Data Breach Response and Regulatory Notification Management

Prepare legal, compliance and IT teams to respond to a personal data breach quickly, lawfully and calmly. The course covers breach classification, containment, regulator and data subject notification duties, and evidence preservation. Delegates run through a simulated breach and build a response playbook that meets African data protection obligations while limiting reputational and legal fallout.

What you will be able to do

Classify incidents to determine whether a notifiable breach has occurred.
Activate a breach response team with clear roles and decision rights.
Contain a breach while preserving evidence for later investigation.
Meet regulator and data subject notification duties and deadlines.
Coordinate legal, communications and technical response together.
Capture lessons learned and close control gaps after an incident.

Course outline

01Data Protection Duties and Breach Definitions
02Incident Classification and Severity
03Assembling the Breach Response Team
04Containment and Evidence Preservation
05Regulator and Data Subject Notification
06Coordinating Legal and Communications Response
07Post Incident Review and Remediation

Who should attend

This course is intended for compliance officers, information officers, legal advisors and IT risk staff responsible for responding to personal data breaches.

Dates, venues and fees

Dates	Venue	Days	Fee
17 to 18 Aug 2026	Johannesburg	2	R10,000
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2026	Mauritius	2	US$1,100
7 to 8 Sep 2026	Dubai	2	US$1,100
14 to 15 Sep 2026	Lagos	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Sep 2026	Harare	2	US$1,100
28 to 29 Sep 2026	Kampala	2	US$1,100
5 to 6 Oct 2026	Dar es Salaam	2	US$1,100
12 to 13 Oct 2026	Pretoria	2	R10,000
19 to 20 Oct 2026	Cape Town	2	R10,000
2 to 3 Nov 2026	Online	2	US$900
9 to 10 Nov 2026	Mozambique	2	US$1,100
16 to 17 Nov 2026	Cairo	2	US$1,100
23 to 24 Nov 2026	Accra	2	US$1,100
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026	Lusaka	2	US$1,100
7 to 8 Dec 2026	Kigali	2	US$1,100
14 to 15 Dec 2026	Nairobi	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Dec 2026	Durban	2	R10,000

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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We can run Data Breach Response and Regulatory Notification Management privately for your team, on your dates and built around your own systems. Group delivery is usually more cost effective from about six delegates.

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