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POPIA

Self-Assess
South Africa
v2021
8 domains
8 controls

Protection of Personal Information Act

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Framework Domains (8)

Accountability and Lawful Processing

1 controls
Controls in the Accountability and Lawful Processing domain of POPIA — 1 controls
CodeTitle
POPIASA-1Accountability, Processing Limitation, Lawful Basis, Codes

Enforcement

1 controls
Controls in the Enforcement domain of POPIA — 1 controls
CodeTitle
POPIASA-8Information Regulator Cooperation, Complaints, Enforcement

Governance and Lifecycle

1 controls
Controls in the Governance and Lifecycle domain of POPIA — 1 controls
CodeTitle
POPIASA-7Information Officer, Records of Processing, Notification, Training

High-Risk Processing

1 controls
Controls in the High-Risk Processing domain of POPIA — 1 controls
CodeTitle
POPIASA-4Special Personal Information, Children, Information Quality, Documentation

Individual Rights

1 controls
Controls in the Individual Rights domain of POPIA — 1 controls
CodeTitle
POPIASA-3Data Subject Rights (Access, Correction, Objection), Automated Decisions

Purpose and Collection

1 controls
Controls in the Purpose and Collection domain of POPIA — 1 controls
CodeTitle
POPIASA-2Purpose Specification, Collection Limitation, Further Processing Limitation

Security and Operator

1 controls
Controls in the Security and Operator domain of POPIA — 1 controls
CodeTitle
POPIASA-5Security Safeguards, Encryption, Access Control, Operator Obligations

Transfer and Marketing

1 controls
Controls in the Transfer and Marketing domain of POPIA — 1 controls
CodeTitle
POPIASA-6Transborder Information Flows, Direct Marketing

Your Compliance Coverage

If you comply with POPIA, you already cover:

Vietnam PDPD

75%

6 controls mapped

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Turkey KVKK

75%

6 controls mapped

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Privacy Act 2020

75%

6 controls mapped

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+ 134 more: Privacy Act 1988 (Australia) (75%), Bahrain PDPL (75%)

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Maps to 137 other frameworks

8 total controls
Vietnam PDPD
6 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
75%
Turkey KVKK
6 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
75%
Privacy Act 2020
6 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
75%
Privacy Act 1988 (Australia)
6 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
75%
Bahrain PDPL
6 source controls mapped|13 target controls covered
75%
Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (UAE PDPL)
6 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
75%
NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0)
5 source controls mapped|10 target controls covered
63%
Azure Security Benchmark
5 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
63%
Vietnam Law on Cybersecurity (No. 24/2018/QH14)
5 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
63%
Barbados Data Protection Act 2019
5 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
63%
Albania Law on Protection of Personal Data (Law No. 9887, 2008, amended 2014)
5 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
63%
NIST SP 800-190
4 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
50%
ISO 27017
4 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
50%
AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar
4 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
50%
ISO 27018
4 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
50%
Russia Federal Law on Personal Data (152-FZ)
4 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
50%
GDPR
4 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
50%
ISO/IEC 27400:2022
4 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
50%
ISO/IEC 23894:2023
4 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
50%
Azerbaijan Law on Personal Data (2010)
4 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
50%
AICPA Privacy Management Framework (PMF)
4 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
50%
APPI
4 source controls mapped|11 target controls covered
50%
DAMA-DMBOK2 - Data Management Body of Knowledge (2nd Edition)
4 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
50%
ISO 27001:2022
4 source controls mapped|11 target controls covered
50%
NIST Privacy Framework
4 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
50%
FTC GLBA Safeguards Rule (16 CFR Part 314)
4 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
50%
Vermont Artificial Intelligence and Consumer Data Act (AICDA)
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
38%
ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
38%
ISO 13485
3 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
38%
ISO/IEC 27011:2024
3 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
38%
ISO 27799
3 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
38%
NIST SP 800-124 Revision 2 - Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
38%
Austria Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz, DSG, amended 2018)
3 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
38%
ISO/IEC 25012:2008 - Data Quality Model
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
38%
AWWA Cybersecurity Guidance for the Water Sector (American Water Works Association)
3 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
38%
Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR)
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
38%
CISA Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPG) 2.0
3 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
38%
USMCA Chapter 19 - Digital Trade (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement)
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
38%
Armenia Law on Protection of Personal Data (2015)
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
38%
Australian Privacy Principles (APPs)
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
38%
Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes - Global Standards
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
38%
TEFCA - Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement
3 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
38%
COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013)
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
38%
ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
38%
MARS-E - Minimum Acceptable Risk Standards for Exchanges
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
38%
ISO/IEC 23837 - Security Requirements for Quantum Key Distribution
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
38%
ISO/IEC 27557:2022 - Organisational Privacy Risk Management
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
38%
Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
25%
ISO 22000
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
ISO 45001
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
Nebraska Data Privacy Act
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
ISO 26000:2010
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
25%
Paraguay Law on Protection of Personal Data (Law No. 6534/2020)
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
25%
US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) - Higher Education Safeguards Rule
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
25%
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0
2 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
25%
NFPA 1600 - Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and Crisis Management
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
EASA Part-IS - Information Security in Aviation
2 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
25%
SANS Incident Handler's Handbook and PICERL Methodology
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
25%
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5
2 source controls mapped|12 target controls covered
25%
ASIS SPC.1-2009 - Organizational Resilience Standard
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
NIST SP 1800-32
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
25%
BSI IT-Grundschutz
2 source controls mapped|10 target controls covered
25%
API 1164
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
25%
NIST SP 800-171A Rev 3 - Assessing CUI Security Requirements
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
25%
IEC 62443
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
25%
ISO/IEC 29147:2018
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
ISO 27019
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
25%
Annex 11 to EU GMP - Computerised Systems
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
25%
ICAO Annex 17 - Aviation Security (AVSEC)
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
ISO 22739:2024 - Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies Vocabulary
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
FBI CJIS Security Policy
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
25%
AS9100D:2016 - Quality Management Systems for Aviation, Space, and Defence
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
ISO 27005
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
25%
US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and COPPA 2.0 Proposed Updates
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
25%
South Africa Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA)
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
25%
Tennessee Information Protection Act (TIPA)
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
25%
Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (RIDTPPA)
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
25%
Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA)
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
25%
ISO/IEC 29100:2024
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
25%
ISO/IEC 38500:2024 - Governance of IT
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
25%
Estonia Personal Data Protection Act (Isikuandmete kaitse seadus, 2019)
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
25%
ISO/IEC 29134:2023
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
25%
ISO/IEC 27014:2020
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
25%
ISO 14001
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
FedRAMP High
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
NIST SP 800-53 Revision 5.1 HIGH
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
FedRAMP Moderate
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 MODERATE
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5 LOW
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
IAIS Insurance Core Principles (ICPs)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
US Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) and USCG Cybersecurity Requirements
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
Singapore Cybersecurity Act 2018
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) Release 2024
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
13%
PCI PIN Security
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
13%
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
13%
PCI SSF
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
13%
APRA CPS 234
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
13%
PCI P2PE
1 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
13%
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT)
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
13%
ISO 28001:2007 Supply Chain Security Management
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
NIST SP 800-171A - Assessing Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
1 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
13%
ISO/IEC 30111:2019
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
ISO 22320:2018
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
13%
NIST SP 800-171
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO 20000-1
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
13%
ITIL 4
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
ISO/IEC 27010:2015
1 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
13%
Nevada Gaming Control Board Cybersecurity Requirements
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO/SAE 21434
1 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
13%
Canada ITSG-33 - IT Security Risk Management
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO 27043
1 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
13%
IEC 62351 - Power Systems Communication Security
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Standards Manual
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO/IEC 29115:2023 - Entity Authentication Assurance Framework
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO 19011
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
ISO 15189:2022 - Medical Laboratories Requirements for Quality and Competence
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
ISO 31000:2018
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
FIDO2 / WebAuthn
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
NATO STANAG 4774 (Confidentiality Metadata Labels) and STANAG 4778 (Metadata Binding)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
OWASP SAMM
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
UK Defence Standard 05-138 - Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO 31000
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
13%
ISO 41001:2018 - Facility Management Systems
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO 39001:2012 - Road Traffic Safety Management
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO 50001:2018 - Energy Management Systems
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO/IEC 27031:2011
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
AS9100D - Aerospace Quality Management System
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
ISO/IEC 27003:2017
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
French Sapin II Law (Law No. 2016-1691)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
13%
AML/CTF Act 2006 (Australia)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
ISO 8000 - Data Quality
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
Latvia Personal Data Processing Law (Fizisko personu datu apstrades likums, 2018)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
13%
Compare POPIA with Vietnam PDPD

Frequently Asked Questions

What is POPIA?

POPIA is a compliance framework from South Africa with 8 domains and 8 controls. Protection of Personal Information Act It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

How many controls does POPIA have?

POPIA has 8 controls organised across 8 domains. The largest domains are Accountability and Lawful Processing (1 controls), Enforcement (1 controls), Governance and Lifecycle (1 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.

What frameworks does POPIA map to?

POPIA maps to 137 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are Vietnam PDPD (75% coverage), Turkey KVKK (75% coverage), Privacy Act 2020 (75% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.

How do I get started with POPIA compliance?

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