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Free checklist · Botswana

What Botswana's cyber rules already require.

22 checks for banks, payment service providers and non-bank financial institutions, built from the Bank of Botswana's cyber examination findings, the Data Protection Act 2024 and the Cybersecurity Act 2025.

What's inside

22 checks across 5 areas.

Each check gives its source and the evidence an examiner would expect to see.

  • Governance and people (5 checks)
  • Testing and validation (5 checks)
  • Third parties, cards and cloud (4 checks)
  • Incident readiness (4 checks)
  • Cybersecurity Act readiness (4 checks)

Who it's for

  • Banks supervised by the Bank of Botswana
  • Payment service providers
  • Non-bank financial institutions
72 hoursPersonal data breaches to the Commission
8 hoursPreliminary report for critical infrastructure, once the Cybersecurity Act is in force

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How it works

Built for the conversation with your board and regulator.

Plain-English checks

Each requirement is written as something you can check, with the paragraph or section it comes from.

Evidence to keep

Every check lists the documents a supervisor or auditor would expect to see.

A simple score

Tick Ready, Partial or Gap for each check, add up your score, and see where to start.

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