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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.

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

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendar
17 to 18 Aug 2026Mauritius2US$1,100
24 to 25 Aug 2026Dubai2US$1,100
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2026Lagos2US$1,100
7 to 8 Sep 2026Harare2US$1,100
14 to 15 Sep 2026Kampala2US$1,100
21 to 22 Sep 2026Dar es Salaam2US$1,100
28 to 29 Sep 2026Pretoria2R10,000
5 to 6 Oct 2026Cape Town2R10,000
19 to 20 Oct 2026Online2US$900
26 to 27 Oct 2026Mozambique2US$1,100
2 to 3 Nov 2026Cairo2US$1,100
9 to 10 Nov 2026Accra2US$1,100
16 to 17 Nov 2026Lusaka2US$1,100
23 to 24 Nov 2026Kigali2US$1,100
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026Nairobi2US$1,100
7 to 8 Dec 2026Durban2R10,000
14 to 15 Dec 2026Johannesburg2R10,000

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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