Security Assessments & POPIA Compliance for South African Businesses
AMEA Technologies is a South African cybersecurity and POPIA compliance provider, based in Johannesburg with partner teams covering Cape Town and Durban, offering risk assessments, monitoring, incident readiness and awareness training to South African organisations of all sizes.
Which security and compliance services does AMEA offer?
AMEA offers security risk assessments, incident readiness, POPIA compliance, ISO 27001 alignment, CIS Controls mapping and continuous monitoring for South African organisations of every size.
What is a security risk assessment?
A security risk assessment is a comprehensive evaluation of your security posture with actionable, prioritised recommendations.
Learn MoreWhat is incident readiness?
Incident readiness is having response plans in place and rehearsing them with regular tabletop exercises.
Learn MoreWhat does POPIA compliance involve?
POPIA compliance is meeting South Africa's data protection requirements with documented measures, an Information Officer and breach procedures.
Learn MoreWhat is ISO 27001 alignment?
ISO 27001 alignment is working towards the international information security standard with structured, staged guidance.
Learn MoreWhat is CIS Controls mapping?
CIS Controls mapping is implementing the Center for Internet Security's prioritised safeguards, tailored to your risk profile.
Learn MoreWhat is continuous monitoring?
Continuous monitoring is round-the-clock threat detection and response that protects the organisation outside office hours.
Learn MoreWhat is IT security awareness training?
IT security awareness training is eight facilitator-led, interactive modules that turn staff into a human firewall. The modules cover phishing, WhatsApp scams, AI deepfakes, passkeys, payment fraud, POPIA, devices and incident response, with a certificate on passing.
Learn MoreHow secure is your organisation?
The security posture check is 12 critical questions that produce an instant risk rating.
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Which compliance frameworks does AMEA work with?
AMEA works with POPIA, ISO 27001, the CIS Controls and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, mapping each to practical technical controls for your organisation.
POPIA
Protection of Personal Information Act
ISO 27001
Information Security Management
CIS Controls
Center for Internet Security
NIST
Cybersecurity Framework
POPIA, ISO 27001, CIS Controls and NIST: which one applies to you?
POPIA is the law; the other three are frameworks you choose to align to. The table shows what each is, whether it is mandatory in South Africa, and who typically needs it.
| Framework | What it is | Mandatory in South Africa? | Who typically needs it |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPIA | South Africa's data protection law governing personal information | Yes, for every organisation that processes personal information | Every business, nonprofit and public body |
| ISO 27001 | International standard for an information security management system | No, voluntary certification | Suppliers to enterprises, financial services, organisations answering tenders |
| CIS Controls | Prioritised list of 18 practical safeguards from the Center for Internet Security | No, voluntary baseline | Small and mid-sized businesses that want a practical starting point (Implementation Group 1) |
| NIST Cybersecurity Framework | US framework organised around Identify, Protect, Detect, Respond and Recover | No, voluntary | Organisations with US customers or a mature security programme |
POPIA and security questions, answered
Start by auditing the personal data you hold. Then document your lawful basis for processing it, encrypt data at rest and in transit, appoint an Information Officer, and put a breach response plan in place. AMEA provides POPIA compliance assessments and documentation.
We review your defences against common attack paths: identity and MFA, patching, backups, endpoint protection, email security, access control and staff awareness. You receive a clear risk rating and a prioritised plan to close the gaps.
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