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## Ziyasiza – Optimising Business Processes
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pragmatic solutions[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_color=”color-xsdn” heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”fontsize-155944″ text_weight=”600″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ css_animation=”curtain” animation_speed=”1000″ desktop_visibility=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”102281″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette”]We design targeted pragmatic solutions[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h5″ text_weight=”400″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ css_animation=”curtain” animation_speed=”1000″ medium_visibility=”yes” mobile_visibility=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”700629″]Enabling businesses to govern and manage their current business risks,
identify, evaluate, and manage emerging risks whilst optimising business
processes to increase competitive advantage.[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h5″ text_weight=”400″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ css_animation=”curtain” animation_speed=”1000″ desktop_visibility=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”104214″]Enabling businesses to govern and manage their current business risks, identify, evaluate, and manage emerging risks whilst optimising business processes to increase competitive advantage.[/vc_custom_heading][vc_button button_color=”color-895698″ custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-167828″ font_weight=”500″ border_width=”0″ scale_mobile=”no” css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”1000″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2F%23our-services|title:Learn%20More” uncode_shortcode_id=”105773″ button_color_type=”uncode-palette”]Learn More[/vc_button][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″ mobile_visibility=”yes”][uncode_carousel_nav padding=”0″ space=”yes” h_align=”left” arrow_style=”transparent” arrow_bg_size=”sm” icon=”fa fa-arrow-right2″ animated_arrows=”default” hide_dots=”yes” hide_counter=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”952570″ target=”slider-111384″ el_class=”home-slider-nav hide-element”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”right” position_vertical=”bottom” align_horizontal=”align_right” gutter_size=”3″ style=”dark” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_visibility=”yes” medium_width=”0″ mobile_visibility=”yes” mobile_width=”0″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”1000″ animation_delay=”800″ width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”129555″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/uncode_slider][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”148243″ el_class=”limit-width”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”115800″ el_class=”slogan-bottom-row”][uncode_vertical_text layout=”horizontal” horizontal_align=”left” horizontal_text_v_pos=”2″ horizontal_text_h_pos=”2″ z_index=”10″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”600″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ text_color=”color-xsdn” uncode_shortcode_id=”896563″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”slogan-bottom-text”]Achieve More. 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Securing the right talent is critical to achieving business objectives[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”400″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”789125″][vc_icon icon_image=”156945″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” title=”Technology” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”401961″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2Fservice%2Ftechnology%2F”]We provide comprehensive technology consulting services designed to align with each client’s unique strategy, business objectives, processes, culture and people.[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_button button_color=”color-jevc” custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-167828″ font_weight=”500″ border_width=”0″ scale_mobile=”no” css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”400″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2Fservices%2F|title:Services” uncode_shortcode_id=”143238″ button_color_type=”uncode-palette”]Learn More[/vc_button][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row unlock_row_content=”yes” row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”0″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”90″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ bottom_divider=”step_3_4″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”155121″ overlay_color_type=”uncode-gradient” overlay_color_gradient=”{“css“:“background: linear-gradient(to right , rgb(219, 219, 218) , rgba(219, 219, 218, 0) 96%);“,“sliders“:`{`{“color“:“rgb(219, 219, 218)“,“position“:0},{“color“:“rgba(219, 219, 218, 0)“,“position“:96}`}`,“type“:“linear“,“direction“:“left“}”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”0″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”1600″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”105696″][vc_single_image media=”156365″ media_width_percent=”100″ alignment=”center” css_animation=”alpha-anim” no_lazy=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”126137″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”0″ bottom_padding=”2″ back_image=”156022″ back_repeat=”no-repeat” back_position=”center bottom” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”-4″ z_index=”0″ bottom_divider=”step_3_4″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”176615″ row_name=”Why Us” el_id=”why-us”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”1600″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”104590″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”2″ inverted_device_order=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”170981″ limit_content=”” back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ style=”light” back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”132333″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”400″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ badge_style=”yes” css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_speed=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”200120″ back_color_type=”uncode-solid” el_class=”small-title-light” back_color_solid=”#e8e8e8″]Why Us[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”600″ css_animation=”left-t-right” uncode_shortcode_id=”194416″]Increase competitive advantage[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-t-right” uncode_shortcode_id=”456647″]We help our clients increase their competitive advantage by optimising business processes and resource capabilities, to govern and manage their business risks for optimal results.
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## Governing AI in the workplace: A strategic imperative for HR leaders
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2026/08/13/governing-ai-in-the-workplace-a-strategic-imperative-for-hr-leaders/
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Modified: 2026-08-13

By Nomsa Mbuli, Strategic Accounts Leader and Talent Expert at Ziyasiza 
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly embedded in everyday business processes, organisations face a critical inflection point. Adopting AI is no longer the challenge. Governing its use responsibly is. For HR practitioners, this raises an essential question: “Are employees equipped with the knowledge and guidance to use AI appropriately and securely?”
Ensuring responsible AI adoption is not solely a technological concern. It is a business, risk, and people priority. Organisations must proactively evaluate whether appropriate AI usage guidelines are in place to safeguard their systems, information, and workforce. Without clear governance, the potential efficiencies of AI can quickly be overshadowed by compliance risks, data breaches, and operational vulnerabilities.
A structured approach begins with asking the right questions. Organisations must identify which systems are critical to daily operations, who has access to them, and what type of data is considered legally sensitive. Equally important is understanding what scenarios could significantly compromise business continuity. Conducting a comprehensive analysis of critical business assets including employee devices, operational technologies, and software licenses enables organisations to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities before they escalate.
HR leaders play a pivotal role as custodians of policy development, implementation, and enforcement. As such, HR should lead the organisation’s AI awareness and sensitisation efforts. Collaboration across executive leadership and various business functions is essential to develop a robust governance framework. This framework must clearly define the acceptable use of AI tools and establish controls around what information can be shared with external platforms.
A key component of effective AI governance is assessing human vulnerability within the organisation. While technological controls are essential, many AI-related risks arise from employee behaviour, making the human element a critical consideration in any governance framework. Organisations should therefore conduct regular assessments to identify areas where employees may inadvertently expose the organisation to security, compliance or operational risks.
Key considerations include:

Users with unrestricted or unmonitored access: Identify employees who have broad access to AI tools, sensitive data or organisational systems without appropriate oversight. Access rights should be reviewed regularly to ensure they align with business needs and the principle of least privilege.
Shadow IT usage: Assess the extent to which employees are using unauthorised AI applications or other software outside approved organisational systems. While employees may adopt these tools to improve efficiency, their use can create significant risks relating to data privacy, confidentiality, cybersecurity and regulatory compliance.
Risk-based user profiling: Categorise users according to their level of risk, considering factors such as their access to sensitive information, their role within the organisation, the nature of their AI usage and previous compliance history. A risk-based approach enables organisations to tailor governance measures, monitoring and training to different user groups rather than applying uniform controls across the workforce.
Susceptibility to phishing and social engineering: Evaluate employees’ awareness of cyber threats, particularly those involving AI-enabled phishing, impersonation and other forms of social engineering. Regular awareness programmes simulated phishing exercises and targeted training can strengthen organisational resilience against these evolving threats.

Addressing these vulnerabilities requires more than policy documentation. It requires a combination of clear, enforceable guidelines, continuous employee education, and appropriate system access controls. This may include implementing approved and prohibited AI platform lists, as well as reinforcing data protection protocols. Given the rapid evolution of AI technologies, these policies must remain dynamic and be regularly updated to remain relevant and effective.
Importantly, the absence of clear governance can have significant legal, operational and reputational implications for organisations. Without well-defined policies governing the use of technology, employees may use AI tools inconsistently or in ways that expose the organisation to risks relating to confidentiality, data protection, intellectual property and regulatory compliance.
Such unregulated use may also weaken an organisation’s ability to enforce disciplinary action, as it may be difficult to demonstrate that employees were aware of the standards and expectations governing AI use. In addition, the lack of documented governance increases an organisation’s exposure to regulatory scrutiny and potential liability where AI is used in a manner that contravenes applicable laws or internal policies.
In South Africa, the Basic Conditions of Employment Act (BCEA) underscores the necessity for workplace rules and codes of conduct to be formally documented, clearly communicated and acknowledged by employees. These requirements support principles of procedural fairness and provide employers with a stronger legal basis for enforcing workplace standards.
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into business operations, organisations should therefore treat AI governance as an essential component of their broader compliance, risk management and corporate governance frameworks. Establishing clear policies, providing employee training and regularly reviewing governance measures will not only strengthen legal compliance but also promote the responsible, ethical and accountable use of AI across the organisation.
AI presents immense opportunities to enhance productivity, improve decision-making and drive innovation across organisations. From automating routine administrative tasks to supporting strategic workforce planning and improving employee experiences, AI has the potential to transform the way organisations operate and compete in an increasingly digital economy.
However, these benefits can only be fully realised when AI is implemented responsibly and supported by robust governance frameworks that promote ethical, lawful and transparent use. Without appropriate oversight, the risks associated with AI, including data privacy breaches, algorithmic bias, inaccurate outputs and regulatory non-compliance may outweigh its potential advantages.
For HR practitioners, this is a call to action: policy alone will not suffice without visible, consistent day-to-day enforcement across teams.
Ultimately, the successful adoption of AI depends not only on technological capability but also on effective leadership, sound governance and a culture of accountability. By embedding clear governance frameworks, promoting ethical decision-making and fostering transparency in the use of AI, organisations can confidently harness the transformative potential of these technologies while safeguarding their employees, protecting sensitive information and preserving stakeholder trust. In doing so, organisations will be better positioned to embrace innovation responsibly, remain compliant with evolving legal and regulatory expectations, and build resilient, future-ready workplaces.

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## Third-party cybersecurity failures are now an enterprise level threat
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2026/05/05/third-party-cybersecurity-failures-are-now-an-enterprise-level-threat/
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Modified: 2026-05-05

By Michael Lazenby
As cyber threats continue to evolve, third-party cybersecurity has become one of the most substantial areas of risk for organisations globally. Increasing reliance on suppliers, vendors, partners and service providers has expanded digital ecosystems making organisations more exposed to security vulnerabilities originating outside of their direct control.
Third-party cybersecurity refers to the safeguards and controls organisations implement to protect their systems and data when engaging with external entities. Recent examples and research highlights that this area has become a high‑volume attack vector, with threat actors increasingly targeting vendors as a means of infiltrating multiple organisations at once.
Insights from the Black Kite Third Party Breach Report 2026 reveal the scale of the issue. For every vendor breach, an average of more than five downstream organisations are compromised. Notably, several of the largest data breaches in 2025 and early 2026 were traced back to third-party suppliers and software providers rather than direct cyberattacks on the affected organisations themselves.
The human impact of these incidents is equally concerning. Publicly disclosed third‑party breaches have affected approximately 433 million people. Due to underreporting by organisations, it is likely this figure understates the true extent of the problem.
In today’s deeply interconnected business environment, an organisation’s cybersecurity posture is only as strong as that of its weakest third party. A single vendor with inadequate controls can become a gateway for data breaches, ransomware attacks and operational disruption, placing full accountability on the organisation that entrusted them with access to sensitive systems or data.
Key risks associated with third-party relationships include legal and regulatory exposure under legislation such as the POPI Act, reputational damage, operational downtime and direct financial losses resulting from unauthorised access to sensitive information.
To mitigate these risks, organisations are encouraged to adopt best‑practice approaches to third‑party risk management. These include structured vendor risk assessments based on access levels, continuous monitoring of vendor compliance, and the enforcement of cybersecurity policies and frameworks that align third-parties with internal security standards. Leveraging established frameworks such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework provides a consistent and proven approach to identifying, managing and reducing risk.
In addition, organisations are urged to develop and maintain incident response plans that explicitly include third-party vendors, ensuring rapid detection, coordination and recovery in the event of a breach.
As cyber threats continue to increase in sophistication and frequency, strengthening third‑party cybersecurity practices is no longer optional. By simplifying alignment for vendors and maintaining continuous oversight, organisations can enhance their resilience, protect sensitive data and foster stronger, more trusted partnerships across their supply chains.

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## About Us
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/about-ziyasiza/
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Modified: 2026-02-05

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css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”208144″][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-t-right” uncode_shortcode_id=”194609″]Recognised for our professional partnerships and dynamic management team, Ziyasiza can be differentiated from most consulting, advisory and audit firms. We differentiate ourselves through our strategic and leading-edge approach to solving our clients’ problems, using only highly skilled and experienced individuals ensuring our clients’ needs are met. All our clients are treated as individuals and each project, no matter how big or small, is given the respect and dedication it deserves.
Headquartered in Johannesburg, Gauteng, we work nationally and abroad aligning ourselves with a network of reliable partners around the globe. 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back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”swap-white”][vc_icon icon_image=”156854″ media_size=”120″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” text_lead=”small” title=”Reliability” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”140622″ link=”url:%23″]Our stakeholders can confidently rely on us to honour all our commitments.[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”300″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”197376″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”swap-gray”][vc_icon icon_image=”156855″ media_size=”120″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” text_lead=”small” title=”Respect” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”185285″ link=”url:%23″]We demonstrate respect and appreciation towards everyone we work with and embrace diversity with an open mind.[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”400″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”611133″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”100″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”4″ bottom_padding=”4″ back_color=”color-xsdn” back_image=”156039″ back_repeat=”no-repeat” back_position=”right top” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”110397″ css=”.vc_custom_1750349664504{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;}” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” back_size=”50% auto” el_class=”divider-t-r” row_name=”Who We Are” el_id=”who-we-are”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”1600″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”166777″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”172830″ limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”850300″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”400″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ badge_style=”yes” css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”347740″ back_color_type=”uncode-solid” el_class=”small-title-light” back_color_solid=”#e8e8e8″]Who We Are[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h1″ text_weight=”600″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” uncode_shortcode_id=”110150″]The Ziyasiza Team[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ inverted_device_order=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”130700″ limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”191862″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”151594″]Ziyasiza is a dynamic company with highly motivated team members. Our management team were previously in Directorship roles in the Big 4 firms and in Executive Management in blue chip companies.
Integrity lies at the core of our value system, and we believe that doing the right thing is paramount to our success, as well as our clients’ success. Clients can count on us to speak up and offer best practice guidance based on our team’s vast experience.[/vc_column_text][vc_icon position=”left” icon_image=”156816″ media_size=”80″ uncode_shortcode_id=”187720″ title=”Andre Swart” el_class=”person-icon”]Managing Director: Ziyasiza[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”994824″][vc_single_image media=”156959″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”four-three” shape=”img-round” radius=”std” css_animation=”right-t-left” uncode_shortcode_id=”926228″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”100″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”4″ bottom_padding=”4″ back_color=”color-955365″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ enable_top_divider=”custom” shape_top_custom=”156383″ shape_top_h_use_pixel=”” shape_top_height=”80″ shape_top_color=”color-xsdn” shape_top_opacity=”100″ shape_top_ratio=”yes” shape_top_index=”0″ shape_top_responsive=”yes” enable_bottom_divider=”custom” shape_bottom_custom=”156011″ shape_bottom_h_use_pixel=”” shape_bottom_height=”80″ shape_bottom_color=”color-jevc” shape_bottom_opacity=”100″ shape_bottom_ratio=”yes” shape_bottom_index=”0″ shape_bottom_responsive=”yes” content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”151420″ css=”.vc_custom_1750349646614{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;}” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”divider-t-r divider-b-r” shape_top_color_type=”uncode-palette” row_name=”Social Responsibility” el_id=”social-responsibility” shape_bottom_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”1600″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”166777″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”172830″ limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”110827″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”400″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ badge_style=”yes” css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”494184″ back_color_type=”uncode-solid” el_class=”small-title-light” back_color_solid=”#e8e8e8″]Social Responsibility[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h1″ text_weight=”600″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” uncode_shortcode_id=”131700″]Giving Back To Our Community[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”198393″ limit_content=”” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”csi-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-142251″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”377541″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_single_image media=”156389″ media_width_percent=”100″ alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”606820″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”994824″][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”600″ uncode_shortcode_id=”214181″]Ziyasiza continues to support early childhood development at Busisiwe Primary School in Soweto[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”178423″]August 2024
One year on, Ziyasiza continues to support early childhood development at Busisiwe Primary School in Soweto.
As part of our 2024 Nelson Mandela Day initiative this year, we focused on learning through play and encouraging a love for learning.
Together, the Ziyasiza team created five new outdoor games where the children can play and develop their strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
May the games bring endless happy learning moments for all the children at Busisiwe Primary School. At Ziyasiza we believe we can #AchieveMoreTogether and we once again invite other organisations with the same objectives to get in touch with us.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”503858″ limit_content=”” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”csi-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-142251″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”268962″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_single_image media=”156385″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”sixteen-nine” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”131736″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”994824″][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”600″ uncode_shortcode_id=”985622″]Ziyasiza donates over 200 pairs of school shoes to learners at Busisiwe Primary School
[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”256496″]March 2024
It’s more than just shoes. It is about meeting the basic needs of learners to enhance their learning experience.
After engaging with and listening to the needs of the Busisiwe Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, the Ziyasiza team rallied to support the learners of the school with school shoes, to avoid the harshness of going to school barefoot in the winter.
CEO André Swart and CSI leader for Ziyasiza, Nomsa Mbuli, were honoured to donate over 200 pairs of shoes to young learners in March 2024.
We at Ziyasiza truly believe we can #AchieveMoreTogether and invite other organisations with the same objectives to get in touch with us![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”177700″ limit_content=”” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”csi-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-142251″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”142999″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_single_image media=”156390″ media_width_percent=”100″ alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”618796″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”994824″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”158545″]On 18 July 2023, our team committed to playing our part in International Nelson Mandela Day, by contributing to Busisiwe Primary School in Soweto, South Africa. We helped to uplift the learning experience for young learners by painting classrooms and creating fun learning environments. We also provided food for over 400 learners and educators on the day. Our collective efforts demonstrate the ethos of our company to work with others to #achievemoretogether.[/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=”color-895698″ custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-167828″ font_weight=”500″ border_width=”0″ scale_mobile=”no” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2Fvideo%2FZiyasiza_Mandela%2520Day%25202023_20230804_Final_HD.mp4|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”101980″ button_color_type=”uncode-palette”]Watch Video[/vc_button][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”105854″ el_class=”limit-width contact-slogan contact-slogan-footer”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”115800″ el_class=”slogan-bottom-row”][uncode_vertical_text layout=”horizontal” horizontal_align=”left” horizontal_text_v_pos=”2″ horizontal_text_h_pos=”2″ z_index=”10″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”600″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ text_color=”color-jevc” uncode_shortcode_id=”258838″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”slogan-bottom-text”]Achieve More. Together.[/uncode_vertical_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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## About Us
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/about-us/
Type: page
Modified: 2026-02-05

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uncode_shortcode_id=”678844″]Our Offering[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”464820″ limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”940732″][vc_single_image media=”156957″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”four-three” shape=”img-round” radius=”std” no_lazy=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”665614″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”208144″][vc_column_text css_animation=”left-t-right” uncode_shortcode_id=”194609″]Recognised for our professional partnerships and dynamic management team, Ziyasiza can be differentiated from most consulting, advisory and audit firms. We differentiate ourselves through our strategic and leading-edge approach to solving our clients’ problems, using only highly skilled and experienced individuals ensuring our clients’ needs are met. All our clients are treated as individuals and each project, no matter how big or small, is given the respect and dedication it deserves.
Headquartered in Johannesburg, Gauteng, we work nationally and abroad aligning ourselves with a network of reliable partners around the globe. 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Guided by a clear sense of purpose, our values inform and shape our actions and decisions in all interactions.[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ mobile_visibility=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”946649″ limit_content=”” el_class=”service-icon-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”100″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”139470″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”swap-gray”][vc_single_image media=”156947″ media_lightbox=”yes” media_width_percent=”100″ no_lazy=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”187727″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ desktop_visibility=”yes” medium_visibility=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”139890″ limit_content=”” el_class=”service-icon-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-955365″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”100″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”178868″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_icon icon_image=”156852″ media_size=”120″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” text_lead=”small” title=”Integrity” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”127259″ link=”url:%23″]We do the right thing by upholding the highest standards of integrity, fairness, honesty and accountability in all we do.[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”200″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”406284″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_icon icon_image=”156857″ media_size=”120″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” text_lead=”small” title=”Collaboration” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”116186″ link=”url:%23″]We collaborate and build trust with all our stakeholders.
[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-955365″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”300″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”285084″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_icon icon_image=”156851″ media_size=”120″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” text_lead=”small” title=”Innovation” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”975464″ link=”url:%23″]We drive purposeful innovation and continually embrace better ways to deliver value.[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ 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back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”100″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”104342″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”swap-gray”][vc_icon icon_image=”156955″ media_size=”120″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” text_lead=”small” title=”Quality” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”348662″ link=”url:%23″]We commit to deliver excellence and maintain high quality standards in all our work.[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-955365″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”200″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”171263″ 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text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”400″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ badge_style=”yes” css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”347740″ back_color_type=”uncode-solid” el_class=”small-title-light” back_color_solid=”#e8e8e8″]Who We Are[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h1″ text_weight=”600″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” uncode_shortcode_id=”110150″]The Ziyasiza Team[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ inverted_device_order=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”130700″ limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”191862″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”151594″]Ziyasiza is a dynamic company with highly motivated team members. Our management team were previously in Directorship roles in the Big 4 firms and in Executive Management in blue chip companies.
Integrity lies at the core of our value system, and we believe that doing the right thing is paramount to our success, as well as our clients’ success. Clients can count on us to speak up and offer best practice guidance based on our team’s vast experience.[/vc_column_text][vc_icon position=”left” icon_image=”156816″ media_size=”80″ uncode_shortcode_id=”187720″ title=”Andre Swart” el_class=”person-icon”]Managing Director: Ziyasiza[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”994824″][vc_single_image media=”156959″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”four-three” shape=”img-round” radius=”std” css_animation=”right-t-left” uncode_shortcode_id=”926228″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”100″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”4″ bottom_padding=”4″ back_color=”color-955365″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ enable_top_divider=”custom” shape_top_custom=”156383″ shape_top_h_use_pixel=”” shape_top_height=”80″ shape_top_color=”color-xsdn” shape_top_opacity=”100″ shape_top_ratio=”yes” shape_top_index=”0″ shape_top_responsive=”yes” enable_bottom_divider=”custom” shape_bottom_custom=”156011″ shape_bottom_h_use_pixel=”” shape_bottom_height=”80″ shape_bottom_color=”color-jevc” shape_bottom_opacity=”100″ shape_bottom_ratio=”yes” shape_bottom_index=”0″ shape_bottom_responsive=”yes” content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”151420″ css=”.vc_custom_1750349646614{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;}” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”divider-t-r divider-b-r” shape_top_color_type=”uncode-palette” row_name=”Social Responsibility” el_id=”social-responsibility” shape_bottom_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”1600″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”166777″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”172830″ limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”110827″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”400″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ badge_style=”yes” css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”494184″ back_color_type=”uncode-solid” el_class=”small-title-light” back_color_solid=”#e8e8e8″]Social Responsibility[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h1″ text_weight=”600″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” uncode_shortcode_id=”131700″]Giving Back To Our Community[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”198393″ limit_content=”” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”csi-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-142251″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”377541″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_single_image media=”157090″ media_width_percent=”100″ alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”476595″ media_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2Fvideo%2FMandela-Day-2025.m4v|target:_blank”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”994824″][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”600″ uncode_shortcode_id=”272420″]2025 Nelson Mandela Day Initiative[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”176601″]July 2025
As part of our 2025 Nelson Mandela Day initiative this year, we renovated an unused classroom to support the growing number of Grade R learners at Busisiwe Primary School.
The project included replacing the ceiling, upgrading electrical systems, and painting the walls in vibrant colours to create a welcoming, learning-friendly space.
We hope these improvements contribute towards creating a safer and more comfortable learning environment for all the current and future Gr R children at Busisiwe Primary School.
Let’s continue achieving more together for the benefit of all.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”198393″ limit_content=”” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”csi-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-142251″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”377541″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_single_image media=”156389″ media_width_percent=”100″ alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”606820″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”994824″][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”600″ uncode_shortcode_id=”214181″]Ziyasiza continues to support early childhood development at Busisiwe Primary School in Soweto[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”178423″]August 2024
One year on, Ziyasiza continues to support early childhood development at Busisiwe Primary School in Soweto.
As part of our 2024 Nelson Mandela Day initiative this year, we focused on learning through play and encouraging a love for learning.
Together, the Ziyasiza team created five new outdoor games where the children can play and develop their strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
May the games bring endless happy learning moments for all the children at Busisiwe Primary School. At Ziyasiza we believe we can #AchieveMoreTogether and we once again invite other organisations with the same objectives to get in touch with us.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”503858″ limit_content=”” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”csi-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-142251″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”268962″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_single_image media=”156385″ media_width_percent=”100″ media_ratio=”sixteen-nine” alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”131736″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”994824″][vc_custom_heading text_weight=”600″ uncode_shortcode_id=”985622″]Ziyasiza donates over 200 pairs of school shoes to learners at Busisiwe Primary School
[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”256496″]March 2024
It’s more than just shoes. It is about meeting the basic needs of learners to enhance their learning experience.
After engaging with and listening to the needs of the Busisiwe Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, the Ziyasiza team rallied to support the learners of the school with school shoes, to avoid the harshness of going to school barefoot in the winter.
CEO André Swart and CSI leader for Ziyasiza, Nomsa Mbuli, were honoured to donate over 200 pairs of shoes to young learners in March 2024.
We at Ziyasiza truly believe we can #AchieveMoreTogether and invite other organisations with the same objectives to get in touch with us![/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ back_color=”color-xsdn” overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”177700″ limit_content=”” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”csi-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ back_color=”color-142251″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”142999″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_single_image media=”156390″ media_width_percent=”100″ alignment=”center” uncode_shortcode_id=”618796″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”7″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”right-t-left” width=”1/2″ uncode_shortcode_id=”994824″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”158545″]On 18 July 2023, our team committed to playing our part in International Nelson Mandela Day, by contributing to Busisiwe Primary School in Soweto, South Africa. We helped to uplift the learning experience for young learners by painting classrooms and creating fun learning environments. We also provided food for over 400 learners and educators on the day. Our collective efforts demonstrate the ethos of our company to work with others to #achievemoretogether.[/vc_column_text][vc_button button_color=”color-895698″ custom_typo=”yes” font_family=”font-167828″ font_weight=”500″ border_width=”0″ scale_mobile=”no” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2Fvideo%2FZiyasiza_Mandela%2520Day%25202023_20230804_Final_HD.mp4|target:_blank” uncode_shortcode_id=”101980″ button_color_type=”uncode-palette”]Watch Video[/vc_button][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”105854″ el_class=”limit-width contact-slogan contact-slogan-footer”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”115800″ el_class=”slogan-bottom-row”][uncode_vertical_text layout=”horizontal” horizontal_align=”left” horizontal_text_v_pos=”2″ horizontal_text_h_pos=”2″ z_index=”10″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”600″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ text_color=”color-jevc” uncode_shortcode_id=”258838″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”slogan-bottom-text”]Achieve More. Together.[/uncode_vertical_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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## Vacancies
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/vacancies/
Type: page
Modified: 2026-01-28

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## Services
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/services/
Type: page
Modified: 2026-01-28

[vc_row row_height_percent=”100″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”3″ top_padding=”5″ bottom_padding=”3″ back_color=”color-jevc” back_image=”156453″ back_position=”center top” overlay_color=”color-jevc” overlay_alpha=”40″ overlay_animated=”yes” overlay_animated_1_color=”color-jevc” overlay_animated_2_color=”color-509491″ overlay_animated_speed=”1500″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ bottom_divider=”gradient” content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”144687″ back_color_type=”uncode-palette” overlay_color_type=”uncode-palette” overlay_animated_1_color_type=”uncode-palette” overlay_animated_2_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”padding-mobile” row_name=”Services” el_id=”services-header”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”bottom” gutter_size=”4″ style=”dark” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”138994″][vc_row_inner limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”3″ style=”dark” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”189628″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”custom” text_weight=”300″ uncode_shortcode_id=”818398″ heading_custom_size=”clamp(50px,7vw,125px)”]Services[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator sep_color=”” full_width=”yes” css_animation=”alpha-anim” uncode_shortcode_id=”160403″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”2″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ limit_content=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”210300″][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ style=”dark” overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_visibility=”yes” medium_width=”7″ mobile_visibility=”yes” mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_delay=”100″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”167561″][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h4″ text_weight=”300″ uncode_shortcode_id=”727686″]We provide a broad range of customisable services and products designed to meet the unique needs of each client. Our comprehensive approach addresses a wide spectrum of business challenges, and we take pride in delivering solutions that drive value and mitigate risk – supporting organisations to achieve more, together.[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”100″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”3″ bottom_padding=”4″ back_color=”color-142251″ back_image=”155976″ back_repeat=”no-repeat” back_position=”right bottom” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ enable_bottom_divider=”custom” shape_bottom_custom=”156451″ shape_bottom_h_use_pixel=”” shape_bottom_height=”80″ shape_bottom_color=”color-xsdn” shape_bottom_opacity=”100″ shape_bottom_ratio=”yes” shape_bottom_index=”10″ shape_bottom_responsive=”yes” content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”206933″ css=”.vc_custom_1748871771019{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;}” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” back_size=”auto 97%” el_class=”divider-b-r” row_name=”Our Services” el_id=”our-services” shape_bottom_color_type=”uncode-palette”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”1600″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”136484″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”172830″ limit_content=””][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ radius=”sm” shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ align_medium=”align_left_tablet” medium_width=”7″ align_mobile=”align_left_mobile” mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”121605″][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h6″ text_size=”h6″ text_weight=”400″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ badge_style=”yes” css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”698482″ el_class=”small-title-light”]Service Offering[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading text_size=”h1″ text_weight=”600″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”400″ uncode_shortcode_id=”193751″]Our Services Include[/vc_custom_heading][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”0″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”693638″ limit_content=”” el_class=”service-icon-row”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”100″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”876980″][vc_icon icon_image=”156014″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” title=”Consulting” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”164448″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2Fservice%2Fconsulting%2F” link_text=”Read More”]At Ziyasiza, we approach every business challenge with an integrated mindset, recognising that each decision has far-reaching implications across the organisation and its stakeholders.[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”200″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”926066″][vc_icon icon_image=”156018″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” title=”Integrated Risk” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”643888″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2Fservice%2Fintegrated-risk%2F” link_text=”Read More”]It is our belief that no organisation can succeed without an understanding of what its risks are. We believe that a clear understanding of risks is fundamental to sustainable success.[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”300″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”171867″][vc_icon icon_image=”156239″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” title=”Talent” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”614730″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2Fservice%2Ftalent%2F” link_text=”Read More”]Attracting and retaining the right talent remains a strategic priority for many organisations. Securing the right talent is critical to achieving business objectives
View Vacancies →[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ position_horizontal=”left” gutter_size=”2″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”4″ mobile_width=”7″ css_animation=”left-t-right” animation_delay=”400″ width=”1/4″ uncode_shortcode_id=”789125″][vc_icon icon_image=”156945″ heading_semantic=”h2″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”500″ text_height=”fontheight-357766″ linked_title=”yes” title=”Technology” el_class=”services-icon” uncode_shortcode_id=”547270″ link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fziyasiza.com%2Fservice%2Ftechnology%2F” link_text=”Read More”]We provide comprehensive technology consulting services designed to align with each client’s unique strategy, business objectives, processes, culture and people.[/vc_icon][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”100″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”3″ back_color=”color-xsdn” back_image=”155976″ back_repeat=”no-repeat” back_position=”right bottom” overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ enable_bottom_divider=”custom” shape_bottom_custom=”156011″ shape_bottom_h_use_pixel=”” shape_bottom_height=”80″ shape_bottom_color=”color-jevc” shape_bottom_opacity=”100″ shape_bottom_ratio=”yes” shape_bottom_index=”10″ shape_bottom_responsive=”yes” content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”593637″ css=”.vc_custom_1748871665908{border-bottom-width: 1px !important;}” back_color_type=”uncode-palette” back_size=”auto 97%” shape_bottom_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”divider-b-r” row_name=”Our Services” el_id=”our-services”][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” align_horizontal=”align_center” gutter_size=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ css_animation=”alpha-anim” animation_speed=”1600″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”136484″][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”120232″ el_class=”limit-width padding-mobile”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”115800″ el_class=”slogan-bottom-row”][vc_single_image media=”156887″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”817426″][vc_empty_space empty_h=”3″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_inner_height_percent=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ equal_height=”yes” gutter_size=”3″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”117086″ el_class=”limit-width contact-slogan contact-slogan-footer”][vc_column_inner column_width_percent=”100″ gutter_size=”3″ override_padding=”yes” column_padding=”0″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1/1″ uncode_shortcode_id=”115800″ el_class=”slogan-bottom-row”][uncode_vertical_text layout=”horizontal” horizontal_align=”left” horizontal_text_v_pos=”2″ horizontal_text_h_pos=”2″ z_index=”10″ text_size=”h2″ text_weight=”600″ text_height=”fontheight-179065″ text_color=”color-jevc” uncode_shortcode_id=”121202″ text_color_type=”uncode-palette” el_class=”slogan-bottom-text slogan-bottom-text-dark”]Achieve More. Together.[/uncode_vertical_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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## The hidden threat in your inbox: Email, SMS and WhatsApp scams on the rise
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2025/12/08/the-hidden-threat-in-your-inbox-email-sms-and-whatsapp-scams-on-the-rise/
Type: post
Modified: 2026-01-28

By Michael Lazenby and Yvette du Toit
Scammers are a dime-a-dozen as digital communication has become so embedded in daily life. Scam messages are now almost indistinguishable from legitimate ones. What is new, however, is the scale, sophistication and financial success of the criminals behind them.
Globally, text-based scams – whether SMS or WhatsApp – are a booming criminal enterprise capable of  scamming users into disclosing all sorts of personal information, mostly unwittingly, typically by entering their bank details after receiving fraudulent scam messages.
The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Chinese cybercrime syndicates alone generated more than US$1 billion in just three years through highly coordinated text-message fraud. These messages range from fake government payment notifications to identity-theft operations and payment-technology scams, all engineered to deceive victims  into divulging personal and financial information.
While the phenomenon is global, scams also evolve to exploit local conditions. For instance, during rebate season in South Africa (and the US) taxpayers routinely receive fraudulent messages that appear authentic enough to convince them to ‘verify’ their banking details – unwittingly handing scammers the keys to their SARS accounts.
Similar to email phishing, SMS scams or ‘smishing’ are just as prolific and often achieve even higher success rates for criminals. The links are designed to lure a victim to a fictitious website, which are typically remarkably accurate, most often including correct contact information. One click on a fraudulent link and the dark web takes over, triggering keystroke tracking, password harvesting and the extraction of financial data. These details are then monetised through untraceable purchases such as gift cards, online subscriptions, digital vouchers and other anonymous transactions.
Current-day scamming trends are so successful that the scamming groups openly sell the hardware upon which these scams can be executed via various technology platforms. Cyber criminals, in mining and hacking of legitimate institutional databases, also sell stolen databases with users’ personal details and even banking credentials to these gangs.
In the US alone, the FBI received more than 60 000 complaints regarding text-based scams last year – excluding the significant number of victims who never report incidents due to embarrassment or perceived lack of recourse.
Affluent individuals and pensioners remain prime targets, with cybercriminals often purchasing stolen databases from compromised financial institutions and service providers. These datasets include personal information and, in some cases, banking credentials – shortening the criminals’ path to a successful attack. The primary defence remains vigilance.
The golden rule is simply not to click on any links within your text messages, without doing some form of checking its legitimacy. It is not advised to act on the messages as one may have done in the past. Often, the contact details are fictitious, so rather use known numbers instead, such as calling a local bank branch or official office numbers.
As cybercriminals continue refining their methods, awareness and caution are essential. Delete unsolicited messages, scrutinise unexpected requests for personal information, and confirm authenticity before taking action. In an environment where digital fraud is advancing faster than regulation, proactive behaviour remains the most effective safeguard.

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## Windows 10 End of Life: What You Need to Know
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2025/10/03/windows-10-end-of-life-what-you-need-to-know/
Type: post
Modified: 2025-12-08

Microsoft has officially announced that support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025. After this date, Windows 10 devices will no longer receive automatic security updates, and Microsoft customer service will no longer provide technical support for the operating system.
Why This Matters
Without ongoing security patches, Windows 10 devices will become increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats. In an era where cybercrime is becoming more sophisticated and frequent, staying up-to-date with the latest security technologies is critical.
Microsoft has already launched Windows 11, a more secure and modern operating system designed to address these growing threats. However, not all existing hardware supports Windows 11, which leaves many users wondering what their options are post-October 2025.
Extended Security Updates (ESU) Program
To ease the transition, Microsoft has introduced an Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10. This program is a temporary, paid solution that allows users to continue receiving critical and important security updates beyond the official end-of-support date.
Key Details of the ESU Program:

Availability: For PCs enrolled in the program only
Cost for Organizations:

Year 1: ~$61 (approx. R1120) per device
Price doubles each subsequent year (Year 2: ~$122, Year 3: ~$244)
Licenses must be purchased consecutively — e.g., Year 2 cannot be purchased without Year 1


Cost for Home Users:

One-time option: ~$30 (approx. R550) for one year only


Purchase Channel:

Available through the Microsoft Volume Licensing Program for organizations


Support Scope:

Microsoft will provide support only for issues related to ESU updates — no other Windows 10 support will be offered



This gives users a maximum of three additional years (until October 2028) to continue using Windows 10 with some level of protection, but it’s not a long-term solution.
Upgrade Path to Windows 11
Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 11, which includes enhanced security features, performance improvements, and ongoing support.

Supported CPUs: Most 8th Gen Intel processors and newer are compatible with Windows 11.
Eligibility Check: Microsoft offers tools via Windows Update to check if your current PC meets Windows 11 system requirements.
Important Note: Users who install Windows 11 on unsupported hardware do so at their own risk. These devices will not receive essential security updates and will remain unsupported by Microsoft.

The Bottom Line
As October 14, 2025 approaches, Windows 10 users need to start planning:

Check if your hardware supports Windows 11
Consider upgrading your current device or purchasing a new one
If you must remain on Windows 10, explore the ESU program as a short-term solution

In today’s cyber threat landscape, keeping your operating system secure is non-negotiable. Ensuring your devices receive regular updates is one of the most important steps in protecting your data, your identity, and your organization from ever-evolving digital threats.
Ziyasiza and Microsoft strongly recommends upgrading to Windows 11 for the best and most secure experience.
Please feel free to contact Ziyasiza on +27 61 022 0166 or on info@ziyasiza.com to assist you with your Windows 11 hardware upgrade solutions.

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## From fear to empowerment: Your employees and AI
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2025/08/17/from-fear-to-empowerment-your-employees-and-ai/
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By Nomsa Mbuli, Strategic Accounts Leader and Talent Expert, Ziyasiza Consulting (Pty) Ltd
The future of work is already here. Artificial intelligence (AI) is not coming for our jobs; it is coming for how we do them. If we lead this strategic mindset shift with intention and empathy, we will change the tone of the workplace as we know it.
Far too many South African executives remain in denial about AI’s potential psychological toll on employees and the structural changes it demands from leadership. I was recently in a room with seasoned Chartered Accountants at a leadership forum. The sentiment was that the roles of financial professionals were ‘safe’ from AI. That unsettled me. We know from our decade of experience that job functions change. Research points to this accelerating in an AI world. The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 indicates that traditional accounting and auditing jobs are among those predicted to decline the fastest as automation and AI advance. If finance leaders believe they are immune from the impact of AI, what hope can their teams have of preparing for change and remaining relevant?
Organisational sensitisation starts with the C-Suite
Successful AI integration is not just about infrastructure or platforms. It is about people. The first people who need to shift their thinking about AI are those at the top.
Organisational AI sensitisation must begin with honest leadership conversations about the reality of business transformation and its impact on people. Before we realign strategies, introduce new systems or expect teams to embrace disruption, we must take executives on a mindset shift journey.
AI presents the opportunity to enhance brainpower by reducing time spent on repetitive tasks, giving employees more cognitive space to focus on creativity, problem solving, and strategic thinking. In this way, it enhances decision making and allows us to reimagine current roles to unlock greater human potential. Only when leadership understands this, can they lead the rest of the organisation towards a goal of embracing AI coherently.
Conversely, AI is triggering emotional distress in the workplace in ways that management is not ready for. According to Gallup, 75% of employees fear they will lose their job due to AI, a sentiment that risks spiralling into disengagement unless met with clear upskilling paths and open leadership communication. From my own experience working with clients, the fear runs deeper as employees ponder questions about losing themselves if they lose their jobs: redundancy of identity. Employees question the value of their qualifications, the relevance of their skills and their place in a future that feels both exciting and alien.
We cannot underestimate the psychological impact of this transformation. Strategic realignment of the skills gap is essential, not only from an organisational capability perspective, but also as a human-centred process. Employees need clarity on what skills are required for the future, and support to develop them in ways that feel empowering, guided and safe. Upskilling must be more than technical training; it must be a psychologically safe journey that ensures no one is left behind.
A standout example of AI’s role in safeguarding wellbeing is Wysa – an AI-guided mental health platform already used by several South African mining companies, including in vernacular languages. Wysa offers anonymous, self-help therapy and wellness coaching based on cognitive behavioural techniques. At the 2023 World Economic Forum in Davos, Wysa launched its Employee Mental Health Report 2023, which details one of the largest observational studies of its kind globally. Analysing more than 150,000 conversations with over 11,000 employees across 60 countries, the study makes a compelling case for employers, brokers and insurers to offer early, anonymous, and unlimited mental health support. This shows that AI can be a powerful ally in building psychological safety at scale in the workplace.
AI competency is a baseline for the new world of work
To stay ahead, we need a workforce with AI competency as a baseline, not a bonus. Increasingly, we see young talent equipped with these skills. According to Microsoft’s 2024 Work Trend Index, 75% of global knowledge workers are already using generative AI. Forward-thinking organisations must make AI skills a recruitment priority and redesign talent and training strategies accordingly.
We should be mindful to avoid excluding older employees. I am a strong advocate for reverse mentoring, teaming up younger, tech-savvy staff with experienced leaders to create mutual learning. This bridges generational divides and reinforces inclusivity in transformation efforts.
The question is not whether AI will reshape the workplace. It already is. The real question is: will leadership rise to the challenge with strategic clarity, inclusive vision and care for the human impact?

Nomsa Mbuli is leading strategic account growth at Ziyasiza, a South African professional services firm focusing on governance, integrated risk, talent, and technology. She is a multi-talented professional, with more than 25 years’ experience in Human Resources, Employee Relations, Talent Management and Business Development.
Nomsa has earned her experience in several sectors, including mining, banking, NGOs, aviation, and professional services.
She is a champion of diversity, inclusion, and women empowerment in the workplace.

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## Cybercrime costs are eye-watering, but companies are in denial.
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2023/06/09/cybercrime-costs-are-eye-watering-but-companies-are-in-denial/
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Modified: 2025-07-06

By Andre Swart
Managing Director, Ziyasiza Consulting
Cybercriminals cost the world $7-trillion in 2022, making cybercrime the world’s third-largest economy after China and the US.
The first half of 2021 had 1.5-billion attacks targeting the “internet of things” globally, while data breaches rose 15.1% from the previous year.
This onslaught is pervasive as a consequence of heightened global geopolitical tensions. SA will not be spared. Criminals are crafty and well equipped, becoming more sophisticated, relentless and, unfortunately, more successful, as time goes on.
Interpol’s African Cyberthreat Assessment Report, released in March, shows that SA accounts for 42% of all “detected ransomware attacks”, the highest on the continent. The report says the number of undetected attacks is considered to be even higher. SA also accounts for more than half of “business email compromise” attacks in Africa.
So it is clear that the call for sharper focus on building cyber resilience is a priority business leaders navigating complex risk landscapes can no longer delay. Cyber resilience is more than cybersecurity. It’s about the organisation’s ability to continue uninterrupted services and operations despite cyber events.
As a measure of persistence in a changing and unpredictable world, resilience plays an important role in an organisation’s ability to be sustainable and responsible in its environmental, social & governance priorities. As a boardroom imperative there are a number of priorities business leaders should be focusing on to build cyber resilience.
Cyber resilience is an important intersection for the executive and board of directors. This critical nexus for risk management, business continuity, cybersecurity, finance and technology requires joint leadership commitment. Boards are paying closer attention to cyber issues. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 40% of boards will have a dedicated cybersecurity committee, which will affect the way cyber resilience is reported and monitored.
A common error is to assume cyber resilience is about technology. Far from it. Successful organisations will view cyber resilience in the context of the entire business value chain. It should address digital risk in supply chains, product manufacture, logistics, strategic alliances and partnerships, customer experiences, mergers & acquisitions, subsidiary organisations, building the capabilities and skills of employees, and the organisation’s public reputation.
Cyber-resilience strategies should not be developed as an afterthought or add-on but should be a vital consideration of protecting — and creating — value for the organisation. Cyber resilience must be central to risk management strategies to protect the organisation’s highest risk assets. Business leaders should develop risk-focused, top-down resilience strategies and cyber road maps that can be implemented across geographies, jurisdictions, and operating environments.
For example, if an organisation’s highest risk asset is its data, it is critical that it is safeguarded in multiple layers, from technology and infrastructure to controls and processes, systems, tools, governance, policy compliance, skilled people and organisation culture. Cybercriminals pursue targets that are easiest to breach. At the height of the pandemic there were notorious ransomware attacks on patient data at hospitals, which put the lives of patients at risk as hospitals were brought to a standstill.
Cyber weaknesses can be directly linked to a failure by leadership to embed it into the organisation’s culture and operations. Actions and accountability must support strategies and policies. Investments should not only consider technology infrastructure and security, but also the dependence on human behaviour to achieve success.
The best approach is cross-functional and collaborative, with an emphasis on culture and skills development. This would improve efforts to address IT risk, operational risk, business continuity, data protection and privacy, anti-corruption, anti-fraud, ethics, end-user education and training, and cyber practices and culture.
By building a culture of resilience centred on collaboration, organisations are better equipped to bounce back from trauma caused by social unrest, severe weather or cyberattacks, without missing a beat.
Technology transformation is not just about technology. An organisation’s technology transformation can be stymied by misdirected funding of priority digital investments, poor governance and accountability, and lack of effect.
Executives are often faced with managing the risk resulting from reduced investment in digital, and being expected to do less with more. Technology leaders should be mindful that boards are more interested in how digital investments will create value for the organisation than the technology solution itself. Navigating this important difference will uphold the credibility of technology leaders and lead to technology investments that enable the organisation’s goals.
Complexity increases when organisations take a siloed approach. It also limits our ability to respond effectively — and be resilient — when the entire landscape is unknown.
Successful cyber resilience requires a broad view of the organisation’s digital ecosystem, including infrastructure, networks, platforms, systems, applications, data storage, as well as third-party and end-user access, to mention a few digital touchpoints. Tools such as cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating new ways for a holistic and proactive approach to digital integration and cyber protection.
The key to building cyber resilience
Business leaders should avoid taking a digital-only view of cyber resilience. Resilience strategies should drive the right investments in areas of greatest vulnerability and a clear road map to achieve organisation-wide cyber resilience.
Instead of only focusing on digging deeper fortifications to keep the risks out, business leaders would do well to build their resilience from the inside. The most effective way to achieve this by setting the tone at the top, and supporting employees with skills, tools and a culture that empowers cyber resilience.

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## Insights
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## The talent equation for digital success
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The Achilles’ heel of digital transformation is not the technology itself – it is talent. For CHROs and C-Suite executives at the forefront of change, the real business challenge does not lie in adapting new tools but in realigning workforce strategies and talent management frameworks to meet the relentless pace of change.
Digital transformation is fundamentally altering the talent dynamics conversation at the boardroom table, requiring urgent attention from leaders across all areas of the organisation. In South Africa and across the continent, the pressure to integrate digital tools and strategies into workforce planning is urgent, especially with the evolving nature of jobs and skills. The skills gap is fast becoming a skills chasm, and digital transformation is widening the gap in the South African context at an accelerated rate. This has a direct bearing on an organisation’s sustainability and competitiveness, as well as the wellness and productivity of its employees.
The changing workforce landscape
One of the most immediate impacts of digital transformation is the redefinition of roles within organisations. “We are no longer dealing with static job descriptions or fixed skill sets,” said Nomsa Mbuli, Strategic Accounts Leader and HR expert at Ziyasiza Consulting. “The days of long-term workforce strategies that stretch five years are over. Today, organisations are pivoting every 18 months, and with this change comes a need for highly specialised, adaptable talent.” This constant evolution necessitates that organisations move beyond traditional recruitment practices to embrace strategic workforce planning.
The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2023 supports this sentiment, projecting that 50% of all employees will need reskilling by 2025 as the adoption of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) continues. In Africa, this trend is even more pressing due to the continent’s youthful population and the rapid growth of technology-driven industries. For CHROs and COOs, this signals a critical need to balance immediate operational needs with long-term strategic goals.
Five smart human capital strategies
In a bid to remain relevant and competitive in the global economy, South African organisations are increasingly adopting smart and future-forward human capital and workforce strategies.
1. New world, new skills
Reskilling and upskilling will be the constant strategic imperative for talent leaders in a changing world.
According to Mbuli, “The biggest challenge is ensuring that your workforce remains relevant. In South Africa, we are seeing a significant push for upskilling, particularly in technical and digital skills.”
A recent Deloitte report reinforces this, highlighting that digital literacy and technical competence are now fundamental to maintaining competitive advantage. Organisations must partner with specialist training providers to continuously reskill their teams in areas such as AI, data analysis, cloud computing, and process automation.
2. Access to scarce and critical skills in a high demand market 
As the demand for specialised skills, particularly in Finance and IT, intensifies, CHROs and COOs are rethinking traditional approaches to talent acquisition. Organisations are increasingly adopting just-in-time talent strategies, enabling them to secure the right skills to meet evolving business needs without committing to long-term staffing expenses.
Two primary strategies are employed to access these skills. Insourcing remains an attractive option for companies looking to develop in-house capabilities. Many leaders focus on upskilling their current employees, providing ongoing training in critical areas like digital finance and cybersecurity to bridge the internal skills gap. For example, the Auditor-General of South Africa is working closely with the Southern African Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA) to place trainee auditors in public sector roles through programmes aimed at building a reliable pipeline of qualified government auditors.
On the other hand, outsourcing to talent specialists has gained traction as a flexible, cost-effective solution for filling high-demand roles. Many organisations are turning to talent marketplaces and specialised consulting firms that offer access to pre-vetted experts with niche skills. Such companies provide robust talent pools that can quickly supply experts for project-based needs, reducing the time spent on lengthy recruitment processes. These third-party partnerships allow businesses to tap into scarce skills, such as IT audit and financial analysis, without committing to permanent hires.
3. Diversity and inclusion accelerated by digital transformation
Digital transformation is also changing how organisations approach diversity and inclusion. “In South Africa, there is a big drive to bring more women into leadership roles,” noted Mbuli.
There are several reports which highlight that employees are more likely to leave organisations that do not prioritise diversity, making it a business imperative to integrate inclusive practices into digital transformation efforts.
4. Flexible talent models and the rise of gig workers
According to Forbes, by 2030 freelancers and gig workers are projected to make up 80% of the global workforce. This shift is already being felt across Africa.
The flexibility and autonomy that gig workers offer are driving many organisations to rethink how they resource critical projects. For many CHROs, this means creating hybrid workforce models that integrate full-time employees with contract workers. The challenge will be to maintain corporate culture and cohesion in a more fragmented working environment.
5. Outsourcing of critical HR functions
With HR and other internal support teams facing growing pressure to deliver more with fewer resources, the smartest strategy is often to retain core HR functions in-house while partnering with specialist companies as delivery partners of other strategic initiatives and operational activities. This approach allows organisations to maintain control over strategic HR priorities while leveraging external expertise for specific needs.
“We are seeing a move towards using highly skilled outsourcing companies to find the right talent,” said Mbuli. This trend is not only helping companies secure niche skills more effectively but also relieving the pressure on internal HR teams.
“As the future of work is rapidly unfolding, and for businesses to thrive, HR and operations leaders must not only keep pace with technological advancements but also strategically position their workforce for what lies ahead,” said Mbuli.

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## Building cyber resilience: Why cyber resilience must be a boardroom priority
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2023/10/05/cyber-resilience-boardroom-video/
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In collaboration with Wolfpack Information Risk.
Join Andre Swart, Managing Director of Ziyasiza, and Craig Rosewarne, Managing Director of Wolfpack Information Risk, on the latest Ziyasiza Insights video, as they explore the topic of why cyber resilience must be a boardroom priority. Watch the video and read the conversation that follows.
 
https://ziyasiza.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Ziyasiza_Cyber_Video_1_Series_final_very-low-res.mp4
 
Follow the conversation:
Andre Swart:
We want to talk today about how organisations can go about building cyber resilience, why it’s important to build cyber resilience and why cyber resilience has to be a boardroom priority. Ziyasiza has partnered with Wolfpack to help organisations address their cyber resilience and embed it into the organisation’s culture and operations. I’m joined today by Craig Rosewarne, Managing Director of Wolfpack. Craig, welcome. Can you just start off by telling us a bit about Wolfpack and what is it that Wolfpack does?
Craig Rosewarne:
Yes, sure, Andre. So, Wolfpack, an organisation I established 12 years ago, primarily helps governments in terms of dealing with cybercrime, cybersecurity. We work with organisations and then we also work with communities, typically those elements that don’t have anyone helping them such as individuals, schools, charities that we help on a pro bono case. But collectively these three elements, you know, we work across all these three areas, and I guess they feed into each other as well because at the end of the day you’ve got employees working for organisations that you know once they finish working, they go home and they a number more every day, you know moms and dads and they also get attacked.
Andre Swart:
So, I guess as Wolfpack you get to see first-hand when companies don’t have such good cyber resilience. So, what have you seen that that companies get exposed to if they if they’ve got what I would refer to as a weak cyber resilience capability?
Craig Rosewarne:
So, we generally get called in at the behest of out of the board or Exco, who want an independent view of what’s going on or we get called in when there’s an incident and you know what happened and how can we prevent this from going on or we just get engaged to come in and do various pieces of security work. And we often start off with an assessment.
And the assessment is quite a rigorous exercise where we dive through and look at the processes and technology and people’s side of things and we give companies the review of their security posture in view of what the business elements are expecting.
And I think the big gaps that we found there is very much at a senior management leadership point of view from a security governance point of view to support the security program.
Third party risk is another big issue where you know supply chains are getting hit. So, it’s you’re upstream in terms of integration into your clients, downstream into your suppliers. All of those elements have a substantial amount of risk and then good old human elements 101. So, you know as much as people are your biggest asset, they can also be your biggest risk in the organisation as well.
Andre Swart:
How would you describe the difference between cyber resilience versus cybersecurity?
Craig Rosewarne:
Good question. Look, cybersecurity is, and I mean we can get very complex about this because you’ve got cybersecurity, information security and these things form part of enterprise risk. And so, it’s a really ‘’ingewikelde” [complicated] process at the end of the day, but cybersecurity is very much around protecting your information in cyberspace and that is no longer now in your own organisation because you no longer have the traditional boundaries, perimeters, etc. It’s still there, but your information is sitting everywhere and your third parties in the cloud, etc. 
So that’s all-around cybersecurity and an element of that is cyber resilience, which is very much an element of dealing with incidents, incident management.
If you’re able to contain the incident or if you’re not able to contain the incident, you’ve got your disaster recovery, business continuity side of things and your process management, that whole element.
If you imagine a tennis ball hitting a wall and compressing and bouncing back, that resilience is the ability of an organisation to withstand a serious impact at the end of the day and carry on, you know, bouncing back.
Andre Swart:
And in your experience, are companies taking cyber resilience serious enough? Is it being focused on or are we still seeing the sort of ostrich syndrome? You know, that’s just the head in the sand. And if we don’t, then we hope it will go away.
Craig Rosewarne:
I’d love to say everyone is taking it seriously, but that’s not the case. We’ve done a benchmarking exercise with 118 South African companies at the beginning of the year and that is one of the questions we asked to look at it. And that you can see from a governance point of view that’s got the budgets in place that they’ve got people, you know managing this risk and you know we could almost cut them into two different camps, those that are very, very strictly monitored, regulated, etc.  They take this very, very seriously. Your ecommerce businesses, you know where if the life blood is taken away, the business doesn’t exist anymore and then you’ve got another element that are still catching up with that maybe got sort of half of a person doing a bit of security and a bit of it even bigger companies now with a few thousand employees and they just don’t have that that maturity. In today’s age with all these threats that are all around you and within the organisation, it’s quite scary that they don’t have these things in place.
Andre Swart:
What about companies with good cyber resilience? So, have you, have you come across companies that you would say, in your view, and I don’t expect you to kind of list in this one, this one and this one, but are there companies that are doing it well?
Craig Rosewarne:
Yes, no, definitely they are. And as I must say maybe a culture of companies you deal with have got a fairly substantial maturity in place when it comes to dealing with us. But if you look at the landscape that they have to try and manage, especially the bigger guys out there, incredibly difficult job and people underestimate the amount of work and effort to secure even a midsize organisation. So, we appreciate that it’s not an easy job and even if they’ve got a big team of people and a substantial budget, there’s still so many gaps to address.
Andre Swart:
At the end of the day, effectively big companies, midsize companies could have the same exposures. They’re all using the Internet, they’re potentially all using a cloud-based system, etc. So, exposure stays the same. Or does it not?
Craig Rosewarne:
It depends on the company. Bigger companies may have bigger budgets and bigger teams, but they’ve got a much bigger landscape and typically they’ve got a lot more legacy systems in place as well. Now some of the bigger guys out there have thousands of applications running in the environment, some are no longer supported, some are running on Windows XP for example, which they can’t switch off. So, you know trying to manage that environment with thousands of people and international operations, it is an absolute header to try and do that.
And as you’re getting your hands around managing this, how to take this beast, then you bring on mobile, then you bring on cloud, then you bring on Internet of Things or operational technology.
You know from a manufacturing point, you’ve got scale and industrial control systems, you’ve got third parties, so it’s and now you’ve got artificial intelligence being thrown into the mix as well as if you don’t have enough on your plate, it’s really, really complex.
Andre Swart:
So, thinking about all of those things in the context of South Africa and looking ahead and I mean there’s been reports released that that South Africa from an African context is by far the highest risk country in terms of South of crime. And do you think that that’s something that’s going to continue or we going to get a handle on it or are we going to go back?
Craig Rosewarne:
I would say from a government national viewpoint, no, they’ve been too slow to adapt and change. There are structures, there are laws in place that haven’t been properly enabled operation. Last, private sector is going to have to basically step in and do it and private sector have to come together to form communities to do it as well because at the end of the day, you know you hit you pretty much on your own to try and deal with this thing. So ideally private sector would drive it and pull government along to help support and encourage the growth of key services like your cybercrime in the police slash Hawks department, the NPA in terms of prosecution of criminals etcetera. These are the key things that need to be built. Our country is very, very vulnerable, if I have to be honest at this point in time.
Andre Swart:
Wow, great. Craig, thanks very much. It’s been a great chat.
I guess the important things for me that I’m taking away from this discussion is that there is very much a difference between cybersecurity cyber resilience, you know and what you need to focus on is if those offenses fail you need that resilience capability in order to stay in the game.
What team you’re operating as a business, and you don’t get taken down as a result of whatever the security failure may be.
And second take away don’t wait for our government and we need to take action at it’s from an enterprise. We need to make sure that we’re looking after our own houses and get government to come along with this journey with us.
And thirdly, make sure that you’ve got the budgets and the people to do what you need to do. That is really, really important.
Craig Rosewarne:
I think to add to that is, you know, we always say to clients, you can on the one hand you can do nothing, just leave it and hope nothing’s going to happen. On the other hand, you can spend an absolute fortune on rolling out the best and the greatest. Both those approaches are not right.
You got to get that little balance in the middle by looking at your high probability, high impact incidence that can happen and you’ve got to make sure that those are taken care of first. Your crown jewels at the end of the day are dealt with and then you focus on the other areas next.
Andre Swart:
Excellent. Thank you very much.
 

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## Building cyber resilience: The benefits of a community-based approach
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2023/12/05/cyber-resilience-boardroom-video-2/
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Modified: 2025-06-17

In collaboration with Wolfpack Information Risk.
Join Andre Swart, Managing Director of Ziyasiza, and Craig Rosewarne, Managing Director of Wolfpack Information Risk, as they discuss the benefits of a community-based approach to building cyber resilience. Watch the video and read the conversation that follows.
 
https://ziyasiza.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Ziyasiza_Cyber_Video_2_Series_final_20231123.mp4
 
Follow the conversation:
Andre Swart:
Cyber resilience is an important intersection for the C-Suite of any company. This critical nexus for risk management, business continuity, cybersecurity, finance, and technology, requires a joint leadership commitment. A common error often is to assume that cyber resilience is about technology, and that couldn’t be further from the truth.
At Ziyasiza we’ve partnered with Wolfpack to help organisations embed cyber resilience into the organisation’s culture and operations.
I’m joined today by Craig Rosewarne, the Managing Director of Wolfpack to have a conversation around this very critical element of business today.
Craig, can you just for the sake of an introduction, give us a brief description about what it is that Wolfpack does?
Craig Rosewarne:
Sure. So, I started Wolfpack back in 2011 and really, it’s an organisation that provides consulting, cybersecurity training, awareness to three tiers of clients. So, we deal with governments and deal with things at a national level. We deal with companies in terms of business risk. And then we also work with the community typically those, you know, individuals, schools, charities that no one is really looking after, and we provide quite a few pro bono services to assist them with our victims of cybercrime.
Andre Swart:
So, you assisted them with once they’ve been attacked from a from a cyber perspective as well?
Craig Rosewarne:
Yes, we do. So, we obviously try and raise awareness to help them prevent falling victims. But when they do when they go and report to the police station and they are feeling helpless then we get stuck in.
Andre Swart:
OK excellent. So, if we bring the topic then to cyber resilience as it were, in your view who is responsible for leading that charge, for building cyber resilience within an organisation?
Craig Rosewarne:
So, there’s a textbook answer and there’s a real answer that needs to happen in the world. So, you know, if we take the step back, the board / executives are accountable. They should be delegating it down to the business areas who actually are responsible. But the ball seems to be bypassing business and being thrown to IT cybersecurity risk areas, for example, to actually do the work. But business is actually responsible for this.
Andre Swart:
So, it’s not the job of the CIO necessarily?
Craig Rosewarne:
The CIO will be responsible for certain of the more technical areas and also, they are the custodians of information. But it is actually the business that needs to roll up the sleeves and actually define what are the core assets, what needs to be done by when and look to those other areas and external companies for assistance in helping them with their challenge.
Andre Swart:
So how would how would an organisation then go about building that community-based, broad-based approach to cyber resilience?
Craig Rosewarne:
So, I like the word ‘community’ because you know, no company on the own can try and deal with this thing. It’s far too big. No country or no government on their own can try and deal with this. So, you know, our guidance is always to a company to say you’re part of an industry, join hands with other companies in your industry. There’s quite a few forums established with this in mind.
And then look at your overall team and your organisation. What skills have you got? What gaps are there, for example, that you don’t have? And then partner with other organisations that can help you other develop skills or provide skills and solutions in the short term as well.
Andre Swart:
Do you have an example for us where you’ve seen this working well? Where you’ve seen this in action?
Craig Rosewarne:
There are, there are quite a few good success stories. I mean one of our clients in the financial services sector and the banks, for example, are part of a group called SABRIC, the South African Banking Risk Intelligence Centre. And they collaborate and work together on cross sort of company crimes, frauds etcetera.
And then they also partnered very well with other organisations and also have what are called BISOs or ISOs, information security officers, across the different areas of the business and also across different geographies as well. And with a strong awareness and training program linked to that you’re actually able to cover all the key areas of the business and make sure that you are as resilient as possible.
Andre Swart:
OK. And is it only in financial services? I mean financial services is generally the sector that, in my experience, are quite good when it comes to cyber, cyber protection, cyber resilience because it is a highly regulated industry and because they are dealing with the money of Joe Public out there. But what about the other industries that are not as regulated that perhaps, I mean I hear it often, don’t talk to us about security like we’re a bank because we’re not a bank yet. Cyber criminals don’t bother about whether you’re a bank or not.
Craig Rosewarne:
Exactly. They’ll take your money irrespective of if you’re a pensioner or a non-profit. So, the other sectors are coming together now. 
So, ASISA, we see the insurance sector, COMRiC is where the telecom sector for example, has come together and created a sort of an industry CIRT, which is a cybersecurity incident response team, academics, even government for example, has got various elements where they are coming together and started to calibrate a lot better.
Andre Swart:
OK, excellent. So, what are some of the tips or guidelines that you would give to a company to enable them to start this journey, to build a deeper awareness of cyber resilience as a topic.
Craig Rosewarne:
So don’t wait until it’s a problem, until you react. You know cybersecurity actually needs to be baked into the company at all levels, you know right at that executive level where, for example, you may be wanting to buy another organisation.
So, mergers and acquisitions as part of due diligence, you should be looking at the cybersecurity, privacy, resilience risks, for example that you are bringing into the group right across to the business where I mentioned earlier that they’ve got to be involved.
You know key areas such as HR, in terms of people, we’re dealing with technology, but it still is very much a people, buy-in change management issue, that needs to be dealt with.
And you know even areas such as marketing for example. Marketing deals with the brand, with social media of the organisation. And if you look at the impact that a cyber incident can have to an organisation’s brand and reputation, it is massive.
So yes, this is something that’s got to be done right from the strategy all the way down to the operational level of any organisation.
Andre Swart:
I guess key here is don’t forget about the people. The people element is really important.
Craig Rosewarne:
So important and not only your own people, also your outsourced people as well. You know right from contractors, third parties that you’re involved in, customers that you’re involved in because you know companies nowadays are integrating their systems with their clients, integrating with their suppliers. So, the ecosystem that needs to be managed is so much bigger as well.
Andre Swart:
All right, excellent. And Craig bringing it a bit closer to home now, and talking about Ziyasiza and Wolfpack working together, would you mind just giving a few insights as to what it is that that you see the benefit in in our two organisations working together and you know why is it that we do this?
Craig Rosewarne:
So, linking back to that ‘community’ word once again, you know, we are focused on cybersecurity, privacy and resilience consulting, training, and awareness and that’s what we do and what we do best. 
It’s great having partnerships luck with Ziyasiza that, you know, you guys do other elements that can complement our business such as IT, internal audit fraud for example. So, partnerships are crucial and obviously I enjoy working with you as well! So, it’s a good thing all around all round! 
Andre Swart:
Excellent.
And then I guess the last one. If I was to ask you for a call to action. If there’s a company out there that’s battling to get this right, what should their call to action be? How do they get their people involved and driving this cyber resilience agenda.
Craig Rosewarne:
So, we did a recent benchmarking exercise with about 118 companies to ask them all kinds of sensitive questions that you know, we were amazed to see even some large organisations, 5,000, 10,000 employees, don’t have a dedicated security office on board.
So, it really starts with having the right people structures in place to deal with this.
Look at your partnerships in terms of who you can bring in to plug your main risks.
You know, because you’re going to have limited resources in terms of time, money, and attention span, at the end of the day, that you can devote to this.
So, focus on what is critical to your business, your Crown Jewel assets, put the right resources behind that. You make sure that those are at least protected from incidents taking place or be able to respond to an incident should it, should it happen as well and grow it and mature it from there to other areas of the business.
You’ve got to start somewhere.
Andre Swart:
All right, excellent. I’ve enjoyed this conversation.
And then just kind of wrapping up, the whole call to action, the approach that companies should take:

Number one, make it, don’t try and do everything yourself and reach out to other organisations in your industry.
It’s not about technology, it’s actually more about people almost than it is about technology. Sure, the security elements around your technology are important, but they’re probably the big focus on the people element.
And lastly, start, don’t sit back and wait. Get started, do something, take some kind of action, and get cracking on this programme.

Do you agree with that?
Craig Rosewarne:
Even if some companies haven’t budget, you know budget is often the one that is thrown, “We haven’t got money for this now.” There’s a lot of open-source tools, there’s training, for example, that people can go on online. A lot of it is actually free or very, very cost effective. So, you can start with the basics and build on from there as we said.
Andre Swart:
All right, great.
So, we, we believe that we can achieve more together and that’s why we work with other specialist consulting firms such as Wolfpack. We will continue to put our heads together with other organisations on how we solve major business challenges.
Please contact us. Look us up on LinkedIn, on our website, ziyasiza.com and please follow the conversation.
Thanks everybody for watching. And Craig, thank you very much for the time. Thanks, Andre.
 

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## Building cyber resilience: Why a cyber resilience culture must be a strategic priority
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2024/02/16/cyber-resilience-boardroom-video-3/
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Modified: 2025-06-17

In collaboration with Wolfpack Information Risk.
Andre Swart, Managing Director of Ziyasiza invites Edwin Mpofu, Head of Cyber Defence of Wolfpack Information Risk, to talk about the urgent attention that business leaders must give to building a culture of cyber resilience. Watch the video and read the conversation that follows.
 
https://ziyasiza.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Ziyasiza_Cyber_Video_3_Series_V6_20240209.mp4
 
Follow the conversation:
Andre Swart:
The extent of cybercrime in South Africa, across Africa and globally is severe and costly. At Ziyasiza we believe that business leaders should avoid taking a digital only view of cyber resilience. Resilience strategies need to drive the right investments in the areas of greatest vulnerability, and a clear road map to achieve organisation wide cyber resilience needs to be built.
At Ziyasiza, we’ve partnered with Wolfpack to help organisations embed cyber resilience into their culture and their operations. I’m joined today by a guest from Wolfpack, Edwin Mpofu. 
Edwin, thank you very much for your time today and welcome to this conversation.
Edwin Mpofu:
Thank you.
Andre Swart:
Edwin, can you tell us a bit about your role at Wolfpack, specifically please?
Edwin Mpofu:
At Wolfpack I am the business unit head for the Cyber Defence division, where I’m responsible for driving the activities around technical cyber defence in terms of assessments, incident response, and implementing cyber security programmes within that division. 
Andre Swart:
How do you assess whether an organisation has effectively built cyber resilience into their culture?
Edwin Mpofu:
So, the most accurate definition of cyber resilience is being able to anticipate, respond to, and recover from attacks.
Taking into account that the environment that you operate in is contested, so you’re not just running your operation there and no one is taking shots at you. There will always be attackers trying to access your data maliciously and unauthorised people trying to do whatever they can to your information resources.
So, you need to take that broad perspective in terms of cyber resilience. So, we see that a lot of people, it’s a bit ad hoc in terms of how this is approached. There is not much in terms of planning those activities that should form part of that particular programme. People don’t understand what their threat model is, the kind of attackers that are going to target them, what assets they are interested in, and what tactics are going to be used against them.
So, there’s that void and aligned to that void then is a lack of preparation because there’s no situational awareness that goes with that.
Andre Swart:
If I had to ask you to think about the organisations that you’ve been working with that that you have assisted. What in your experience has typically been the weakest link in any cyber resilience strategy?
Edwin Mpofu:
So, in most cases, right, that strategy does not exist. People are reacting to situations and situations come up.
Andre Swart:
So, the weakest link is actually a complete lack of strategy.
Edwin Mpofu:
Yes, in most cases it actually doesn’t exist. So, what then happens is people do what they need to do when they need to do it. But there’s nothing that’s ordered in terms of that approach in a lot of cases.
And there are several reasons for that. Firstly, there is that disconnect between the operational teams, mostly with technical teams, IT, and the senior management layer in terms of the executives, the audit and risk committees that should be governing these activities. There’s a clear disconnect in most cases between those two areas where the expectations from senior management are not crystallised enough for the operational teams to be able to carry out actions that are specific to the organisation’s mission.
What then happens is then at a technical or operational level, there’s acquisition of tools, certain activities being done, but without a clear bearing in terms of what risks we’re trying to address at a business level.
Andre Swart:
What can executives do to make cyber resilience stick within the organisation?
Edwin Mpofu:
So, that really comes down to building that culture within the organisation and the executives who have to lead by example as far as that is concerned.
In most cases, a lot of the initiatives like building security awareness, for instance, some of the executives don’t participate in those activities fully as they should, which is a problem because then it sets the example for all the other layers going down. So, that leadership by example should be a key part of the programme, firstly.
Secondly, that layer at the executive level should be able to articulate what the company’s objectives are, and then build that interface to the technology assets which are deployed to achieve those objectives. When that is articulated, it’s easy for them to then say because we have these objectives, there are these KPIs and using technology to achieve these objectives, what risks could arise because of the use of technology? That gives context with operational teams to be able to then say, what is our control posture on these assets? How could a breach, for instance, affect key objectives for the organisation? What would be the cost of that bridge? How do we counter such activities from an adversary perspective? How would we anticipate that and try and make sure that we minimise that impact.
So, then those teams would have the perspective in terms of this is the cause we’re trying to address, and this is how much we can spend in terms of controls, processes, technical solutions to address the risk.
Andre Swart:
If I bring that back to you now as a security professional, if you were given the task of building that cyber resilience aspect into an organisation’s culture, what approach would you take? How would you approach it?
Edwin Mpofu:
It’s obviously a difficult task, I think, but I would start off with an awareness drive, trying to sensitize the people in terms of the reality of cyber risks. We are all aware of the different incidents that make the headlines, and the reality is that a lot of them don’t make the headlines. But for those that do make the headlines, we see what that impact is. And in a lot of cases, people think it won’t happen to us for whatever reason, when there’s nothing special or specific about an organisation that makes them exempt from such threats.
So, I would start by educating the people so they understand exactly what can happen, what that impact is, and what we can do as an organisation to counter those specific threats.
And let them understand as well that it’s not just throwing a tool at the problem, throwing a big budget to the problem, but it’s a whole lot of things, processes that have to build in, people, factors in terms of education, training, capacity building, that should all go into the task of alleviating the issues that arise as a result of the cyber crime activities.
Andre Swart:
So Edwin, if we take this culture of cyber resilience and expand it into the country, we all live here, and as organisations we will operate here. In your view are South African organisations getting better at cyber resilience or not?
Edwin Mpofu:
I think there are improvements. Things are getting better in some industries more than others, but it’s a bit difficult to really give an informed perspective for a number of reasons. Firstly, there are no laws that mandate the publication of cyber breach incidents in the country except for specific industries, and that is also not within the public domain. A lot of them make the headlines. People realize, oh OK, I could also be targeted. So, that drives a bit of awareness and people then try to improve their situations accordingly. 
Also, I think as individuals we do experience some of those things and we know that it is a reality and based on that we have that informed perspective and we carry that on to our companies, and also try and improve things.
Andre Swart:
So Edwin, thanks. Thanks very much for the conversation. I think if I can if I try and sum up the main messages that I’m taking away from this particular conversation:

Resilience is not just about responding and recovering, the anticipation of events is just as important. The preparation that that one needs to go through or that an organisation needs to go through is the first step into becoming a cyber resilient organisation. Would be the first take away.
If I think about the approach that that you spoke about that you would take. Building that awareness. Starting off with building that awareness, within the resource base, within the people base is a good place to start.
And then lastly and possibly most unfortunately is that while South African organisations are improving, they’re probably not doing it at the right speed because of many unregulated industries as it were. So, we need to do more as South African organisations and not wait for regulation in order to become more cyber resilient.

Edwin Mpofu:
Yes, that’s correct. I think that accurately sums it up.
Andre Swart:
Great. Edwin, thanks again.
And just to wrap up, at Ziyasiza, we believe that we can achieve more together and that’s why we work with specialist firms like Wolfpack, and we’ll be bringing you many more stories from the boardroom. So please follow us. Please interact with us, follow us on LinkedIn, check out our website, ziyasiza.com, and we’ll bring you more stories about how we work with other organisations, put our heads together to solve major problems through innovative thinking and also reducing risks.
Edwin, thanks again for your time. Thank you. See you soon.
Edwin Mpofu:
Thanks.
 

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## Cyber resilience is a boardroom priority. Here’s five reasons why
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2023/04/27/cyber-resilience-is-a-boardroom-priority-heres-five-reasons-why/
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Modified: 2025-06-17

By Andre Swart
Managing Director, Ziyasiza Consulting
Cyber criminals cost the world $7 trillion in 2022, making cybercrime the world’s third largest economy after China and the United States. The first half of 2021 recorded 1.5 billion IoT-targeted attacks globally, while data breaches increased by 15.1% from the previous year. 
This onslaught is pervasive and far-reaching as a consequence of heightened global geopolitical tensions, and South Africa will not be spared. Criminals are crafty and well equipped, becoming more sophisticated and relentless, and unfortunately, more successful.
The Interpol “African cyberthreat assessment report” (March 2023) shows that South Africa accounts for 42% of all “detected ransomware attacks” – the highest on the continent. The report says the number of undetected attacks is considered to be even higher. South Africa also accounts for more than half of “business email compromise” attacks in Africa. 
The call for increasing focus on building cyber resilience is a priority for business leaders navigating complex risk landscapes.
Cyber resilience is more than cyber security. It’s about the organisation’s ability to continue uninterrupted services and operations, despite cyber events. As the measure of persistence in a changing and unpredictable world, resilience plays an important role in an organisation’s ability to be sustainable and responsible in its environment, social and governance (ESG) priorities. 
As a boardroom imperative, there are five priorities that business leaders should be focusing on to build cyber resilience.

Building boardroom commitment 

Cyber resilience is an important intersection for the CEO, CFO, CIO, COO, CISO, CRO and Board. This critical nexus for risk management, business continuity, cyber security, finance and technology requires joint leadership commitment.
Boards are paying closer attention to cyber issues. Gartner predicts that by 2025, 40% of boards will have a dedicated cybersecurity committee, which will impact the way that cyber resilience is reported and monitored. 
A common error is to assume that cyber resilience is about technology. Far from it. Successful organisations will view cyber resilience in the context of the entire business value chain. It should address digital risk in supply chains, product manufacture, logistics, strategic alliances and partnerships, customer experiences, mergers and acquisitions, subsidiary organisations, building the capabilities and skills of employees, and the organisation’s public reputation. 

Protect value 

Cyber resilience strategies should not be developed as an afterthought or add-on but should be a key consideration of protecting – and creating – value for the organisation. 
Cyber resilience must be central to risk management strategies to protect the organisation’s highest risk assets. Business leaders should develop risk-focused, top-down resilience strategies and cyber roadmaps that can be implemented across geographies, jurisdictions, and operating environments. 
For example, if an organisation’s highest risk asset is its data, it is critical that it is safeguarded in multiple layers, from technology and infrastructure, to controls and processes, systems, tools, governance, policy compliance, skilled people and organisation culture. Cyber criminals pursue targets that are easier to breach. At the height of the pandemic there were notorious ransomware attacks on patient data at hospitals, which put the lives of patients at risk as hospitals were brought to a standstill. This was a difficult way to learn that patient wellbeing also includes the protection of patient data and should receive the appropriate focus.

Collaboration and skills 

Increasingly, cyber weaknesses can be directly linked to a failure by leadership to embed it into the organisation’s culture and operations. Actions and accountability must support strategies and policies. Investments should not only consider technology infrastructure and security, but also the dependence on human behaviour to achieve success.
The best approach is cross-functional and collaborative, with an emphasis on culture and skills development. This would improve efforts to address IT risk, operational risk, business continuity, data protection and privacy, anti-corruption, anti-fraud, ethics, end-user education and training, and cyber practices and culture.
By building a culture of resilience centred on collaboration, organisations are better equipped to bounce back from trauma caused by social unrest, severe weather or cyberattacks, without missing a beat.

Technology transformation

Technology transformation is not just about technology. An organisation’s technology transformation can be stymied by misdirected funding of priority digital investments, poor governance and accountability, and lack of impact. 
CIOs and CISOs are often faced with managing the risk resulting from reduced investment in digital and expected to do less with more. Technology leaders should be mindful that boards are more interested in how digital investments will create value for the organisation than the technology solution itself. Navigating this important difference will uphold the credibility of technology leaders and lead to technology investments that enable the organisation’s goals.

Integration 

Complexity increases when organisations take a siloed approach. It also limits our ability to respond effectively – and be resilient – when the entire landscape is unknown.
Successful cyber resilience requires a broad view of the organisation’s digital ecosystem, including infrastructure, networks, platforms, systems, applications, data storage, as well as third-party and end-user access, to mention a few digital touchpoints. Tools such as cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) are creating new ways for a holistic and proactive approach to digital integration and cyber protection. For example, there is an increasing trend towards the use of AI to identify and counter cybersecurity threats, superseding the ability of traditional methods.
The key to building cyber resilience
Business leaders should avoid taking a digital-only view of cyber resilience. Resilience strategies should drive the right investments in areas of greatest vulnerability and a clear roadmap to achieve organisation-wide cyber resilience. 
Instead of only focusing on digging deeper fortifications to keep the risks out, business leaders would do well to build their resilience from the inside. The most effective way to achieve this by setting the tone at the top, and supporting employees with skills, tools and a culture that empowers cyber resilience. 
 

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The Ziyasiza site may contain links to websites and other materials made available by third parties (collectively, “Third Party Content”). If you use such functionality, you are directing us to access, route and transmit to you the applicable Third Party Content. Third Party Content may be protected by applicable copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade secrets or other proprietary rights and laws. Nothing in your use of the Ziyasiza site or these Terms grants you any right, title or interest in or to this Third Party Content except for the limited right to use the Ziyasiza site as set out in these Terms. We neither control nor endorse, nor are responsible for, any Third Party Content and we make no representations or warranties with respect to them. The availability of any Third Party Content through the Ziyasiza site does not imply the endorsement of, or affiliation with, any provider of such Websites or materials. Your use of any Third Party Content is at your own risk and is subject to any terms, conditions and policies applicable to them (such as terms of service or privacy policies of the providers of the Third Party Content).
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The Ziyasiza site are made available for informational purposes only and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Ziyasiza exclude all liability for any loss or damage of whatever kind and however arising in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Ziyasiza site and any materials you obtain via the Ziyasiza site. You acknowledge and accept that use of the Ziyasiza site is subject to the risks inherent in any connection and transmission on the internet, in particular in relation to security risks and vulnerabilities, technical performance and risk of interruption. Accordingly, Ziyasiza is not liable to you in any circumstances for any losses or damages caused by disruption or failure of internet networks or for any interruptions to or restrictions on the accessibility of the Ziyasiza site arising for any reason, including, but not limited to, by reason of a virus, security related vulnerability, or technical or operational failure of any nature.
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## Privacy Policy
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[vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”3″ top_padding=”2″ bottom_padding=”2″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”3″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″ content_parallax=”0″ uncode_shortcode_id=”112328″ el_class=”padding-mobile”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=”h1″ text_size=”” separator=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”122496″]Privacy Policy[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL RULES OF USE1.1       This website is owned and operated Ziyasiza Pty Ltd (hereinafter referred to as “Ziyasiza”, “we”, “us” or “our”), a private company registered in the Republic of South Africa under company registration number 2014/176107/07.1.2       Please read the terms and conditions contained herein carefully. Any user should refrain from using, or continuing to use, this website unless he/she fully understands these terms and conditions and considers themselves bound to the provisions contained herein.1.3       Your use of and access to this website is subject to all the terms and conditions as set out hereunder.1.4       These terms and conditions are enforceable and binding upon the user, as read under the applicable provisions of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act No. 25 of 2002.1.5      These terms and conditions of use may be altered from time to time without any prior notice to the user. All users have the responsibility of checking them from time to time, as the users use of this website is subject to the terms and conditions applicable on the date of use. The current terms and conditions are applicable as at April 2025.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS2.1       The entire content of this website (including all information, logos and other graphics) is protected by the Copyright Act No. 98 of 1978, the Trademarks Act No. 194 of 1993, as well as all applicable national and international copyright and trademark legislation. Ziyasiza is the lawful owner of the copyright in and to the content of the website and of the trademarks contained herein.2.2       You are only permitted to view, print or store electronically a copy of any information on our website solely for your personal, lawful, non-commercial use.2.3       Any unauthorised use, reproduction, modification and/or distribution of any of the material contained in this website are strictly prohibited and constitute an unlawful infringement of Ziyasiza’s rights, including but not limited to its intellectual property rights.2.4       You may not otherwise reproduce, modify, copy or distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or content on this website without the explicit written consent from Ziyasiza.2.5       All rights not expressly specified in these terms and conditions are strictly reserved.2.6       The user shall have no rights to, and may not tamper or alter, Ziyasiza’s intellectual property rights or trademarks in any way whatsoever.
ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND TIMELINES OF INFORMATION3.1      All reasonable steps are taken to ensure that all published information on the website is accurate and up to date. Ziyasiza does not, however, warrant that the content or information displayed is always accurate, correct, complete and/or current.3.2      It shall be the user’s sole responsibility to determine the accuracy of any of the content contained herein.
LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES4.1       Any links on the Ziyasiza website may take you outside of the Ziyasiza network and Ziyasiza accepts no responsibility for the content, accuracy or completeness of any third-party websites.4.2       Any links will be provided for bona fide purposes and Ziyasiza cannot be held responsible for any subsequent change in other websites to which we provide a link. The inclusion of any link to other websites does not imply that Ziyasiza accepts or endorses any of the content displayed in such websites.4.3       Ziyasiza makes no representations, or warranties, in respect of any endeavour by it to review the content of websites to which it provides links or anywhere else in the service, or any of the materials. As such, Ziyasiza accepts no responsibility whatsoever for the accuracy, copyright compliance, legality or appropriateness of any information, material or other content contained in the website, nor warrants nor endorses any advertising of third parties carried on the website nor though the provision of links to that carried on other websites.
ADVERTISING AND SPONSORSHIP5.1       Advertising and other promotional material of third parties may appear on our website from time to time. We do not necessarily endorse such third party/ies or any of such third party/ies products and/or the services which are offered.5.2       Any advertisers and sponsors are solely responsible for ensuring that material submitted for inclusion on our website complies with all relevant laws and applicable regulations.5.3      We will not be responsible for any error or inaccuracy in advertising and sponsorship material. Your reliance on any information contained in such material is entirely at your own risk.5.4       We undertake to comply with the direct marketing provisions of the Consumer Protection Act No 68 of 2008 (“CPA”) and the CPA regulations, including the provisions relating to the direct marketing, as provided for under the provisions of the CPA.
WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS6.1       Ziyasiza does not warrant that any technical aspects of the website or any Ziyasiza material will be free from error or that this website, Ziyasiza material or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or other harmful components.6.2       Your use of this website is therefore exclusively at your sole risk.6.3       Accordingly, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.
LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY7.1       We accept no liability, to the extent permitted by law, for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever or howsoever cause arising from the access or use of this website, or any Ziyasiza website.7.2       You hereby indemnify Ziyasiza and its partners, affiliates, employees, agents, representatives and third party service providers, and hereby defend and hold each of them harmless from any and all claims and liabilities (including legal costs on an attorney-client scale) which may arise from your submissions, from your unauthorised use of material obtained through the website, or from your breach of these terms and conditions, or from any such acts through your use of the website.
PROHIBITED ACTIVITY8.1       You are prohibited from doing any act that Ziyasiza in its sole and reasonable discretion may deem to be inappropriate and/or would be deemed to be an unlawful act or is prohibited by any laws applicable to this website, including but not limited to:8.1.1         Any act that would constitute a breach of these terms and conditions or any applicable law or regulation in force at the time in question;8.1.2         Using this website to defame Ziyasiza, its employees or other individuals or acting in such a way that brings into disrepute the good reputation of Ziyasiza;8.1.3         Uploading any material that may contain viruses that may cause damage to the property of Ziyasiza, or the property of any other third party.
PRIVACY POLICY9.1       The terms referred to in this privacy policy shall have similar meanings as contained in the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (“PAIA”) and the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (‘POPI’).9.2       Any personal information or material sent to the Ziyasiza website shall be subject to this privacy policy. Ziyasiza will always deal with personal information in accordance with the requirements of PAIA and POPI.9.3       Personal information which is submitted electronically by the user may be stored and used by Ziyasiza for only legitimate, lawful purposes and with your consent. Through your use of this website, you will be treated as having given Ziyasiza the permission to process and/or collect and/or store and/or use your personal information. If you are not in agreement with your personal information being processed and/or collected and/or stored and/or used, then do not access and/or make use of this website.9.4       Personal information may be collected upon entering this website and upon registration on this website (if applicable) and upon the entering of any competitions, whether entered online or otherwise. All competitions will contain separate terms and conditions, which will be published on this website from time to time. It shall be the responsibility of the user to ensure that they read and fully understand the separate terms and conditions of any competition.9.5      The personal information we process and/or collect and/or store and/or use enables us to carry out actions for the conclusion of and/or performance of any of Ziyasiza’s service offerings, to verify and update client and supplier details, to constantly improve our services to the public, to contact you regarding products or services which may be of interest to you, to personalise your website experience, to assist in detecting and preventing any unlawful or fraudulent activity and for marketing purposes to ensure that our products and services remain relevant. We may disclose personal information to our business partners who are involved in the delivery of products or services, and other third parties for the same purposes set out hereinabove. We ensure that our business partners and third parties handle personal information in line with this policy.9.6       It is your responsibility to update the personal information provided by you to Ziyasiza, in the event that same has changed or needs to be updated. Ziyasiza cannot be held responsible for any obsolete and inaccurate personal information which you have provided. In the event that your personal information requires updating, please contact Ziyasiza on info@ziyasiza.co.za9.7       Your privacy and the security and confidentiality of information you provide shall be of the utmost importance to us. Unless obliged to do so in terms of the law, we will not release, rent or sell personal information to any third parties, without your consent. We have implemented the necessary measures to prevent the unauthorised access and use of your personal information. We will continue to review and update our security processes in order to maintain the security of your personal information.9.8       We treat all your information provided to us as strictly confidential and keep your registration details and any personal information you upload to us on secure servers. We will comply fully with all applicable South African Data Protection and consumer legislation in place, including those provisions contained in the CPA.9.9       Ziyasiza will only use your personal information for the purposes set out herein.9.10    If you no longer wish for Ziyasiza to process your personal information for the purposes identified above, you are entitled to withdraw your consent by reasonable notice. If you wish to withdraw your consent, please inform Ziyasiza on info@ziyasiza.co.za and we will abide by the necessary measures as set out in POPI.9.11    Any personal information collected by Ziyasiza will not be retained for longer than is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. In the premises that your personal information is no longer being used for any of the purposes set out herein, Ziyasiza will take reasonable measures to secure the deletion/disposal or de-identification thereof. Section 51 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act No 25 of 2005 requires that personal information and the purpose for which it was collected must be kept by Ziyasiza for a period of 1 (one) year or for as long as the information is being used. Ziyasiza is also required to keep a record of any third party to whom the information was disclosed for a period of 1 (one) year or for as long as the information is used.9.12    In the event that we wish to use your personal information for any other purpose other than the purposes provided for herein above, we will approach you in order to gain this consent. If your consent is not obtained, we will not use your information for any other purpose that defined herein.9.13    Ziyasiza is obliged, upon request, to inform you if Ziyasiza holds personal information about you. Ziyasiza will, within reason, allow you access to the personal information it holds about you. If you wish to find out if Ziyasiza processes your personal information, please contact Ziyasiza on info@ziyasiza.co.za. Please note that any such access may be subject to a legally permissible fee in terms of POPI.
NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTIONS10.1    By submitting your personal details on any Ziyasiza newsletter subscription form you accept that you are giving permission to Ziyasiza to add your details to the Ziyasiza contact database. You are thereby giving Ziyasiza permission to contact you from time to time with relevant Ziyasiza content, which may contain marketing and promotional material.10.2    By completing the subscription process you consent to the fact that you have opted in to the Ziyasiza database.10.3    Ziyasiza will at all times deal with the database in accordance with the requirements of the POPI and PAIA. Ziyasiza confirms that your details will not be traded or exchanged at any time.10.4    Ziyasiza will only use your details for communication from Ziyasiza and its partners and affiliates only, and Ziyasiza will take reasonable measures to keep your information secure and protected from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or wrongful alteration. In the unlikely event that the security of your information is compromised, Ziyasiza will notify you of such.10.5    You may opt out of the Ziyasiza database at any time. All emails / correspondence sent from Ziyasiza will include an opt-out link in the footer of the mail in compliance with POPI requirements.
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## Balancing the Executive Chair power play – a corporate governance perspective
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2023/10/04/balancing-the-executive-chair-power-play-a-corporate-governance-perspective/
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Modified: 2025-06-01

By Abbey Chikane
Director, Ziyasiza Pty Ltd
In March 2023 James P. Gorman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Morgan Stanley, was named as the world’s most influential CEO. Two months later he announced his intention to step down within 12 months. The legendary Wall Street banker did not name a successor and intends to remain at the bank as Executive Chair for an indefinite period. The announcement was followed by a drop in Morgan Stanley’s stock of more than two percent.
Gorman’s dual role as CEO and Chairman presents an interesting dilemma facing boards in terms of governance best practices. When the traditional role of chairperson of the board and the CEO or managing director are combined, the role is often referred to as ‘executive chairperson’. This means the incumbent is responsible for leading the board of directors while also actively being involved in the day-to-day operations and strategic decision-making of the organisation. It is a position that wields significant power.
Gorman’s situation is not an anomaly. Analysis of over 3 000 CEOs worldwide in the 2023 CEOWORLD survey, ranking the world’s most influential CEOs, reveals that 35 percent of the top 200 CEOs also hold the role of chairperson of the board of directors of their organisations. Among the world’s top 20 CEOs, 30 percent fulfil both roles. According to Harvard Business Review 15 percent of board chairs in the S&P 500 held the designation ‘executive chair’ in 2021. 
Global organisations such as Exxon Mobil, Microsoft, Chevron, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Ford, and Meta Platforms, among others, have opted for executive chairs in the past few years.
In South Africa, where the wheels of accountability and justice turn slowly, we experience daily reminders of the pain of State Capture and corporate scandals of recent years. These appalling failures of governance continue to raise questions about the consistent application of governance best practice standards, intended to protect the organisation’s stakeholders, investor trust, and corporate reputation. 
If you need a topic for lively dinner table conversation, ask the question whether having an executive chair at the helm truly serves the interests of shareholders and stakeholders, or whether it is an invitation for trouble. I concede that there’s a case to be made for both sides of the argument. However, in my opinion, the role of executive chair is problematic, especially in the South African context.
What does best practice look like?
To better understand the advantages and disadvantages of the role of an executive chair, we must also consider the impact on transparency, accountability, and organisational sustainability and performance.
Turning to one of the world’s best blueprint on the topic, the King IV Report on Good Governance™ (also referred to as King IV™) does not explicitly prohibit the role of an executive chair. However, it emphasises the importance of an independent chair to ensure effective board oversight and unbiased decision making. 
Best practices recommend that the chair of the board should be an independent non-executive director. This is to ensure a clear separation of power and responsibilities between the chair and the CEO and to avoid any potential conflicts of interest or undue influence by the chair over the board or the management.
The traditional board chair’s primary focus should be on the organisation’s strategic oversight, board leadership and strategic guidance to senior management. It is an important role of stewardship that requires knowledge, experience, wisdom, and integrity.
The hybrid CEO-chair tends to play a different role. Focused on both strategy development and implementation, the governance oversight role tends to retreat from priorities of the executive chair. In most cases, the role of ‘monitoring and oversight’ falls to independent directors on the board. This distances the executive chair from the nuts and bolts of oversight, and cracks in good governance may begin to show. 
Mitigating the governance risks of an executive chair 
There are risks associated with appointing an executive chair. An executive chair with an overbearing personality has the potential to compromise board independence and objectivity, and create conflicts of interest. The result could be fewer checks and balances on the CEO’s authority and actions. This could create a culture of dependence or fear among board members and management. 
Based on my personal experience of having previously served as an executive chairperson of a state-owned enterprise, I am not a proponent of the concentration of power in one person, as the risks to the organisation increase exponentially. The executive chair has to juggle many duties and responsibility, which could increase human frailties such as health and mental burnout, and result in reduced focus on governance. As we see in Gorman’s case, the absence of a separate chair may also hinder succession planning, posing risks during leadership transitions, and ultimately impact the organisation’s long-term sustainability and competitiveness.
Organisations that do appoint an executive chair should carefully consider additional risk mitigation. In my view, these are six priorities for boards with executive chairs: 

Independent directors on the board provide objective oversight and maintain checks and balances. A lead independent director (as recommended by King IV™) can act as a counterbalance to the executive chair and represent the views and concerns of the independent directors.
Conducting regular evaluations of the executive chair’s performance will ensure alignment with strategic objectives and ethical conduct.
A robust succession plan will help to identify potential successors and ensure continuity in leadership. 
Regular stakeholder engagement will also facilitate feedback on the executive chair’s performance from diverse perspectives. 
A strong and diverse board composition, with sufficient representation of independent and non-executive directors, can also provide different perspectives and expertise.
There must be effective transparency on decision making within the board. A culture of ‘independence of mind and actions’ by board members must be cultivated to ensure that their opinions are carefully considered, documented and accountability for decisions clearly articulated. The board must have transparent disclosure and reporting mechanisms, which can inform and assure the shareholders and other stakeholders about the performance and governance of the organisation.

Right time, right place
Clearly, there are instances where an executive chair is good for the organisation. Executive chairs are often founders of the organisation. South African businessman Patrice Motsepe, founder and executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals, Jeff Bezos from Amazon, and Bill Ford at the Ford Motor Corporation, are some of the more well-known examples. We also find that executive chairs are retired CEOs of the organisation, who have long tenures and deep knowledge of the organisation. 
Sometimes, circumstances will motivate the appointment of an executive chair, such as:

periods of major disruption, transformation and innovation;
crises;
highly competitive environments; and 
dynamics of family ownership.

It is helpful to have an executive chair when organisations need unified leadership or expedited decision making. The executive chair role can be well placed to align the vision of the board and management and facilitate a more informed and cohesive long-term strategic vision. 
Strong and experienced leaders in an executive chair role can help guide and support the board and management through the challenges, drive growth and performance, and balance expectations of different stakeholders. 
Harvard Business Review suggests that companies with an executive board chair have on average a 33 percent higher profitability than those organisations that do not. If this is the case, I would argue that it is not sustainable in the longer term and may result in a steep price tag requiring trade-offs in governance.
As a long-standing protagonist of good corporate governance, I am in favour of leaders who act in the best interests of their stakeholders and adhere to the highest standards of ethics and governance. While every situation is unique, those charged with governance of organisations should not be distracted by charismatic personalities or profits, as history has proved that these are short-lived gains. Instead, boards should embrace their duty of care to their shareholders and broader stakeholders—including society as a whole—and hold leaders to account for their actions. 
 

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## How digital transformation is revolutionising HR to create strategic value
URL: https://ziyasiza.com/2024/03/26/how-digital-transformation-is-revolutionising-hr-to-create-strategic-value/
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By Nomsa Mbuli, Strategic accounts leader, Ziyasiza
Traditional human resources functions are undergoing a rapid Darwinian evolution of the survival of the fittest business model.
The shape and construct of the traditional ‘HR department’ – known for tasks such as recruitment, training, performance evaluation, and employee relations – is changing at pace. The human capital function is experiencing the impact of digital transformation, which is creating space for human capital leaders and their teams to act as strategic value creators within their organisation. Digital transformation is accelerating the opportunity for human capital professionals to rewrite the playbook on how to remain a relevant business partner as organisations adapt to win in a new world of digital work.
The 2023 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report talks about HR becoming less of a function and more of a discipline, where people expertise is no longer solely owned by the HR department, but rather becomes part of “the fabric of the business to create multidisciplinary solutions to increasingly complex problems.”
That may be easier said than done. However, the trend towards outsourcing transactional human resources tasks to specialists, such as payroll, recruitment, and disciplinary enquiries is increasing. This shift is primarily driven by concerns about the cost and efficiency of maintaining a fully-fledged traditional HR department where the organisation could possibly benefit from outsourced service providers delivering the expected quality and service at a lower price point – without the hassle.
By focusing on the area of greatest strategic value creation, human capital teams can help their organisations create a future-ready workforce that is adaptable, technology savvy, and able to adapt with flexibility to new ways of work. As automation and technological advancements reshape job roles, there’s a pressing need for upskilling and reskilling initiatives within organisations.
To stay ahead, human capital leaders must consider unbundling components within talent management that require specialised attention and skills. This includes investing in capacity- and competency-building projects requiring technical skills and scarce critical skills, much of which is being driven by digital transformation.
Expleo’s 2023 Business Transformation Index highlights the acute shortage of digital skills is the most common barrier to business transformation progress, across all sectors. This is where the human capital function can make a marked difference as a strategic business partner. Clearly, the key ingredient to winning is investing into critical skills to create a workforce that is purpose-driven, appropriately skilled, and technology savvy.
For example, automotive manufacturer Toyota embarked on an initiative to use “citizen development” to drive digitalisation in the company. By employing Microsoft Power Platform, the company was able to tap into its citizen developer community for first-hand knowledge and experiences, expertise sharing and quality assurance support. The project included more than 3 000 employees in six months.
However, change brings complexities, especially for organisations slow to respond to digital transformation. Embracing change realities is essential to retain talent and drive success in the digital era.
A digitally transformed workforce enhances employee engagement, improves culture, centralises data, and increases communication and flexibility. Increasingly, it includes hybrid and remote work options. It opens doors to global markets, which also intensifies competition, challenging organisations with technology advantages.
We are at a critical juncture in the development of people for a world of work that we are still trying to understand. Today’s digitally transformed workplace requires specialised talent management attention to retain skills and focus on core business stability. In addition, we must be mindful that the investment in digital skills will have a positive impact on communities and skills transfer, which can begin with investments at an early childhood development stage.
There are five priorities for human capital leaders to focus on as they begin to capitalise on the advantages that digital transformation offers:

Assess current skills and future needs by conducting a comprehensive skills audit to identify existing skills and determine those needed to thrive in the digital era.
Develop a strategic workforce plan that defines how the organisation will acquire, develop, and retain talent to achieve its digital transformation goals.
Leverage data and analytics to inform decision-making and identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for improvement.
Continue to invest in learning and development, especially focusing on building digital literacy and technical skills among employees.
Embrace talent management practices to enable flexibility, collaboration, and rapid adaptation to changing business needs, within a strong organisational culture and values framework.

Human capital leaders and their teams should leave transactional tasks to outsourced specialists and instead focus on becoming strategic business partners. The modern human capital leader who can master this will be an invaluable asset as they direct their organisations’ people priorities to benefit from digital transformation and help them remain competitive in an increasingly dynamic business environment.
 

Nomsa Mbuli is leading strategic account growth at Ziyasiza, a South African professional services firm focusing on governance, integrated risk, talent, and technology. She is a multi-talented professional, with more than 25 years’ experience in Human Resources, Employee Relations, Talent Management and Business Development.
Nomsa has earned her experience in several sectors, including mining, banking, NGOs, aviation, and professional services.
She is a champion of diversity, inclusion, and women empowerment in the workplace.

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## Building cyber resilience through smart investments and budgeting
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By Andre Swart, Managing Director, Ziyasiza Consulting Pty Ltd
A purposeful IT budget for an organisation is an often overlooked but essential tool that assists in defining its cybersecurity posture. It is also a good indicator of cyber resilience.
Leaders who compile and manage these budgets make choices frequently based on historic trends, rather than the organisation’s strategic priorities. This disconnect reinforces the false assumption that critical aspects of cybersecurity are accounted for.
This is because today’s organisations have pressing and competing technology challenges that require strategic prioritisation and allocation of resources.
For instance, budgets and people are strained by the increasing sophistication and rapid pace of cyber threats, and business leaders are confronted with tough investment decisions to safeguard data and embed cyber resilience.
At the same time, data privacy regulations require significantly more robust data protection mechanisms, regular privacy assessments and compliance audits to mitigate risks associated with data breaches.
There is no clear-cut formula for determining the proportion of budget required to provide effective cybersecurity cover. While some surveys suggest that cybersecurity budgets should range between five and 15 percent of the IT budget, the reality often falls short of this estimate, creating space for organisations to become ill-prepared to counter the onslaught of cyber threats.
 
Hit-and-miss resource allocation
In addition, false assumptions in the budget can put the organisation at risk of systemically fragmenting its cybersecurity strategy and may inadvertently embed cyber vulnerabilities in the long-term. A weakened state of cyber readiness reduces the organisation’s ability to respond to cyberattacks, which directly increases the risk of loss of revenue, customer impact and reputational damage.
The traditional design of technology budgets – covering IT infrastructure, software, communication and cybersecurity – frequently obscures the true scope of IT resources and investments. It is not uncommon, for example, to account for firewalls as IT infrastructure and cybersecurity training for employees to be held within a departmental budget. It becomes exponentially harder to understand the cyber risk landscape when the resources are not identified as cyber resources.
In my experience, when preparing their IT budget, leaders tend to start with considerations of tangible technology investments like products or solutions that can be installed, experienced and show depreciation in financial statements. Of course, organisations must reserve funds for regular technology refresh cycles to avoid obsolescence. But a technology-first perspective should not be the starting point of the cyber budget planning process.
 
Risk-led budget framework provides a clear view
One of the most critical foundational steps for any cybersecurity budget is conducting a comprehensive risk assessment. Organisations that prioritise risk management are better positioned to identify and address vulnerabilities and potential threats, allocate resources where they are most needed and optimise their cybersecurity posture. Important activities to undertake in an assessment would be a review of IT Governance, Risk and Controls, the organisation’s risk and threat landscape, existing and evolving compliance and regulatory requirements, as well as third-party risk.
Given that humans are the weakest link in cybersecurity, the second key step entails focusing on people. This will ensure the organisation’s people are adequately informed and educated about cybersecurity on an ongoing basis. In a talent-constrained market, I always recommend that the cyber budget should ensure that funds for effective cyber talent management are accounted for. It is becoming more difficult for organisations to attract and retain top cyber skills, and consideration must be given to competitive remuneration packages, continuing employee development and effective strategies to mitigate the risk of skills shortages.
The final step in the budget process should then look at specific technology required to enable the cyber strategy. This highlights the importance of investing in technologies such as AI-driven threat detection, continuous monitoring and vulnerability management. These proactive measures not only enhance threat detection capabilities but also mitigate potential damages from cyber incidents.
It also provides an opportunity for organisations to build a more visible line of sight of their technology infrastructure as well as critical assets, and reassess licence and leasing agreements, policies and service level agreements with third parties to mitigate risk and redundancy.
 
Cybersecurity is a strategic investment
To navigate the evolving cyber threat landscape of the modern world, boards and executives should adopt the view that cybersecurity is a strategic investment, rather than an operational expense. There are five key considerations for leaders:

Aligning cybersecurity budgets with overall business strategy, objectives and risk appetite poses a significant challenge for many leaders. This requires collaboration between IT, finance and leadership to prioritise investments effectively.
Conducting regular risk assessments helps identify potential threats and vulnerabilities across the organisation and its third-party ecosystem. This proactive approach enables informed decision-making in budget allocation.
Reclassifying and defining cybersecurity expenses can be complex in any organisation. It is not merely about IT infrastructure but also includes investments in threat intelligence, employee training and incident response capabilities.
Outsourcing services to third-party vendors introduces additional vulnerabilities. Managing and monitoring these risks require dedicated resources and oversight to ensure that partners adhere to robust cybersecurity standards.
Beyond technology, investing in skilled people, training programmes and strategic partnerships enhances the organisation’s ability to detect and mitigate cyber threats effectively.

 
Compiling and executing multidimensional budgets and reporting requires a strategic approach. A robust cybersecurity budget is not just a financial exercise but a critical component of effective risk management. While preparing a comprehensive IT budget may seem daunting, embracing a risk mindset ensures that it will be robust and relevant. This approach not only identifies strategic investment priorities but also equips boards, executives and managers to strengthen cyber resilience, protect the organisation from cyber threats and build stakeholder trust.

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