20 - 21 November 2018
Johannesburg, South Africa
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
9:30 am - 10:15 am KEY STAKEHOLDERS PANEL: Developing a comprehensive public-private partnership
Speakers:
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 Expert Group of the Nigeria Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime, Nigeria
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 National Cybersecurity Policy Framework, South Africa
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 Expert Group of the Nigeria Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime, Nigeria
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 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 2018Cybersecurity Influencer
Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola
Chair, Member Nigerian National Broadband CouncilExpert Group of the Nigeria Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime, Nigeria
Jabu Mtsweni
Group LeaderCyber Defence Research Area Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Doreen Mokoena
Internet Governance CoordinatorZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA)
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 SecretariatMinistry 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
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: How can we prevent data leakage?
Speakers:
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
Moderator:
Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola Chair, Member Nigerian National Broadband Council Expert Group of the Nigeria Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime
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
Moderator:
Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola Chair, Member Nigerian National Broadband Council Expert Group of the Nigeria Senate Committee on ICT and Cybercrime
- 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 SecurityABSA (formerly Barclays Africal Group Limited)
Gus Clarke
Head of Cyber SecurityTymeDigital by Commonwealth Bank of South Africa
Ritasha Jethva
Head, IT Governance, Risk, Compliance & ResilienceRand Merchant Bank
Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola
Chair, Member Nigerian National Broadband CouncilExpert 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
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 & ResilienceRand Merchant Bank
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Improving incident response to an international data breach
- 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 2018Cybersecurity 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.