Cybercrime continues to be an important issue that all organisations are trying to manage. But now, in the era of artificial intelligence (AI), there are even more challenges when dealing with cybercrime. So understanding the impact of cybercrime and AI [...]
The President of South Africa has proclaimed that certain sections of the Cybercrimes Act commence on 1 December 2021. Now that the Act has commenced, you may have questions like: which sections have already commenced? When will the entire law commence? [...]
President Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed the Cybercrimes Act into law to protect the country against cybercrimes. The Act introduces malicious communications as a crime and guilty parties could incur fines or face jail time. Now that several sections of the [...]
The President of South Africa has signed the Cybercrimes Act into law. This means that South Africa now has a comprehensive law to regulate cybercrime. The wait is finally over, and it is now time for you to take action. [...]
The Cybercrimes Act has a significant impact on many organisations and individuals. Unfortunately, the impact is mostly negative and a bit scary. Correctional services are going to have to build more prisons to lock up everyone who commits a cybercrime. Few [...]
Crime affects everyone and in future cybercrime (and cyber security) is going to affect people more and more. No one is safe - it impacts the rich and the poor: Anyone with a mobile phone in their pocket. Anyone who has [...]
The latest draft of the Cybercrimes Bill is better but still concerning for a few reasons. The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development tabled a new version of the Cybercrimes Bill in the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on [...]
The Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services has called for comments and public participation on the latest version of the Cybercrimes Bill. The deadline to submit your comments has been extended to Thursday 10 August 2017. Your participation and comment are [...]
The Minimum Information Security Standards (or MISS) is a standard for the minimum information security measures that any institution must put in place for sensitive or classified information to protect national security. If you work with public service information resources, [...]
You may be wondering whether you have anything that can be declared a Critical Information Infrastructure (CII). It's an interesting question. You might well have CII. What does this mean for you? What are the practical consequences? What falls within the definition [...]
The Cybercrimes and Cybersecurity Bill is in the process of being enacted. We have summarised the 2017 version to help you understand what the current position is. This article is a summary of the 2015 Cybercrimes Bill. Offences The 2015 Cybercrimes Bill created many [...]
