Introduction
Corporate governance encompasses the system of rules and
regulations that governs the affairs of a company. It seeks to
ensure that the financial and non-financial interests of all
stakeholders in the corporate ecosystem are balanced.
t is important to highlight that Corporate Governance is based
on three core principles which are accountability, transparency and
security. For the purpose of this newsletter, our focus will be on
security in relation to information technology as a principle in
Corporate Governance.
Information Technology (IT) is a broad term that involves the
use of technology to communicate, transfer data and process
information. The different trends in information technology include
but are not limited to analytics, automation, artificial
intelligence and cybersecurity1 . The world as we know it today is
controlled by information as these forms the basis for some of our
interactions, transactions, career and social network.
