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STAATSKOERANT, 4 DESEMBER 2015
NATIONAL CYBERSECURITY POLICY FRAMEWORK FOR SOUTH AFRICA
PKI Strategy. The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services (DOC), pursuant
to its mandate established the South African Accreditation Authority to accredit and regulate
authentication services and products.
10. 3 The issue of identity management in cyberspace is central to building confidence and trust in
the secure use of ICTs. The NCPF seeks to address the fragmented approach by promoting
the development of an integrated National E-identity and PKI strategy. Such a strategy and
implementation thereof will be critical in providing inter alia e-government services as well as
to ensure security, confidentiality and integrity.
Uptake and usage of e-identity in
e
government services will stimulate other sectors as well.
10.4 The NCPF acknowledges that transmission of information over the Internet for trading and
communication purposes presents new and sophisticated threats for both the senders and
recipients of information. Therefore to ensure online transaction security, the NCPF provides
for the development of a holistic National E-ldentity and PKI Strategy. The strategy will,
amongst others, assist to address:
a)
Authentication and securing of the identities of the parties to an e-transaction;
b)
Confidentiality, ensuring information is kept private;
c)
Integrity issues, by ensuring the information or process has not been modified or
corrupted;
d)
Non-repudiation issues, by ensuring that neither party can refute that the
transaction occurred (i.e. the transaction is binding); and
e)
The structure and regulatory framework for
E-ldentity and
a
Public
Key
Infrastructure.
10.5 The NCPF also requires that the development of a holistic National E-ldentity and PKI
Strategy should be aligned to the broader objectives set out herein and in particular the roles
and the responsibilities of the critical stakeholders in the implementation of the NCPF.
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