Cybersecurity Law

Cybersecurity or information security is a crucial part of information management. We are experts on the legal aspects regards the security of information (infosec). You can read our advice, or about the products or services we offer related to this focus area below:

Your duty of care regards information security

Every organisation has a duty of care to establish and maintain appropriate information security. The judgment in Hawarden vs ENS illustrates that no modern business can operate properly and lawfully without establishing and maintaining appropriate information security. The facts of [...]

Hawarden v Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (ENS) | BEC

In Hawarden v Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs (ENS), Hawarden succeeded in suing ENS for the loss of R5.5 million because of a Business Email Compromise (BEC). Hawarden was ENS' client.  The court said that ENS owed a general duty of care [...]

Email encryption and data protection law

Let's chat email encryption. Do relevant data protection laws, such as the GDPR in the EU or POPIA in South Africa, require your organisation to use encryption in transit to protect the personal data in emails and attachments that your [...]

By |2022-10-13T16:40:19+02:00October 13th, 2022|Categories: Cybersecurity Law, POPI and Data Protection|Tags: |

Directive on public service information security | DPSA

The directive on public service information security is the South African Department of Public Service and Administration's (DPSA) latest effort to address the government's vulnerability to cyberattacks. This development comes four months after the Minister issued the directive on [...]

By |2024-03-27T15:47:16+02:00September 22nd, 2022|Categories: Cybersecurity Law, IT Law|Tags: , , , |