South Africa

Gus Clarke is head of cyber security at TymeDigital by Commonwealth Bank of South Africa, SA’s newest bank since 1999. He has over 15 years of experience in various aspects of cyber security, holding positions such as associate director and penetration testing lead at PwC Cyber Africa. Clarke holds a multifaceted role that is a… read more »

Greg Griessel Consulting Systems Engineer, Security Solutions, Cisco Southern Africa Greg Griessel is a Consulting Systems Engineer with Cisco Southern Africa specialising in Security. He has over 20 years’ experience in IT Security working with Enterprise accounts, 12 of which have been with Cisco. Prior to Cisco, Greg worked at various ICT suppliers and vendors… read more »

GIDEON PETRUS BOUWER is an IT law specialist and the MD of cyberlawforensics, an IT law and cyber crime investigative company. GIDEON PETRUS BOUWER is also the co-founder and MD of gidsigned, which is an electronic signature and compliance company that was founded in 2010. Bouwer specialises in e-commerce compliance and the legal aspects of… read more »

Gareth James is a network and security specialist at VMware. In this role, he is directly responsible for accelerating the adoption of VMware’s Network & Security solutions in the sub-Saharan African region, a strategic initiative for VMware. With over 20 years’ experience in the IT industry, James brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding to… read more »

Eleanor Weaver is country manager for Africa at Darktrace. She joined Darktrace shortly after the company was founded and helped it to grow the client base that now includes over 1 000 deployments globally. She was asked to take over African operations in June 2016, and has been country manager Africa since then, with offices… read more »

Davina Myburgh leads the product team in TransUnion Africa, delivering solutions across consumer, commercial, insurance and Africa verticals. Delivering next-generation solutions including CreditVision and IDVision, Myburgh focuses on growth strategies, product innovation and management, as well as market awareness. She has eight years’ experience in TransUnion and 11 years’ experience in product and financial services…. read more »

DAVID TAYLOR (PROFESSOR): Over 20 years of front-line experience in IT and Law. David has hands-on knowledge of technologies and their relationship with law and compliance. He has extensive exposure to the international legal environment servicing multinationals with complex technology projects. He sits and has sat as board member, attorney, legal adviser, legal chaperon for… read more »

David believes that less is more when it comes to the law. He works as an information lawyer because he enjoys simplifying complex ideas into practical insights. He facilitates interactive workshops, drafts beautiful documents, and writes succinct opinions so that corporates, SMEs, and entrepreneurs alike can use the law in an accessible and meaningful way… read more »

DARRON GIBBARD: Before joining Qualys as CTSO, I spent the past 25+ years working for a variety of payment services, media and telco organisations providing cyber, IT and Information security thought leadership and subject matter expertise. My early career was spent working in the vendor marketplace for start-ups and major security vendors in both a… read more »

IT law specialist by trade, Vermaak has spent many years working in ICT and representing multinationals. Vermaak specialises in ICT technologies and network security. She is currently also completing studies towards becoming a certified digital forensic auditor. Vermaak has been instrumental in assisting the Law Society of South Africa with seminars for legal practitioners regarding… read more »

Led multiple Identity and Access Management implementation projects in financial services, government and health sectors locally and across the globe. Designed and architected IAM solutions to help customers with Password Management, Access Management, Identity Governance and Data Loss prevention. Provided IAM subject matter expertise and helped with IAM strategy development to resolve access problems related… read more »

Christo van Staden is a well-established Information Security Specialist figure in the local South African and Sub-Saharan market. He has established himself as a Strategic Information Security advisor to several enterprises as well as ICT and Solution Providers. He excels in the design, implementation, and management of Information Security, Risk and Compliance solutions aligned to… read more »

Dr Bright G Mawudor is a cyber security researcher with over 10 years’ experience in the industry. His main focus is on cyber security awareness, which led him to be the founder of the AfricaHackOn conference, East Africa’s premier cyber security conference. He is also the current head of cyber security services at Internet Solutions,… read more »

April C Wright is an author, teacher, community leader, and hacker who has been a generalist for the last 25+ years, breaking, making, fixing, and defending “all the things” while playing security roles on offensive, defensive, operational, and development teams throughout her career. She travels the globe teaching others about information security, which includes protecting… read more »

At Symantec Antonio Forzieri is responsible for the cyber security offering for EMEA from a technology perspective. Previously he worked at Symantec as a security practice manager, running the security technology sales team in Italy. Before joining Symantec, he worked for a number of Italian companies with EMEA wide responsibilities dealing with compliance, endpoint security,… read more »