Rorisang Kgosana reports:
The department of justice & constitutional development contravened the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, resulting in the loss of more than 1,200 files.
The Information Regulator issued an enforcement notice to the department this week for a September 2021 security breach on its IT systems.
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The security breach was caused by the department’s failure to renew the Security Incident and Event Monitoring (SIEM) licence, which expired in 2020. This licence enables it to monitor unusual activity and to back up log files.
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