20 - 21 November 2018
Johannesburg, South Africa

Conference Day One: Tuesday, 20 November 2018

CYBER SECURITY GOVERNANCE & CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

9:05 am - 9:30 am CyberAlarm: The Case for South Africa

  • The changing face of cyber-crime: 2018’s cyber threats and new methods to protect against them
  • Addressing South Africa’s cyber skills shortage: The importance of education and hiring the right people
  • GDPR and POPIA: The importance of compliance, difference and a need for a global view
Barend Taute, Framing Chairman at National Cybersecurity Policy Framework, South Africa

Barend Taute

Framing Chairman
National Cybersecurity Policy Framework, South Africa

  • Essentials for national cybersecurity
  • Overcoming backdoor vulnerabilities in public-private partnerships

Panellists:
Mary-Jo de Leeuw, Winner Cybersecurity Excellence Award 2018 | Ranked #10 GLOBAL cybersecurity influencers 2018 at Cybersecurity Influencer

Mary-Jo de Leeuw

Winner Cybersecurity Excellence Award 2018 | Ranked #10 GLOBAL cybersecurity influencers 2018
Cybersecurity Influencer

Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola, Chair, Member Nigerian National Broadband Council at Expert Group of the Nigeria Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime, Nigeria

Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola

Chair, Member Nigerian National Broadband Council
Expert Group of the Nigeria Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime, Nigeria

Jabu Mtsweni, Group Leader at Cyber Defence Research Area Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Jabu Mtsweni

Group Leader
Cyber Defence Research Area Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

Doreen Mokoena

Internet Governance Coordinator
ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA)

Barend Taute, Framing Chairman at National Cybersecurity Policy Framework, South Africa

Barend Taute

Framing Chairman
National Cybersecurity Policy Framework, South Africa

10:15 am - 10:45 am Developing security operations centres (SOCs) for critical infrastructure protection

• Identifying dependencies and vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure
• Using a combination of cyber intelligence, threat analysis and incident response

10:45 am - 11:15 am Networking coffee break

11:15 am - 11:45 am Special case study from Ghana: The formation of Ghana’s first cyber security centre and preventing cyber crime

  • Role of the National Cyber Security Centre in preventing cyber crime
  • Protecting Ghana and the rest of the West African region from cyber threats
  • Future growth and anticipated opportunities with the rest of the African nations to integrate and cyber protect the fastest growing continent in the world
Albert Antwi-Boasiako, Chief Advisor, National Cyber Security Secretariat at Ministry of Communications, Ghana

Albert Antwi-Boasiako

Chief Advisor, National Cyber Security Secretariat
Ministry of Communications, Ghana

11:45 am - 12:15 pm Improving cyber security measures across key critical infrastructure

  • Identifying vulnerable data networks and cloud protected assets across key infrastructure
  • Using data diodes and real-time cyber monitoring to improve network security
  • Cyber protect the fastest growing continent in the world

PREVENTING DATA LEAKAGE

  • Discussing APIs, cloud tech, partnerships and IoT
  • Key arising issues in South Africa post digitalisation initiatives
  • What needs to be handled head on?

Panellists:

Sufia Geroge

Head of Cyber Security
ABSA (formerly Barclays Africal Group Limited)

Gus Clarke

Head of Cyber Security
TymeDigital by Commonwealth Bank of South Africa

Ritasha Jethva

Head, IT Governance, Risk, Compliance & Resilience
Rand Merchant Bank

Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola, Chair, Member Nigerian National Broadband Council at Expert Group of the Nigeria Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime

Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola

Chair, Member Nigerian National Broadband Council
Expert Group of the Nigeria Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Networking lunch break

2:00 pm - 2:30 pm SPECIAL HFC BANK CASE STUDY: Balance between digital innovation, accelerated deployment and data security

  • Digital transformation strategy and execution
  • Protecting digital innovation initiatives with the right data security platform
George Njuguna, CIO at HFC Limited

George Njuguna

CIO
HFC Limited

2:30 pm - 3:00 pm Alert triage automation of security operations to overcome human error

  • Enhancing security operations using robotic process automation solutions
  • Investing in security incident event management (SIEM) solutions to mitigate risks
  • Investing on incident response automation to overcome human errors

DATA BREACH AND INCIDENT RESPONSE

3:00 pm - 3:30 pm WORKSHOP: Improving your incident response to a local data breach

  • Identifying local sources of data dissemination
  • Protecting personal information: Identity management and protection

Ritasha Jethva

Head, IT Governance, Risk, Compliance & Resilience
Rand Merchant Bank

  • Key vulnerabilities in data flow
  • Data privacy framework and management
  • Isolating affected networks from the rest of the operational layers
Mary-Jo de Leeuw, Winner Cybersecurity Excellence Award 2018 | Ranked #10 GLOBAL cybersecurity influencers 2018 at Cybersecurity Influencer

Mary-Jo de Leeuw

Winner Cybersecurity Excellence Award 2018 | Ranked #10 GLOBAL cybersecurity influencers 2018
Cybersecurity Influencer

4:00 pm - 4:10 pm Chairman’s closing remarks

4:10 pm - 5:00 pm Networking at the EXPO

  • Exclusive VIP lounge
  • Exclusive speakers lounge
  • Sponsored country briefings

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Cocktail reception

Pan-African Awards of Excellence to achievers and contributors various domain

7:00 pm - 7:00 pm End of conference day one

The published programme is correct at time of printing. However, given the seniority of our speakers and the nature of their roles, speakers may subsequently substitute or remove themselves from the programme. This is always regrettable, and we will always try to replace the speaker with a speaker with equivalent insight.