DA proposes Constitutional amendment to establish Cyber Commissioner

[jgegroups]

Showing true colours with the last offence on the list:

• Malicious communications

Gov going to have a field day with that shitfuckery

 

[_TrXtR_]

Maybe they should fix that racist contstituion first, either go add definitions for all races, or don't.

 

[system32]

Very stupid proposal that should be blocked.

Creating a Cyber Commissioner - what happens to the Police Commissioner and NPA - are they not doing their jobs? Are they only good at publicity stunts chasing surfers during Covid-19?

“Proper cyber security is also fundamental to safeguarding many of the rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights and safeguarding our critical infrastructure and democracy."

Cyber security does not require a national Cyber Commissioner.
That's well covered by existing laws - RICA & Cybercrimes Act & Film and Publications Amendment Act/Internet Censorship Bill & POPIA etc - and regular criminal laws.
The bill of rights is well safeguarded by existing laws.

Cyber Commissioner would support and strengthen constitutional democracy
by advising, monitoring, and establishing cyber security capabilities in the public sector.
work with tertiary institutions and the private sector to establish minimum good standards, build capacity, and create awareness.

"Strengthen constitutional democracy" - how?
The public sector departments already have this responsibility via POPIA.

Cyber technology is increasingly central to government functioning and the provision of services to citizens
personal information of individuals in possession of state departments is not sufficiently protected against cyber-attacks.
attacks place private and public information at risk, which results in state-owned entities and the economy losing billions of rands to cyber-crime.”

POPIA is already responsible for protection of personal information.
You have enough staff and enough laws - just implement the laws that you have.

proposal asserts that state-owned entities tasked with addressing cybercrime are “chronically underfunded” or lack the proper expertise to perform their function.

No they not underfunded - they are corrupt, incompetent witrh maladministration - see Zono reports - giving them more money is a waste.