122  No. 50741 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 31 May 2024 Table of Contents ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 3 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................... 5 2. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................... 5 3. PROBLEM STATEMENT .............................................................................................................. 7 4. RATIONALE FOR THE DATA AND CLOUD POLICY ..................................................................... 10 5. OVERVIEW OF THE POLICY, LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY LANDSCAPE ............................. 11 6. LEGISLATIVE CONTEXT ............................................................................................................. 13 7. POLICY STATEMENT ................................................................................................................. 15 8. PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................. 15 9. AIM .......................................................................................................................................... 15 10. OBJECTIVES .............................................................................................................................. 16 11. SCOPE....................................................................................................................................... 16 12. DEFINITION OF CLOUD COMPUTING ....................................................................................... 16 13. CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICE MODELS ................................................................................... 17 13.1. Software as a Service (SaaS) .................................................................................................... 17 13.2. Platform as a Service (PaaS) .................................................................................................... 17 13.3. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) ............................................................................................. 17 14. CLOUD DEPLOYMENT MODELS ............................................................................................... 17 14.1. Private cloud ............................................................................................................................ 17 14.2. Public cloud.............................................................................................................................. 18 14.3. Hybrid cloud............................................................................................................................. 18 15. POLICY INTERVENTIONS AND PROPOSALS .............................................................................. 18 15.1. Digital infrastructure................................................................................................................ 18 15.2. Access to Data and Cloud Services .......................................................................................... 22 15.3. Creating a Digital Trust Environment ...................................................................................... 23 15.4. Cross-Border Data Transfers and Data Sovereignty ................................................................ 26 15.5. Skills and Capacity Development ............................................................................................. 28 15.6. Competition in the Data and Cloud Market ............................................................................ 29 15.7. Research and Development (R & D) ........................................................................................ 31 15.8. Governance and Institutional Mechanisms ............................................................................. 32 16. REVIEW OF THE POLICY ........................................................................................................... 34 17. IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH ................................................................................................ 34 18. KEY STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENTS ........................................................................................ 35 19. CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................... 35 20. REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................. 36 21. DEFINITIONS ............................................................................................................................ 40 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za 2