A Sports Betting Information Security Management Framework – A Case Study in the Eastern Cape

The gambling legislation requires the Sports betting industry (SBI) in the Eastern Cape (EC) to operate on an approved and certified computerised Wagering Record Keeping System (WRS). Other than the controls embedded in the WRS, SBI has no other mechanisms to identify and address information security threats to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C.I.A.) of its information The SBI leaves ICT and security to third-parties. An industry-focused, cost-effective, and international standards- based framework can assist the SBI in the EC to implement information security management (ISM). This will enhance the SBI’s a business resilience and rapid response in an event of any information security breach and/or threat. The Sports Betting ISM Framework (SB-ISMF) was developed and accepted by the SBI representatives through the SB-ISMF validation.