Security & Compliance

Enterprise-grade protection for every resident interaction

Mahikeng Local Municipality eServices is designed to keep critical utility data safe while enabling transparent, responsive service delivery. Our layered controls combine modern cloud security, municipal governance best practices, and continuous monitoring to uphold trust across residents, officials, and partners.

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24/7 monitoring

Automated alerting and municipal on-call response teams ensure every anomaly is triaged and contained without delay.

Regional resilience

Primary hosting remains within South Africa with encrypted multi-region backups ready for municipal continuity plans.

Layered defence

Application, network, and data safeguards reinforce one another to keep resident information protected end-to-end.

Our core commitments

We build trust with defence-in-depth, compliant governance processes, and strict access management so that residents can interact with confidence.

Defence-in-Depth

Multiple protective layers safeguard every submission, from TLS 1.3 encryption in transit to hardened infrastructure and active threat detection.

Governance Aligned

Policies and controls are mapped to POPIA, MFMA, ISO 27001, and municipal record-keeping requirements to support compliance obligations.

Access Control

Role-based permissions, MFA for administrators, and principle-of-least-privilege access keep sensitive resident information protected.

Transparent Reporting

Real-time dashboards and exportable audit logs give council leadership and internal audit teams visibility into compliance posture.

Regulatory frameworks we honour

Compliance is woven into every workflow, ensuring Mahikeng residents benefit from services that respect privacy, financial governance, and global information security standards.

POPIA
Protection of Personal Information Act

Safeguarding resident data and respecting privacy rights across every communication channel and workflow.

Consent and preference records captured with immutable timestamps linked to each resident profile.
Privacy impact assessments embedded into delivery of new digital services and data processing changes.
Incident workflows align with Information Regulator guidance for notification, containment, and remediation reporting.
MFMA
Municipal Finance Management Act

Enabling transparent financial governance, procurement oversight, and accountable service delivery outcomes.

Full audit trails of submissions, approvals, and escalations retained for legislated retention periods.
Segregation of duties enforced through role groupings that separate operational, review, and financial authority.
Performance dashboards surface metrics that feed municipal service standards and annual reporting cycles.
ISO 27001
Information Security Management System

Continuous risk-based controls underpin the Mahikeng eServices information security management system (ISMS).

Asset inventories and risk registers updated quarterly with council and supplier review checkpoints.
Corrective actions from internal audits tracked to completion with evidence housed in the ISMS workspace.
Continuous improvement loop ensures lessons learned feed policy, procedure, and control enhancements.

Resident data stays protected

Every interaction on Mahikeng eServices is encrypted, logged, and monitored. Strict controls across identity, infrastructure, and data governance ensure compliance with South African legislative frameworks and global standards.

  • Real-time auditing keeps officials informed of submission activity and policy adherence.
  • Encryption at rest for all personally identifiable information using managed keys and rotational policies.
  • Automated backups and disaster recovery plans preserve service continuity and data integrity.
Infrastructure Hardening

Supabase-managed Postgres with automated patching, encrypted storage at rest, Web Application Firewall (WAF) coverage, and regional redundancy keeps services resilient.

Resident Privacy

Data minimisation, consent tracking, and retention schedules honour resident privacy while enabling transparent municipal services and customer care engagements.

Continuous Monitoring

Logging, anomaly detection, and incident response playbooks ensure rapid identification and remediation of potential risks, supported by municipal escalation paths.

Governance assurance pillars

Strong governance is sustained through disciplined policy management, responsible teams, and readiness to act when incidents occur.

Policy lifecycle

Version-controlled policies undergo quarterly review and council ratification to stay aligned with national guidance.

Formal change control captures author, approver, and implementation evidence for every policy update.
Digital acknowledgements track that municipal teams have read and accepted the latest governance documents.
Human-centred security

Targeted training and vetting practices ensure municipal staff and partners uphold resident trust.

Annual awareness campaigns and monthly micro-learning refreshers keep key risks top-of-mind.
Background screening and role attestation prerequisites govern privileged and supplier access.
Incident readiness

Coordinated playbooks shorten response times and support comprehensive regulatory reporting.

Tabletop exercises simulate privacy, fraud, and service outage scenarios with cross-departmental teams.
Post-incident reviews feed continuous improvement actions into the ISMS backlog and council reports.

Need detailed compliance documentation or a security review?

Our team can provide policy summaries, supplier declarations, and evidence of controls to streamline your governance processes. Reach out to coordinate a tailored engagement.

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