Information Security, practice of defending information, whether electronic of physical, from unauthorised use. This is achieved through the application of sound operational practices, guided by policies.
The Value of Information Security
Category: Information security
Don’t Fall Short on Data Privacy
To ensure that companies do not infringe on data privacy laws and rights, they must first know what the term “data privacy” actually means. In the realm of information technology (IT), data privacy regulates whether data that is being stored on a computer system may be shared with third parties, and, if so, what part of the data may be shared.
In South Africa, data privacy was originally regulated by the common law and data was protected by the constitutional right to privacy. Additional legislation, such as the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (ECTA), for example, provided further regulations and requirements for the management of data and its privacy.
Kaluma’s Executive Briefing on IT Security Policy – ISO/IEC 27001. Yes, you’re Accountable!
Our first Executive Briefing covers the internationally accepted best practice for IT Security – ISO/IEC 27001. Kaluma’s aim is to bring awareness of the issues and accountability in this critical, board-level issue. These briefings are not aimed at technologists, but are rather aimed at the business leaders at the top of the organizational ladder.
Information Security is a Board Level Issue
The State of Corporate IT Security Data breaches and hackers compromising sensitive IT systems, seem to be an almost daily occurrence to anyone opening a newspaper. Of course, these are just the security incidents being made public. We have reached a point where, unless tens of millions of customers have their confidential information leaked all […]