Despite being one of the oldest hacking methods, social engineering has been used successfully for many years without any “lessons learnt by the victims”.

As the POPIA enforcement date edges closer, ill-prepared firms should start taking steps towards adopting proactive compliance, says Absa’s Zaheera Ahmed.

Not adopting new technologies could prove riskier than adopting them, says Tichaona Zororo, director at EGIT | Enterprise Governance of IT.

ITWeb Governance, Risk & Compliance 2020 will hold two workshops: "Auditing the IT processes in the digital age" and "Business resilience and continuity management".

Registration is now open for ITWeb’s 10th annual Governance, Risk and Compliance conference, to be held on 25 and 26 February 2020 at The Forum in Bryanston, says Angela Mace, CRM and events director at ITWeb.

Firms that use revolutionary technologies take on the greatest risks, and should know how to mitigate these, says Capitec's Isabella Hofmeyr-Pretorius.

Companies should implement social media training programmes to stop reputational risks posed by staff online, says privacyconsulting's Russell Nel.

An IT-focused GRC framework within an organisation will mitigate risk and avoid business disruption, says Standard Bank's Graham Blain.

Governance, risk and compliance practitioners have an ethical role to ensure policies catch up with Industry 4.0, says PwC's Busisiwe Mathe.

Technology now exists to make downtime a thing of the past, says Redstor's Danie Marais.

Borderless visibility of data is the key to avoiding the threat of enforcement action, says Danie Marais, Director of Product Management at Redstor.

Companies should properly vet third-parties and the resources they bring on board, says Dirco's Rapule Kgalaki.