期刊名称：The African Journal of Information and Communication
印刷版ISSN：2077-7205
电子版ISSN：2077-7213
出版年度：2017
卷号：2017
期号：20
页码：83-112
DOI：10.23962/10539/23574
语种：English
出版社：University of the Witwatersrand
摘要：Cybersecurity is a growing concern for governments, with the push for universalaccess to the Internet, the increasing ubiquity of social networks and the growingreliance on digital government service, and given a growing range of threats fromforeign powers, terrorists and criminals. These complex issues span all governmentministries, their agencies and contractors, plus provincial and municipal government,and require the state to create legal frameworks and agencies to protect data and offeradvice to businesses and citizens, plus ensuring a sufficient supply of skilled techniciansand engineers. In the case of South Africa, its government responded in 2015 witha National Cybersecurity Policy Framework (NCPF), with implementation led bythe Ministry of State Security. The Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Actof 2013 created the Information Regulator to ensure data privacy. The POPI regimeis only being implemented slowly and has overly wide exemptions for nationalsecurity. South Africa lags behind advanced economies in cybersecurity legislation,in government coordination, in engagement with business and citizens, and in thesupply of skilled labour. Delays have meant it lacks the experiences obtained infaster moving countries, and the improvements they have made to their policies and,especially, implementation. Parliament has neither pressed the government for fasteraction nor explored areas where powers might have been taken that infringe humanrights.
关键词：Cybercrime; Cybersecurity; Data protection; Governance; Privacy;South Africa
