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Protection of State Information Bill – POSI Bill

The Protection of State Information Bill (or POSI Bill or Secrecy Bill) is a draft law in South Africa that deals with the classification and protection of state information. Some people call it the Secrecy Bill, POSIB or the POSI [...]

By |2024-01-29T15:27:16+02:00November 16th, 2023|Categories: Classified information|Tags: , , , |

Minimum Information Security Standards (MISS) Summary

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, [...]

By |2022-12-19T12:03:33+02:00February 28th, 2017|Categories: Cybersecurity Law|Tags: , , , |

Protection of Information Bill not Protection of Personal Information Bill

There has been a lot of confusion (understandably) about the Protection of Information Bill (POI) and the Protection of Personal Information Bill (POPI), though that extra 'P' makes all the difference. First of all, they are different bills, dealing with [...]

By |2022-12-22T09:45:01+02:00September 20th, 2010|Categories: POPI and Data Protection|Tags: , , , |