"Our certificate like most in the world is verifiable only in SA borders. The cyber security cost associated with a globally verifiable 'passport' is huge," health department deputy director general Nicholas Crisp told Business Insider South Africa.
And opening up the South African government portal to foreign users presents too great a security risk, he said. For South Africans trying to get into Malta, that has meant trouble. The country's health ministry did not respond to Business Insider, but told expatriates in Malta that it had managed to verify South African vaccine passports using a virtual private network , which makes a foreign user appear to be located in South Africa.
He has not said when the third phase – making the system internationally verifiable – is likely to be completed.
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