THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 FOR THE SIU
“ The Special Investigating Unit is responsible for investigating acts of corruption , ensuring that public funds are not misused ”
— Tumelo Zwane , Chief Information Officer , Special Investigating Unit
likes of Microsoft BI , Ocular from Deloitte , as well as partnerships with Dell , SAS , Kaspersky and Novell ,” comments Zwane . She adds that SIU is harnessing AI for authentication purposes and will be looking to adopt big data and analytics capabilities in the next financial year .
When it comes to security and managing potential threats , Zwane highlights that the SIU ’ s cybersecurity strategy is designed to ensure that information is stored safely and locally within the country , with plans to move into a private cloud platform instead of their current cloud solution .
“ You can imagine how critical our data is , so when it comes to Microsoft
365 , we are looking to host the solution in a private cloud that ensures that we don ’ t expose that data ,” says Zwane . “ We also have multiple firewalls and different channels to pinpoint potential threats , allowing us to mitigate the impact .”
THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 FOR THE SIU
“ COVID-19 brought in the challenges of people having to work from home and ensuring that our data continues to be secure ,” comments Zwane . Because of this , SIU has had to equip its members with the technology and tools in order to conduct its transitional methods of face-to-face interviews online .
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