Event format: Webinar | Date: 28 June 2022 | 10:00 – 11:30 SAST 

Hosted by: Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA), University of Cape Town 

The goal of this webinar is to discuss the state of cybersecurity skills in the South African public sector. The CIO of MICTSETA Mr. Moloti Nkune will lead the conversation by providing a bird’s-eye view of the state of cybersecurity professionals in the South African public sector.  

Time has come for the public sector to engage with the difficult question of cybersecurity skills gap in South Africa. A strong cybersecurity capacity is crucial for countries to progress and develop in economic, political and social spheres. Technological advancements in the public sector continue to increase the likelihood of cyberattacks on national critical information infrastructure assets. The answer to a cyber resilient public sector lies in the quantity and the quality of available cybersecurity professionals. In our recent cybersecurity capacity assessment in the SADC region, it became clear that there is a deficit of cybersecurity professionals given the increase in sophisticated cyberthreats in the region. Despite numerous cybersecurity academies created by corporate South Africa and universities, the availability of professionals does not match the frequency and intensity of cyberattacks, as well as the complexity of emerging threats and risks.  It is predicted that to cope with the magnitude of cyberthreats in both public and private sector, South Africa needs 4 million skilled cybersecurity professionals.  Our expert panellists will provide insights into how we can bolster our cybersecurity capacity and cyber deterrence to achieve an international level of cyber resilience to protect national critical information infrastructure assets.   

Who should attend?  

  

  • National government information and cybersecurity officials 
  • National intelligence and cyber defense officials  
  • Policymakers  
  • Researchers  
  • Cybersecurity awareness activists   

The panellists  

Moderator: Ms Queen Mtegha: Cybersecurity Research Fellow: UCT, C3SA  

 

Chimwemwe Queen Mtegha is a PhD student specialising in Cyber security at University of Cape town. She obtained her Master’s degree at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China specializing in Computer Applied Technology. 

Moloti Nkune Profile: Chief Information Officer (CIO) – MICT SETA  

 

 

Moloti Nkune holds a Master’s Degree in Business Information Systems from the Tshwane University of Technology (Dissertation titled: “Factors contributing to user resistance on e-health in Limpopo public hospitals”). He also holds competence certificates in ITIL best practice, conflict management, diversity management, project management, and transformational leadership. He currently occupies a role of Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Media, Information and Communication Technologies Sector Education and Training Authority (MICT SETA) since joining the organization in 2020. He has been practicing as an ICT professional for over 17 years in both private and public sectors. He has more than 10 years’ experience leading ICT teams in government entities which includes the ETDP SETA, USAASA, MDDA, and PSIRA.   

Moloti Nkune has contributed to government through development of organizational policies, risk management processes, Digital Strategies, and implementation plans, which he oversaw implementation during his tenure in those organisations. He is determined to continue improving service delivery in government and is passionate about positioning and using ICT as a catalyst for corporate governance, compliance, and accountability. He argues that he is aware that ICT has been regarded as a by the way cost centre with its value not entirely appreciated, and he is looking to change this narrative. Originally from Motlolo village, next to Burgersfort in Limpopo, he is worried about how rural areas continue to be marginalised by all parties.  

Moloti Nkune regards himself as calm and motivational who is a team worker, self-driven, eager to learn, and a highly motivated individual. He recently participated in panel discussion on Digital Transformation hosted by ‘IT News Africa’. 

Ms. Susan Potgieter: SABRIC lead for cybersecurity initiatives and Banking CSIRT 

 

Susan Potgieter has worked in the banking industry in various capabilities over the past 30 years. Susan has extensive experience in Bank and Financial Crime Risk Mitigation through collaboration. She has facilitated multiple banking industry crime combating initiatives in partnership with both local and global stakeholders, over the years and currently leads cybersecurity initiatives and the Banking industry CSIRT at SABRIC.  She is a frequent speaker at conferences and is passionate about creating capacity to effectively mitigate cybercrime risks and contribute to cyber resilience.    

Susan serves on the E-commerce Advisory Committee to Minister of Finance as well as the CRICS Advisory Board at the Nelson Mandela University. She holds a B.Proc, LLB and a Master’s degree in corporate law as well as a Diploma in Advanced Banking and Certificate in Money Laundering Control.  Susan is a non-practicing admitted attorney, conveyancer and notary.    

Dr Laban Bagui: Cybersecurity Senior Research Fellow UCT, C3SA 

 

Dr Laban Bagui is a Senior Research Fellow with the C3SA. He has been leading CMM reviews of African countries for the past 3 years while hosting cybersecurity awareness raising webinars for the C3SA. He is a social entrepreneur, a development and civic technology researcher, and a teacher. In 2020, he founded BAYENKITSO NPC to support research, innovation, and entrepreneurship amongst the African postgraduate and scientific cohort. Laban has worked for various industries including Higher Education, Internet Service Providers, Television broadcasting, and mobile software engineering. Dr Bagui has over 10 years of experience as a higher education lecturer and a researcher. He holds a PhD in Information systems from University of Cape Town – UCT where he is completing a post-doctoral fellowship in cybersecurity at the Department of Information Systems. Laban research interests include Cybersecurity policy in Africa, eParticipation, African e-Commerce entrepreneurship, and networked learning. 

How to attend the webinar.   

The webinar series will be held on Zoom and consist of only one session.  

 

Event contact details  

C3SA Communications Manager 

Tendani Chimboza: Tendani.chimboza@uct.ac.za | Visit our website: www.c3sa.uct.ac.za  

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28 April 2022 at 10:00 – 11:30 SAST

Webinar Overview

Through our insightful panellists, this webinar will assist in conceptualising cyber diplomacy in Africa through a multistakeholder approach. In Africa, while connectivity grows, many countries are leapfrogging by adopting disruptive digital technologies that can face negative consequences. Also, significant differences in internet access between rural and urban areas and across income and gender lines persist.

Recent discussions at the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) level saw the UN connecting cybersecurity with development. Cyber diplomacy includes efforts made by nations to shape, at the global level, the governance of cyberspace to prevent or penalise cyber operations. Since cyber diplomacy is at the centre of navigating challenges and negative consequences of digitalisation, it is becoming a priority also for African countries. Therefore, African nations need to include cyber diplomacy in their national development plans.

Who should attend? 

  • Professionals involved in data protection and governance or cybersecurity.
  • Policy makers
  • Researchers
  • Anyone interested in data protection, data governance, and cybersecurity.
  • Information Systems/ Computer Science students

Our Panellists 

Moderator of the webinar: Dr Enrico Calandro

Dr Enrico Calandro is the Co-Director of the Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa at the University of Cape Town and a Senior Research Associate at Research ICT Africa. He has worked as an advisor for the e-Parliament programme of the SADC Parliamentary Forum and more recently as an expert consultant on human security for the 2022 UNDP Human Development Report and for the European Union Institute for Security Studies. In June 2018, Enrico was appointed as a Member of the Advisory Board of the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise, and in June 2020, he was appointed as the Chairperson of the GFCE Research Committee. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration, Programme on managing infrastructure reform and regulation, from the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town.

Noëlle Van der Waag-Cowling is the Cyber Programme Lead at the Security Institute for Governance and Leadership (SIGLA), Stellenbosch University. Her work cuts across both the public and private sectors and has a strong focus on governance, risk and policy and geo-strategic issues in information security Noëlle is passionate about tech innovation in Africa and building cyber capacity on the Continent. She served a member of the Group of Global Experts to the International Committee of the Red Cross on the protection of civilians during military cyber operations and is an affiliate member of the University of Canberra’s National Security Hub.  Noelle is also co-chair of the Strategy and Policy Working Group on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Global Project for Cybersecurity and Digital Financial Inclusion and a member of the review board of the International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism.

Moliehi Makumane is a researcher with the Security and Technology Programme at UNIDIR. Her expertise spans the international cybersecurity domain with emphasis on the implications of emerging technologies for security in developing countries. Before joining UNIDIR, Moliehi was with South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation where she led the international cybersecurity file, as negotiator in the OEWG and a senior advisor in the UN GGE. She also worked on the Inter-governmental expert Group on cybercrime. She holds an Honours Degree in political and international studies from Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa. She speaks English and South Sotho.   Moliehi’s expertise include international ICT security and international cybercrime. 

Hendrik Zwarts is a security professional with more than 20 years’ experience in various security related fields and excelled in the development and training of security officers. He holds an honours degree in Strategic Management and is currently busy with further research into cyber-diplomacy and cybersecurity capacity development within Africa.

 

Grace Githaiga is a leading authority in African Tech Policy. A C-Suite transformational impact Leadership, Grace is the Chief Executive and  Convenor of KICTANet. She is also a host and moderator for Take on Tech, a weekly TV talk show at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC).

 

Dr. Kaleem Ahmed Usmani – Officer-in-Charge CERT-MU, National Computer Board – Mauritius. Kaleem Usmani is an experienced security professional and currently responsible for Mauritian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-MU). Kaleem has more than 12 years of experience in information technology areas and teaching. Kaleem has worked in various industry sectors including ISPs, textile, education and communication. Kaleem is a Certified Information Security Professional (CISP), a certified ISO 27001 and BS 25999 Lead Auditor, a certified Secure Software Development Professional and a certified ethical hacker. He also holds a PhD degree in Computer Security.

How to attend the webinar 

Register here to join the live webinar on Zoom

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYrc-ugrzIuG9QoPeKtV7c0XmFHkyc7BMeB

Event contact details 

C3SA Communications Manager

Tendani Chimboza: Tendani.chimboza@uct.ac.za

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30 March 2022 10:00 – 12:00

Webinar overview

This webinar will discuss our findings of the cybersecurity landscape of the SADC region. With 16 countries, this makes the SADC the largest regional group on the African continent. Our findings reflect on the maturity of cybersecurity capacity in these 16 countries. The study was carried out in collaboration with the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC) at the University of Oxford and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), with the aim to provide an empirical analysis of cybersecurity capacities in the region.

The result is an in-depth analysis of the status of cybersecurity maturity at a regional level, analysed across the five dimensions of the Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM):

  • Dimension 1: Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy
  • Dimension 2: Cybersecurity Culture and Society
  • Dimension 3: Building Cybersecurity Knowledge and Capabilities
  • Dimension 4: Cybersecurity Legal and Regulatory Frameworks
  • Dimension 5: Cybersecurity Standards and Technologies

The findings suggest that the region is at a lower maturity level compared to the rest of the world on all dimensions. While this is not good news, these findings provide a clear basis for prioritising the building of cybersecurity capacity across the region. SADC countries find themselves predominantly at start-up or formative levels of cybersecurity maturity. The major differences in maturity between the SADC region and the rest of world were in the trust and confidence in online services (Dimension 2), the legal frameworks of cybersecurity (Dimension 4), and in national incident response (Dimension 1).

Who should attend?

  • Professionals involved in data protection and governance or cybersecurity.
  • Policy makers
  • Researchers
  • Anyone interested in data protection, data governance, and cybersecurity.

Keynote speaker

Ms. Anat Lewin: World Bank

Anat Lewin is a Senior Digital Development Specialist at the World Bank and co-Lead of the Cybersecurity Community of Practice at the World Bank. She leads policy advice and investment lending activities in Cybersecurity, Data Governance, Data Protection and Digital Government in Eastern and Southern Africa. Anat advises developing country governments on establishing good practice Cybersecurity, Data Governance and Data Protection policies, strategies, institutional governance frameworks, technical and operational capabilities and digital skills programs. She leads activities that assist African governments – for instance in Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Burundi and Somalia – in implementing reforms supported by large-scale financing by the World Bank. Her analytical work has focused on accessing mobility data by creating anonymized and aggregated datasets derived from call detail records of telecom operators. Anat holds a Master of International Affairs from Columbia University in New York and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Toronto in Canada, Trinity College. She studied International Relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and advanced Arabic at the University of Jordan in Amman. Prior to joining the World Bank in 2000, Anat worked for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Ethiopia. She speaks English, German, French, Hebrew and Arabic.

 

The panellists 

Prof Basie Von Solms: University of Johannesburg (SA) 

Prof SH (Basie) von Solms is a Research Professor in the Academy for Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Johannesburg in Johannesburg, South Africa. During his career he was instrumental in establishing Computer Science as an academic subject in SA. His interest in Information Security started in the 1980s, and he has been called the ‘Father of Information Security’ in SA. During the years he concentrated on Information Security Governance, and in the last few years on Cyber Security.He is presently the Director of the Centre for Cyber Security at the University of Johannesburg as well as an Associate Director of the Global Cybersecurity Capacity Centre (GCSCC) of the University of Oxford in the UK. He is also a member of the Technical Boards of the GCSCC and the Cybersecurity Capacity Centre of South Africa (C3SA). In 2018 he was appointed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a member of the WEF’s Global Futures Council for Cyber Security (till 2019). Prof von Solms is a Past President of IFIP, the International Federation for Information Processing (www.ifip.org), and presently an Honorary Member of IFIP. He is a Fellow of the Computer Society of South Africa, a Fellow of the BCS (Chartered Institute for IT), a Fellow of the Oxford Martin School of the University of Oxford and a Chartered Information Technology Professional (CITP).

 

Dr Towela Jere: AUDA NEPAD

Dr. Towela Nyirenda Jere works in the Regional Integration, Infrastructure and Trade Programme at the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency as a Principal Programme Officer focusing on policy, legal and regulatory aspects of infrastructure and services. She is an electrical engineer with 20 years’ experience working in the private sector, academia and currently in international development. Towela brings knowledge and experience in dealing with policy, legal and regulatory issues to advance implementation of projects in the Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA). Among other things, she has participated in projects in job creation estimation for infrastructure projects, a proposed center of excellence for infrastructure regulation and establishment of multi-stakeholder processes for the ICT sector. She holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering (Networking and Telecommunications) from the University of Kansas, a Master of Arts in Contemporary Diplomacy (Internet Governance), an ACCA Diploma in Financial Management and is a qualified Project Management Professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute (USA). Towela is a member of the Malawi Institution of Engineers, the Internet Society (ISOC), the Project Management Institute and the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). She also serves on the IEEE Ad-Hoc committee on Africa Activities.

Mr Tendai Marengereke: Maltego Technology (ZW)

Tendai Marengereke is a Lecturer for Information Security and Assurance at the Harare Institute of Technology in Zimbabwe. He holds a Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Information Security and Cyber Forensics from SRM University, India. He is also a part-time researcher for the popular data mining and link analysis software company Maltego Technologies, where he researches on Cybersecurity, Cyber-crime and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) investigations. He has participated and contributed to numerous cyber policy and scholarly discourses on Cybersecurity, cyber forensics and OSINT in Africa. He is currently a PhD student with Namibia University of Science & Technology, focusing on the identification of cyber threats on the internet using OSINT. His primary research areas are Cyber Forensics, OSINT and Defensive Cyber Security.

Ms. Zimasa Ndamase: ARMSCOR (SA)

Zimasa Ndamase is a Senior Cybersecurity Manager at ARMSCOR, South Africa. She is an IS Professional with 15 years of work experience in the private and government sector. She has expertise in cybersecurity, software development, Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Data Management and Data Governance. Ms Ndamase holds an MCOM in Information Systems from the University of Cape Town (UCT). Zimasa is currently completing her PhD Information Systems with the University of Cape Town. Her research addresses the challenges of implementing Data Governance Programmes in organizations. Her other research interests are cybersecurity, ICT4D and e-Government.

 

Hosts 

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How to attend the webinar

Register here to join the live webinar on Zoom

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Contact details

C3SA Communications Manager

Tendani Chimboza: Tendani.chimboza@uct.ac.za

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Webinar overview

Exposure to cyberspace comes with a lot of opportunities and many dangers. Very often, members of the public have challenges identifying the threatening and the risky situations they are exposed to. These are threats and risks to personal, professional, and sociocultural life. The threats imply impending harm to one’s person, reputation, and wealth; harm to a professional career, investments, and initiatives; and harm to relationships, loss of cultural heritage, as well as manipulation of social and cultural processes. This webinar aims to describe and explain main and emerging threats and risks to the lives of individual members of the public, and to suggest ways to identify an attack or a risky situation. The webinar will discuss malware, social engineering, denial of services, and intrusions; with risks ranging from, cybercrime (Fraud, privacy infringements, defacement, and vandalism) cross-border cyber-criminality, cyberterrorism, and cyberwarfare.  

Who should attend?

  • Professionals from the government and private sector involved in data protection and governance or cybersecurity
  • Policymakers
  • Researchers
  • Cybersecurity awareness activists
  • Anyone interested in cybersecurity

Panellist Bios

Angela Matlapeng

Angela Matlapeng is a self-driven and versatile ICT professional with proven experience in state-of-the-art Software Development, country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) Administration, Cybersecurity, Internet Policy Development, and multi-stakeholder engagement. She graduated top of her class with a First Class in BSc. Honours Computer Systems Engineering from the University of Sunderland, UK, in 2015.

Angela is currently tenured as a CIRT Analyst in the Botswana Communications Sectorial CIRT (bw COMM CIRT) housed at BOCRA. She is also the Vice Chairperson of the Africa Top Level Domains Organization (AfTLD) since June 2020 where she was first appointed to the AfTLD Board of Directors in June 2019. Ms. Matlapeng is AfTLD’s liaison to AfricaCERT’s Africa Anti-Abuse Working Group (Af-AAWG) which is responsible for awareness and capacity building in cybersecurity issues including the security and stability of the DNS.

 She is also an ITU Women in Cyber Mentorship Envoy, an active member of the Internet Governance Liaison Committee at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers – ICANN, as well as a member of the global Accessibility Special Interest Group – a11ySIG, a group which aims to make the Internet and its attendant technologies accessible to the largest audience possible, regardless of disabilities.

Angela is a solid life-long learner determined to maintain industry relevant knowledge in new technologies, modern tools, and best practices. She also takes strong interest in digital inclusion and diversity causes. She’s a paradigm shift enthusiast who enjoys reading, outdoor activities, networking, and problem solving.

Dr Jason R.C. Nurse

Dr Jason R.C. Nurse is an Associate Professor in Cyber Security at the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS) at the University of Kent, UK. He is also a Visiting Academic at the University of Oxford, Visiting Fellow in Defence & Security at Cranfield University, UK, and Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (RUSI). Specifically, his research concentrates on investigating interdisciplinary approaches to enhance and maintain cyber security for organisations, individuals and governments. Dr Nurse has published over 100 peer-reviewed research articles and he has had his research featured in national and international media including Newsweek, BBC, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, ComputerWeekly and The Conversation. Dr Nurse was selected as a Rising Star for his research into cybersecurity, as a part of the UK’s Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s Recognising Inspirational Scientists and Engineers (RISE) awards campaign.

Brencil Kaimba

Brencil Kaimba is the head of product strategy and development accountable for technology and cybersecurity solutions portfolio across a diverse and multilingual East, West and South African business unit. She has worked with different stakeholders to design industry frameworks including Risk Quantification Framework and other cybersecurity solutions for African SMEs. She is a keen believer in designing local solutions that address the unique challenges facing African SMEs.

She is the Editor in Chief of Africa Cybersecurity report, a continent wide annual report that highlights key trends and cybersecurity posture of different industries across African countries. She previously worked as a cyber risk consultant and Security Operation Centre Consultant. Brencil is a board member at ISACA Kenya Chapter and is the recipient of the 2017 ISC2 ISLA EMEA, Upcoming Cybersecurity professional and IFSEC 2021 Global influencer.

Wuraola Kolade

Wuraola Kolade is a Cyber Security Professional, STEM Advocate and all-round technology enthusiast. Her area of expertise cuts across Incident Handling and Response, Ethical Hacking, Forensics, open-source intelligence and Cyber Diplomacy among others. In the course of her career, she has served as a Cyber security analyst, a technical specialist, advisor, training instructor, and cyber drill facilitator amongst other duties which involve planning and implementation of security measures, advising on emerging security threats and how to manage them, involved in strategizing the creation, maintenance and delivery of cyber security awareness across critical organizations.

Elizabeth is a Fellow of the President Barrack Obama initiated Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Accra Regional Leadership Centre, attesting more to her works for community, education, and advocacy through technology. She was recognized as the ‘African Woman of the Day’ in 2017 by MTVGhana in commemoration of the International Women’s Day and was also recognized as a fellow of the ALAT by Wema Bank Tech Chicks class of 2018. She was listed as one of the Top 50 Women in Cybersecurity in Africa in 2020. In 2021, she was named a Global Influencer in the IFSEC Global Awards under the “Security – One to Watch” Category.

She represented the Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) at the United Nations Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) Intersessional meeting at the UN Headquarters in New York where she delivered a presentation on “Cyber Threat Landscape”. She also served as a resource person at the UNIDIR’s workshop on Gender perspectives on Arms control and Disarmament in Entebbe, Uganda. She served as a member of a committee to review Nigeria’s National Cybersecurity policy and strategy (NCPS) 2015 and produce the NCPS 2021.

Asides’ being technical on Cyber security, Elizabeth believes Cyber Security begins with the human behind the computer and has been actively involved in educating the populace on Cyber Security Ethics and digital citizenship. She remains a long-serving member of the Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) and an ever-avid advocate and campaigner for the education of girls and women in technology and information security.

How to attend the webinar.

The webinar series will be held on Zoom and consist of only one session. You can click here to attend.

Need more information?

Contact details
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27th July 2021 at 10:00 am SAST

The cybersecurity vulnerabilities of people in SSA

Webinar overview

This webinar explores the cybersecurity vulnerabilities of people in SSA and makes recommendations for people and policymakers that enable frugal but effective individual cybersecurity practices.

Sub-Saharan Africa is a place where more than a billion strong, young, and dynamic people live. It is a space where most people have some knowledge of the new technologies and the cyberspace that they enable. They know how to use them to connect to friends and family, have fun, study, work, and look for opportunities. The cyber landscape of sub-Saharan Africa is still in its infancy, with an infrastructure still in the process of being developed, unclear cybersecurity strategies, poor cybersecurity regulations and standards, inadequate cybersecurity awareness and education, and questionable cybersecurity mindsets. These are vulnerabilities at the level of a country or a region. They suggest that individual computer and internet users are particularly exposed to cyber threats and risks. However, it is not specifically clear how exposed they are and the impact of that exposure on themselves and the rest of society. This webinar aims to identify the main vulnerabilities in the device (hardware, software, and platforms) and Internet usage (behaviour and practices) of individuals in SSA. Vulnerability in this situation stems from the exposure of individuals’ personal (Home and mobile), professional (Office + School), and sociocultural (Family, friends, and societies) critical domains to prying eyes. The aim is to describe, explain and suggest remedies to main vulnerabilities.

Who should attend?

  • Professionals involved in data protection and governance or cybersecurity.
  • Policymakers
  • Researchers
  • Anyone interested in data protection, data governance, and cybersecurity.

Moderator:

Dr Laban Bagui: Cybersecurity Senior Researcher, C3SA UCT

Laban is a Senior research fellow with the C3SA at the UCT Department of Information Systems. He is a social entrepreneur, development and civic technology researcher, and learning facilitator. Laban has worked for various industries including Higher Education, Internet Service Providers, Television broadcasting, and mobile software engineering. He holds a PhD in Information systems from UCT. Laban research interests include Cybersecurity policy in Africa, eParticipation, African e-Commerce entrepreneurship, and networked learning.

The Panellists:

Ms. Aprielle Oichoe: Cybersecurity Engineer

Oichoe is a seasoned professional with over 12 years of experience in IT and cybersecurity with a passion for mentorship. She is the founder and Managing Director, Infosphere Limited which is an Information Security Consulting company in Kenya, the Research and special programs Director at Africa Cyber Defense Forum (ACDF) and cofounder of SheLegend, a cybersecurity mentorship initiative by Infosphere and the President and of the East Africa Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS) affiliate chapter. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Africa Nazarene University, a Master’s degree from the University of Bradford (UK), and various certifications –CISA, ISO 27001 LI/LA, ISO 31000, ISO 22301.

 

Mr. David Moepeng: Cyber Literacy Advocate

David Moepeng is a Media Professional and a  Cyber Literacy Advocate from Botswana, where he founded and coordinates a public literacy campaign on cybersecurity under the name eBotho Cyberspace. Prior to his career in cyber literacy advocacy, Moepeng worked as a radio journalist for 16 years in Yarona FM, an urban youth-focused radio station based in the Botswana capital Gaborone, where he subsequently served as Station Manager for 3 years. During his time as a journalist, Moepeng was also involved in press freedom advocacy through his role as Secretary-General of the Botswana Editors Forum. In his current role as a Cyber Literacy Advocate, Moepeng promotes cybersecurity awareness to the general public and various sectors of society, including the media. In 2020, the eBotho Cyberspace Campaign, in collaboration with the Botswana Regulatory Authority and European Union Mission in the country, hosted a 2 -day workshop for local journalists on news reporting on cybersecurity. Moepeng is currently completing his Masters in Cyberpsychology at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom.
 

 

Dr. Bright Gameli Mawudor: Cybersecurity Engineer

Cyber Security Engineer for over 10 years, Bright is a self-driven Information security enthusiast that will go all length to keep updated with the latest methodologies and help the entire community to be Information Security aware. He regularly gets involved in Information Technology forums and discussions focusing on Cyber Security. His main interest lies with System Penetration Testing, Big Data Security and Information Security awareness training through all available media. 

 

 

Ms. Sorene Assefa: Cybersecurity Analyst

Technology Analyst – Cybersecurity & Internet-related issues at ITU. Sorene is the founder of Cyber Czar, a local cybersecurity firm that aims to protect the most vulnerable in our society by providing training and education. For her work, she was listed in Mail & Guardian’s 200 Young South Africans list for 2019 and as an ICT role model in the 2018 Inspiring Fifty list for South Africa. Her certifications include CISSP®, CISM, ISO, ITIL, COBIT, and PRINCE2

 

 

How will the webinar work?

The webinar series will be held on Zoom and consist of only one session. You can click here to attend.

Need more information?

Contact details

c3sa@uct.ac.za

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Wednesday 10th March 2021

To enhance safety and security in cyberspace and to realise its full potential to underpin social and economic prosperity and promote a society where all actors are able to participate and contribute in a meaningful way, there is an urgent need to reinforce the importance of inclusive cyber policy making. Inclusive in a way that stakeholders from all domains (government, private and public sectors, and civil society) who are carrying responsibilities but also have to deal with the risks in the cyber domain are involved in a way that their expertise, priorities and areas of operations are tied into policy. An inclusive approach to cyber policy-making also helps to ensure that views of those that are affected and also those who are responsible for solutions are neither side-lined by securitised and threat-driven narratives, nor neglected because of a narrow understanding of top-down policymaking.


Over the last years, efforts have been made by several organisations to involve stakeholders in cyber policy making processes, including Global Partners Digital (GPD), the Organization of American States (OAS), and the Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre (GCSCC) of University of Oxford. One example is GPD’s Guide for Policymakers on Involving Stakeholders in National Cybersecurity Strategies, which is designed to guide policymakers on how to develop, implement and review a NCS with the active and ongoing involvement of relevant stakeholders. Another example are the national cybersecurity assessments based on GCSCC’s Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (CMM) which gathers data through multi-stakeholder processes and engagement, done by the GCSCC and its regional partners, the OAS, World Bank, ITU and others.
In fact, experience from countries that have developed their national cybersecurity strategies in an inclusive way (e.g. Ghana, Sierra Leone, Belize) has shown that this approach not only enables stakeholder views to be better represented, but also helps increase buy-in from relevant stakeholders when it comes to implementing the strategy, thus ensuring a more sustainable, effective and robust response to cyber threats.

Speakers

  • Kerry-Ann Barrett, Organization of American States (CICTE Cybersecurity Program)
  • Geraldine Mugumya, National Information and Technology Authority – Uganda (NITA-U)
  • Nthabiseng Pule, Cybersecurity Capacity Centre for Southern Africa (C3SA)
  • Daniela Schnidrig, Global Partners Digital
  • Cynthia Wright, MITRE Corporation
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16 February 2021

Data protection and privacy is in its infancy in sub-Saharan Africa. SSA is facing a powerful line up of emerging threats including data breaches, cybercrime, surveillance, industrial espionage, social engineering, cyberwar, cyber terrorism, deep fake, and other nefarious use of AI. The risks include information manipulation, loss of resources, loss of lives, loss of privacy, social unrest, and loss of sovereignty. SSA countries that have enacted data protection regulation are lacking compliance enforcement mechanisms that could have ensured that a high level of standards is being upheld in the protection of citizens data and privacy relevant to the context. The majority of SSA countries are yet to sign and ratify the Malabo convention. In addition, there remain issues of poor data infrastructure, poor data protection awareness, a lack of data protection skills, no clarity on extraterritoriality of laws, no clear data sovereignty or residency definition, no clear mechanism for the enforcement of compliance locally and abroad, and a lack of continental and other international collaboration to establish wide reaching data protection adequacy certification. These vulnerabilities suggest that SSA data subjects are unprotected, and their privacy will not be respected. Nevertheless, with the push for bilateral and multilateral agreements on adequacy mechanisms or certification for data protection quality, there is an opportunity for SSA countries to have a solid frame for the protection of their citizens’ data. That standard of data care is an opportunity for SSA countries to enjoy and to learn from. 

Henceforth, with the online thrust of the control measures to stop the COVid-19 pandemic and the effective AfCTA expected to boost e-commerce on the continent, there would be a need for an African data infrastructure equipped with federating regulations and enjoying African skills, competencies, and innovation. There would be a need for an African or AU (African Union) data commissioner office with collaborators in members states allowing for a tighter collaboration and better harmonisation of data protection amongst member states. 

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8 February 2022

Webinar overview

“Civil society organizations must play a key role in highlighting how technological development can negatively impact vulnerable people and communities, the groups they are trusted to serve” Rhodri Davies, Charities Aid Foundation.

Despite its importance in today’s increasingly digitalized society, cybersecurity awareness is yet to receive significant attention from Civil Society Organizations in Sub Saharan Africa. This is despite the ever-growing and evolving cybersecurity threats that societies are facing in digital spaces. Civil Service Organisations will use this webinar to reflect on the status of their efforts to safeguard the digital lives of our societies as well their livelihoods. Moreover, Civil Service Organisations will benefit from the panel discussion of the following topics:

1. Webinar moderator: Mr. Francis Mdlongwa
2. Common cyber harms: Mr David Moepeng – eBotho
3. Policy measures relevant for cyber harms: Ms Lillian Nalwoga – CIPESA
4. Effective methods of raising awareness: Mrs Tendani Chimboza: C3SA
5. Internet freedom: Mr Victor Kapiyo: KICKTANet

Panellist Bio 

Mr. Mdlongwa Francis

Mdlongwa was the Director of Rhodes University’s Sol Plaatje Institute (SPI) for Media Leadership for 17 years until his retirement in December 2021. He held the rank of Associate Professor at the SPI, the first media management school in Africa and the developing world that was established in 2002. The Institute offers a basket of high-level and certificated media management and media business courses for practising and aspirant media leaders from across Africa. Mr Mdlongwa has also worked as an international journalist in Africa, Europe and the United States of America.

Ms. Lillian Nalwoga

CIPESA’s Programme Manager, has seven years of ICT policy research and advocacy experience, having joined the organisation as a Policy Officer in 2007. She has facilitated and coordinated ICT policy workshops – including coordinating the East African Internet Governance Forum in 2011 and 2015. Lillian has a Bachelor of Development Studies (Makerere University, Uganda) with a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management as well as advanced training in Internet studies. She holds a master’s in digital media and Society from Uppsala University, Sweden. She is also the President of the Internet Society (ISOC) Uganda.

Mr. Victor Kapiyo

Victor is a lawyer practicing in the Kenyan bar, in the firm of Lawmark Partners LLP and is keen on research on emerging ICT public policy issues and how they intersect with human rights in areas such as internet freedom, privacy and cybersecurity. He is a Trustee of KICTANet and contributes to the annual CIPESA State of Internet Freedom in Africa series. He is the Vice-Chairperson of Youth Alive Kenya (YAK), a member of the Law Society of Kenya and the Kenyan Section of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ Kenya), and represents KICTANet in the Advisory Network of the Freedom Online Coalition, which is a group of governments who have committed to work together to support Internet freedom worldwide.

Mr. David Moepeng

David Moepeng is a Media Professional and a  Cyber Literacy Advocate from Botswana, where he founded and coordinates a public literacy campaign on cybersecurity under the name eBotho Cyberspace. Prior to his career in cyber literacy advocacy, Moepeng worked as a radio journalist for 16 years in Yarona FM, an urban youth-focused radio station based in the Botswana capital Gaborone, where he subsequently served as Station Manager for 3 years. During his time as a journalist, Moepeng was also involved in press freedom advocacy through his role as Secretary-General of the Botswana Editors Forum. In his current role as a Cyber Literacy Advocate, Moepeng promotes cybersecurity awareness to the public and various sectors of society, including the media. In 2020, the eBotho Cyberspace Campaign, in collaboration with the Botswana Regulatory Authority and European Union Mission in the country, hosted a 2 -day workshop for local journalists on news reporting on cybersecurity. Moepeng is currently completing his Masters in Cyberpsychology at Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom.

Mrs. Tendani Chimboza

Tendani Chimboza is a Lecturer at the University of Cape Town, Department of information systems. At C3SA, Tendani is responsible for managing communication, outreach, and cybersecurity awareness. Her research activities revolve around, digital ethics, ICTs for Social Justice, ICT Policy, and Dimension 2 of the CMM [Cybersecurity Culture and Society].  Tendani is studying towards a PhD in information systems (IS). She holds a Masters in Communications(Cum Laude) from the University of the Western Cape.

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