After the initial rush to reach POPIA and GDPR compliance, you might find yourself asking: 'What now?' Getting compliant was challenging; staying compliant can be just as tough. Without vigilance and proper systems, you may risk watching your hard-won compliance [...]
Many organisations ask for a "data protection audit" without fully understanding what it entails. The truth is, when it comes to audits, everyone seems to have a different idea of what they're asking for. Are you looking for verification of [...]
Many of our clients have been hard at work complying with data protection law, and have asked us to help them check that they're doing what the law (or regulatory requirement) is asking them to do. Some have asked us [...]
Data protection authorities around the world have started to do a data protection audit (or GDPR audit) on controllers to check that they comply with data protection law. Essentially, the authority compares your organisation to a data protection law that [...]
The Final King IV report was released today, 1 November 2016 and you can download it below. This is the most important document on corporate governance in South Africa and it is absolutely essential that all organisations engage with, and [...]
We are often asked which is best compliance approach? Particularly regards IT legal compliance. Also what constitutes legal compliance and non-compliance? The King Report and King Code says that the governing body should provide strategic direction on compliance. Few topics in IT have garnered [...]
Interested in PCI DSS compliance? Do you need to comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS)? A merchant, service provider or bank that processes any cardholder data, needs to know about PCI DSS and what is means [...]
This article describes the best method of approaching (or process of conducting) an IP audit or an intangible asset audit. It involves five steps: Engage, gather documents, conduct background research and agree on audit plan (Step 1) Get buy-in from [...]
Conducting thorough Intellectual Property audits or IP audits of all the intangible assets or intellectual property (IP) that an organisation owns is a time-consuming and often costly business. You want to get it right and make sure that maximum value is [...]
An intellectual property audit enables organisations to know what intellectual property or IP assets they own. We actually prefer the term intangible assets to the term IP assets. Intangible assets include both legal intangibles (typical IP) and competitive intangibles (such [...]
