Cloud computing promises good opportunities for economies around the world, as it can help 
reduce capital expenditure and administration costs, and improve resource utilization. However 
there are challenges regarding the adoption of cloud computing, key amongst those are security 
and privacy, reliability and liability, access and usage restriction. Some of these challenges lead 
to a need for cloud computing policy so that they can be addressed. The purpose of this paper is 
twofold. First is to discuss challenges that prompt a need for cloud computing policy. Secondly, 
is to look at South African ICT policies and regulatory laws in relation to the emergence of 
cloud computing. 
Since this is literature review paper, the data was collected mainly through literature reviews. 
The findings reveals that indeed cloud computing raises policy challenges that needs to be 
addressed by policy makers. A lack of policy that addresses cloud computing challenges can 
negatively have an impact on areas such as security and privacy, competition, intellectual 
property and liability, consumer protection, cross border and juridical challenges.

THE IMPACT OF EXISTING SOUTH AFRICAN ICT POLICIES AND REGULATORY LAWS ON CLOUD COMPUTING: A LITERATURE REVIEW PDF

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