risk management

Hacking data breaches: We need a new breed of compliance officer

2021-05-03T10:54:57+02:00By |Categories: Articles|Tags: , , , , , , |

R58.4 million. This is the average cost of a data breach today according to IBM. It is no surprise then that cyber resilience is top of mind for CEOs the world over. But what does this mean for compliance officers? What should we be doing to address data breaches? And [...]

Are your lawyers still not writing in plain language?

2021-05-03T10:57:52+02:00By |Categories: Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

Nearly a decade into having some of the best plain language legislation in the world, why are we not seeing more comprehensible contracts? Why aren't we seeing more of an effort from companies and their lawyers to improve consumers’ access to information? We’ve worked with many different companies – from [...]

What we’re up to: Plain Language Policies

2021-05-03T10:58:39+02:00By |Categories: Articles|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Over the last few months we’ve increasingly been working on redrafting all different types of policies for various different clients. From HR policies to information governance policies. It may seem like a tedious job, but we love it because it gives us the opportunity to correct those things that are [...]

SA’s largest data breach & how you can protect your data

2021-05-03T10:42:21+02:00By |Categories: Articles|Tags: , , |

It turns out SA’s largest recorded data breach was traced to a Web server registered to a real estate company based in Pretoria, Jigsaw Holdings. They are a holding company for several real estate franchises including Realty1, ERA and Aida. Apparently, this website had exceptionally lax security and contained a [...]

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