The South African government are working hard to become a more cybersecure nations in the coming years. In recent rankings they are heading in the right direction, however, there are still many vulnerabilities that need stabilising.
We are pleased to bring our Cyber Intelligence event to the African continent. Our inaugural Cyber Intelligence Africa conference and exhibition will take place in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 08-09 February 2022. During the 2-day show you will hear from the regional governments who will discuss national cyber security strategies and policies, combating cybercrimes across Africa, international cooperation, threat intelligence and detection capabilities and building cyber awareness.
This event will provide you unrivalled access to the regions key government officials who are implementing national cyber security programs and building cyber defence capabilities. Africa suffers from many malware and ransomware attacks as cyber criminals target the easiest organisations and computer systems to breach. However, governments are working tirelessly to prevent future cyber-attacks to their critical infrastructures.
Speakers
- Brigadier Piet Pieterse, Head of Cybercrime Investigation (CCI), South African Police Service (SAPS)
- Dhamir Mannai, Head of National Cyber Security Strategy, Government of Tunisia
- Carmen Corbin, Head of Counter Cybercrime Programming – Africa, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
- Ouanilo Jérôme Medegan, Director, National Systems Security Agency, Benin
- Vladimir Aman, Head, Ivory Coast Computer Emergency Response Team (CICERT)
- Arnold Mangeni, Director of Information Security, National Information Technology Authority (NITA), Uganda
- Dr. Lawan Mohammed, Ag. Director, Cyber Security Department, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria
- Philip Irode, Deputy Director, ICT Security and Cyber, ICT Authority, Kenya
- Songezo Mbambisa, Deputy Director, Cybercrime, City of Johannesburg, South Africa
- Omar Daas, Senior Cybercrime Officer, The African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL)
- David Roberts, Economic Officer, Transportation, ICT and Cyber), U.S. Embassy, Pretoria
- Rennett Mbako Maphane, Security Architect and Technical Lead, Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Transport and Communications, Botswana
- Renier van Heeren, Cyber Security Team Lead, South African National Research Network (SANReN)
- Professor Basie von Solms, Director, Centre for Cyber Security, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
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Venue
Hilton Sandton, Johannesburg
138 Rivonia Road, 2196
Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa
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