To many companies, GRC (governance, risk and compliance) is a giant ape scaling the office walls. As technology becomes more pervasive and critical to business success, the hairy creature that is GRC also gains in its complexity. Legislation surrounding various aspects of corporate governance, especially the management of business critical and personal data, further adds to the risk mix that companies are exposed to. Judge Mervyn King identified this exposure and has, since 1994, led the way in establishing an (internationally recognized) benchmark by which boards of directors could measure their compliance in all aspects of business. The King III Report is his latest offering, with a greater focus on IT governance – separating the “information” and &ld ..

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Data on desktops and laptops is still a vastly exposed risk area, according to a recent Cibecs / IT Web survey. Most companies have server backup solutions in place, but focus is now shifting to user data stored on desktops and notebooks and the protection thereof. This is where a backup and recovery vacuum exists. The 2010 Data Loss Survey statistics underline this problem. For example: Nearly half (46%) of companies rely on some kind of backup policy (be it to a file server or external hard drive) to ensure business critical data is backed up. However these very same companies list the fact that users do not follow policy as their main obstacle in terms of successful data protection. Reality is that users will never follow data backup policies be ..

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Cibecs is offering businesses full feature, 10-user data backup and recovery software for free. Any company can visit www.cibecs.com and download a free, full feature, 10-user licence,” says Cibecs CEO and co-founder, Richard Dewing. “The licence means that up to 10 company users can backup and recover the data on their desktops and laptops, free of charge.” Statistics don't lie. The discussion about the integrity of data stored on company desktops and laptops is long overdue. The latest research by hard-drive company, Maxtor, puts the number of users who absolutely never backup their PC data at 46%. With up to 80% not backing up their files on a regular basis, it is safe to say business-critical data – and the well being of companies – are at serious ri ..

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