Firms Under-Report POPIA Breaches as Cyber Attacks Rise
The Information Regulator lacks sufficient staff to enforce the Protection of Personal Information Act amidst rising cyber attacks.
Mukelani Dimba, executive for education and communication at the Information Regulator, notes a mismatch between research on security threats and reported incidents.
Only a fraction of incidents gets reported to the regulator.
A July report by Check Point Research found that South African companies experience 2,113 cyber security threats weekly.
Dimba assumes
a fair number of those incidents involved personal information.
Author's summary: Firms under-report POPIA breaches amidst rising cyber attacks.