly monitor users' partners or colleagues – which has functionality that supersedes all previously found software. MonitorMinor enables stalkers to covertly...