As the world continues to fight the spread of COVID-19,businesses are under intense pressure to continue to operate,compete and survive. This means having to comply with dataprotection laws and governance regulations too.

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There’s little doubt that data security remains a majorconcern. According to the results of an IBM study in August2020, on average, data breaches cost South African companiesR40.2-million per breach.
It would appear from the survey we feature in this edition,that most South African businesses believe they are on top oftheir data management and are prepared for data breaches.
However, a look at the statistics reveals mixed responses,which indicates that in reality, confidence is not as high asrespondents would have us believe. Training remains an issue.
You can also read more about data governance and howto approach it, in a column by Lawrence Smith, KID Grouppresales solution architect.
He says that unfortunately, the drive for data governancehas generally been motivated by a ‘stick approach’ due toregulations, and that most organisations have started on theirdata governance journey out of fear, not value creation.
In this edition we also offer insight into cloud costs and the gigeconomy.


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Chris Tredger
Editor