South Africa ·National cybersecurity strategy

South Africa's National Cybersecurity Policy Framework (2015)

In force · 4 December 2015

Summary

The framework sets South Africa's approach to cybersecurity and assigns roles to institutions. It provides for a national cybersecurity hub, sectoral CSIRTs, critical information infrastructure protection, measures against cybercrime, skills development and cooperation with the private sector and international partners. Coordination lies with the Justice, Crime Prevention and Security Cluster.

Original title

National Cybersecurity Policy Framework (NCPF)

Title in other languages

• Quadro politico nazionale per la cybersicurezza del Sudafrica (2015)
• Cadre politique national de cybersécurité de l'Afrique du Sud (2015)
• Marco de Política Nacional de Ciberseguridad de Sudáfrica (2015)

Jurisdiction

South Africa

Issuing body

State Security Agency; approvato dal Governo (Cabinet)

Official number

Government Notice 609, Government Gazette 39475

Type

National cybersecurity strategy

Strategy form

Standalone strategy

Date adopted

4 December 2015

Status

In force

Available languages

English

Topics

• Governance and coordination
• Critical infrastructure
• Incident management / CSIRT
• Cybercrime and criminal law
• Skills and training

Strategic objectives

• Protect critical information infrastructure
• Establish incident response capability
• Tackle cybercrime
• Establish public-private partnerships
• Strengthen training and education

Licence / terms of use

Public domain / official act – Atto pubblicato nella gazzetta ufficiale: i testi normativi e gli atti ufficiali sono esclusi dalla protezione del diritto d'autore nell'ordinamento nazionale.

Notes

Approvato dal Governo nel 2012 e pubblicato nella Government Gazette n. 39475 del 4 dicembre 2015. Il link porta alla copia della Gazzetta su lawlibrary.org.za (Laws.Africa), perché la copia su gov.za non è stata trovata.

Collected from

manuale

Last verified

27 October 2026 (verified via web)

State Security Agency; approvato dal Governo (Cabinet). (2015). National Cybersecurity Policy Framework (NCPF) (Government Notice 609, Government Gazette 39475). https://lawlibrary.org.za/akn/za/act/gn/2015/609/eng@2015-12-04

State Security Agency; approvato dal Governo (Cabinet). "National Cybersecurity Policy Framework (NCPF)." 4 December 2015. https://lawlibrary.org.za/akn/za/act/gn/2015/609/eng@2015-12-04.

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