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Data Breach Response and Notification Governance

Prepares organisations to detect, contain and report personal information breaches within the tight timelines set by African data protection laws. Combines incident response planning with the legal duty to notify regulators and affected data subjects, using local breach scenarios. Participants build and test a breach response playbook they can take back to work.

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What you will be able to do

  • Define what constitutes a reportable personal information breach.
  • Establish roles and a decision tree for breach response.
  • Contain and assess the severity and scope of a breach.
  • Determine notification obligations to regulators and data subjects.
  • Draft clear breach notification and holding communications.
  • Run a tabletop exercise to test the breach response playbook.

Course outline

  1. 01Breach Concepts and Legal Duties
  2. 02Building the Breach Response Team
  3. 03Detection, Triage and Containment
  4. 04Severity Assessment and Risk of Harm
  5. 05Regulator and Data Subject Notification
  6. 06Communication and Reputation Management
  7. 07Tabletop Exercise and Lessons Learned

Who should attend

Information officers, privacy and compliance practitioners, IT security leads and legal advisers responsible for personal information.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 to 29 Sep 2026Cairo2US$1,100Closed
29 to 30 Sep 2026Mauritius2US$1,100Register
30 Sep to 1 Oct 2026Dubai2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Oct 2026Online2US$900Register
12 to 13 Nov 2026Johannesburg2R10,000Register
16 to 17 Nov 2026Cape Town2R10,000Register
17 to 18 Nov 2026Durban2R10,000Register
18 to 19 Nov 2026Pretoria2R10,000Register
19 to 20 Nov 2026Windhoek2US$1,100Register
23 to 24 Nov 2026Gaborone2US$1,100Register
24 to 25 Nov 2026Maseru2US$1,100Register
25 to 26 Nov 2026Mbabane2US$1,100Register
26 to 27 Nov 2026Lusaka2US$1,100Register
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Harare2US$1,100Register
1 to 2 Dec 2026Lilongwe2US$1,100Register
2 to 3 Dec 2026Blantyre2US$1,100Register
3 to 4 Dec 2026Mozambique2US$1,100Register
7 to 8 Dec 2026Nairobi2US$1,100Register
8 to 9 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100Register
9 to 10 Dec 2026Kigali2US$1,100Register
10 to 11 Dec 2026Kampala2US$1,100Register
14 to 15 Dec 2026Accra2US$1,100Register
17 to 18 Dec 2026Lagos2US$1,100Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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