Cyber Security Guide during Lockdown

Although South Africa’s national lockdown has entered a less-restrictive Level 3 phase, with many more businesses having been permitted to start operating more fully again since the 1st of June, employees that can work from home are being advised to continue doing so until further notice. Recent research has indicated that the Covid-19 pandemic infection rate is still likely to peak, which means that individuals will continue to be very susceptible to contracting the virus for several months thereafter. Working from home for those that can makes a lot of sense under such circumstances.

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How Technology enables us to work remotely

Having been working from home for several years now, I have found that technology plays an important role when communicating with others. In such unfortunate and unplanned situations like the current pandemic lockdown where we have been forced to close offices, restrict our travel and adopt home-working to keep businesses running, we need to reduce the extent to which employees are exposed to any potential risks.

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3 Great things about working from home

Let’s face it, when the government announced that we would be going into lockdown here in South-Africa, most of us panicked. And when the lockdown came into effect most of us probably experienced a bit of a culture shock as we embarked on a work-from-home operating model. Although the lockdown has been eased of late and is currently at Level 3, those of us still working from home still may have started to experience some of the benefits of their new office space.

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Using F-Secure RADAR to help comply with the POPI Act

The enactment of the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act commenced on 1 July 2020, according to a recent presidential address by South Africa’s president, with enforcement of the Act commencing on 01 July 2021. The Act is essentially a code of conduct that all businesses in South Africa must comply with. This means that all organisations in the country will need to have the necessary systems in place to manage employee, customer and supplier data that has personal information.

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Tour of Maximizer CRM

For over 30 years, Maximizer CRM Software has been the software solution of choice for small to medium-sized businesses and divisions of large corporations. Maximizer CRM Software fuels business success with a simple, accessible and adaptable CRM solution that provides the best value in the market. It enables users to do more with less, providing a central lead management solution with instant access to the entire history of every customer or prospect. Maximizer CRM’s all-access licensing also delivers a complete up-to-date customer history to customer-facing teams anytime, anywhere – with access through mobile devices, the Web or Windows desktops.

Maximizer CRM can easily be configured to meet the specific needs of most businesses and enables managers and executives to gain insight into the performance of the business through dashboards and reports. Custom CRM reporting is also available to obtain key insights into business performance.

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