The Lockdown Lottery – What Happens When Keeping Your Employees Safe Puts Your Company Data at Risk?

The following Article is written by Jacques van Wyk the CEO of one of our business associates JGL Forensics Services.  We put it forward wholeheartedly as an important and relevant article on potential data and cyber security risk to business, in particular during this time of Lockdown due to the Coronavirus Pandemic both in South […]

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic – Living with a New Way of Business and Life – Some business tips

BUSINESS CONTINUITY To protect your workforce and help ensure its continued productivity, it is critical to Review Business Continuity Plans Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Have you established a strategy that enables employees to continue to function without endangering them? Do you have a plan to isolate employees should the threat of possible infection arise? Can your […]

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Demistifying ISO Management System Standards and related Guidelines

Johannesburg 25 October 2019 Demystifying ISO Management System Standards and related Guidelines  By Stephen Simmonds (Independent Lead Consultant – Integrated Management Systems: CGF Research Institute) and peer reviewed by Terrance M. Booysen (Director: CGF Research Institute) The number of management systems has risen dramatically in recent years, reflecting the increasing governance demands being placed on […]

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Generating Extra Value and Business Resilience Through the ‘Six Capitals’

Johannesburg 23 July 2019 GENERATING EXTRA VALUE AND BUSINESS RESILIENCE THROUGH THE ‘SIX CAPITALS’ By Stephen Simmonds (Director: SynergyGRC) and peer reviewed by Terrance M. Booysen (Director: CGF Research Institute) In a world where the interconnected and constantly changing relationships between financial, social and environmental issues are becoming more evident, businesses that remain unaware of […]

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GRC THINKING STEP 3 – ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

As management consultants we find it is always important to ask the right questions when engaging with our Clients, but at the same time make sure that the questions are based on active listening and are pertinent to the discussion.  Peter Drucker famously said, that “My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant […]

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New Association with Wynleigh International Certification Services

Wynleigh International Certification Services offer risk-based assurance through audits, evaluation and validation of our clients’ business activities, products, services and facilities.   They work with organisations of all type, size and sector, to build their sustainability and brand equity and their focus is placed on offering services to the English speaking African market, resourced from their offices […]

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GRC Thinking Step 2 – Understanding the people and the governance, risk and compliance structure in the organisation

It is often said that organisation roles and responsibilities are the foundation of any successful business no matter how large or small. Employees that understand their roles in a business organisation and see where they fit in the hierarchy of decision-making and authority, are more likely to perform their jobs well and feel secure in […]

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