Archive for the ‘Compliance’ Category

December 22nd, 2009 - 11:43 am § in Chapter Meetings, Compliance, Fun, Governance, IT Audit, Information Security, Jobs, Risk Management, e-Crime

The end!

Well folks – thats another year just about gone! Now that we have a large management team in place to handle the various functions of running a non-profit company I am confident that we are going to have a great 2010. I am also sure that we are going to have our hands full with the [...][...]

November 11th, 2009 - 3:44 pm § in Compliance, Governance, Information Security, Jobs, Risk Management

Discovery Health – Head of Information Security & IT Governance

  Job Title:- Head of Information Security & IT Governance Industry:- Healthcare Remuneration:- Negotiable Location:- Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa Job Description: Implement and manage an IT Governance and Information Security Strategy and Framework in line with the Group’s  Risk and [...]

November 11th, 2009 - 3:12 pm § in Compliance, Risk Management

SA blogger arrested

The blogger-sphere was buzzing this week with claims that the South African police were clamping down on people critical of the government and crime. This came after the arrest on Wednesday morning of Albert Oosthuizen who runs zasucks.com – a blog that has as its mission “to bring news [...]

November 11th, 2009 - 2:58 pm § in Compliance, Governance, Information Security

New privacy law proposed for the UK would cost £2 billion to implement

The U.K. government said Monday it plans to push for a law requiring service providers such as ISPs to retain data about instant messages, e-mail and other electronic communications – every phone call, text message, e-mail and Web site visit will need to be stored for a year and made available[...]

October 19th, 2009 - 11:07 pm § in Chapter Meetings, Compliance, Governance, Information Security

Details of November Gauteng chapter meeting

 Date -  27th November Time – 8:30am registration Venue sponsors- Ernst & Young, Wanderers office park, 52 Corlett drive, Illovo, Johannesburg SA – Tel (011) 772 3000   Topics - Employee screening: Keeping employees honest, loyal and productive (Jenny Reid – The Orange) - So[...]

October 1st, 2009 - 8:50 pm § in Compliance, Governance, Risk Management

E-Diligence 2009 Conference

Download the Conference Programme & Registration Form Fast-paced change requires trust in new thinking and approaches. Nowhere is this more pertinent than how our law applies to the IT sector – where change is constant and often unexpected. E-Diligence 2009 on 5 & 6 November brings togethe[...]

August 19th, 2009 - 10:04 pm § in Compliance, Information Security

Privacy law reality now one step closer…

Cabinet has approved the Protection of Personal Information Bill to go before Parliament. The draft law has been nine years in the making and will have a profound impact on business, lawyers say. Yesterday, Cabinet spokesman Themba Maseko said the Bill was drafted by the South African Law Commission[...]

August 12th, 2009 - 12:04 am § in Compliance, IT Audit, Information Security, Risk Management

PCI SECURITY STANDARDS COUNCIL PUBLISHES NEW GUIDE TO WIRELESS SECURITY

A good read for any companies running (or planning to run) 802.11 wireless networks and are concerned about PCI DSS requirements. Regards The Security Sangoma As wireless networks have been implicated in past payment card data breaches, a SIG formed to investigate and create specific recommendation[...]

August 4th, 2009 - 11:41 pm § in Compliance, Information Security

August Gauteng Chapter meeting

<If you are unsure how to register or post to the forums and wish to attend this meeting please then send an RSVP email to craig@isgafrica.org before Friday 21/08/2009 to be included> Join us on the 27th August to hear how the Head of Privacy from one of SA’s largest banks is tackling th[...]

July 29th, 2009 - 10:09 am § in Compliance, IT Audit, Information Security, Risk Management

Payment Card Industry 6.6 + DSS 1.2 concerns

Are you confused about the latest PCI Compliance regulations and the details about PCI section 6.6[...]