Virtual Cybersecurity Summit: Africa 2021

With increased digitization across sectors, the attack surface has changed and not necessarily increased, says Kris Budnik, group CISO at First Rand Bank. He talks about ways third party risks can be handled in future and how enterprises must brace themselves for hybrid work model.

Keynote: Cybersecurity 2022: Evolving a New Enterprise Security Strategy to Tackle the Changing Threat Landscape

Kris Budnik, Group CISO, First Rand Bank - Group CISO, First Rand Bank • •

The past two years has resulted in increased digitization across sectors, with the enterprise cybersecurity leaders suddenly finding themselves tasked with defending their largest-ever attack surface. The trend has led to data proliferation, and organizations struggle to handle the sheer volume of data in this new...

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Plenary Session: Insider Threat: What Can Enterprises Do to Mitigate Heightened Risk from Insider Threat

Harrison Nnaji, CISO, FirstBank Nigeria - CISO, FirstBank Nigeria • •

Various reports suggests that 24% of all security breaches that occur at financial institutions come from insiders. Workers in this critical sector have access to valuable customer data. This access makes them a lucrative targets for bad actors. Some insiders are malicious. Many are just careless. And others are...

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Demystifying South Africa's Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA)

Ahmed Mokdad, Associate, Covington & Burling - Associate, Covington & Burling , Ross Saunders, Co-chair, Jo'Burg Chapter, IAPP - Co-chair, Jo'Burg Chapter, IAPP , Kerissa Varma - Vodacom • •

Cyberattacks in African countries, especially in the key financial centers of South Africa and Kenya have risen drastically this year. The Protection of Personal Information Act, or POPIA, which entered fully into force in July 2021, promotes the protection of personal information processed by public and private...

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Zero Trust: Are Enterprises Prepared For It?

Oriyomi Fowler, Head of Information Security and Network Operations, Dangote Industries - Head of Information Security and Network Operations, Dangote Industries • •

A holistic data-centric zero trust approach will keep your data safe, enable digital transformation and allow enterprises to be cost efficient when choosing the right zero trust platform. But how maturely are enterprises in Africa embracing the framework and moreover are they technology ready to apply the...

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Antidotes for Ransomware Attacks: Strategy for 2022

Sithembile Songo, Head Information Security and Risk Management, Public Investment Corporation - Head Information Security and Risk Management, Public Investment Corporation • •

Earlier this year, South Africa’s port and rail company was apparently targeted with a strain of ransomware that cybersecurity experts have linked to a series of high-profile data breaches. There have been multiple other cases of ransomware in the region. With ransomware gangs increasingly targeting critical...

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Security in the Age of 'You Can't Trust Anything'

Andrzej Kawalec - Vodafone Business • •

Treating security is not just about a series of technical controls, it is much more holistic. As the pandemic continues, concepts such as "zero trust" have now become essential. So too in this era of empty offices and working from home is working to secure the lowest common denominators - employees, laptops, home...

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CISO Panel on Outlook 2022: How to Address the Top Cyber Concerns

Charles Kungwane, Group Head, ICT Security, Risk, City of Johannesburg - Group Head, ICT Security, Risk, City of Johannesburg , Itumeleng Makgati, Group Executive- Information Security, Standard Bank Group - Group Executive- Information Security, Standard Bank Group , Lerato Makgopa, Information Security and Risk Lead, From a Leading Bank - Information Security and Risk Lead, From a Leading Bank • •

The year saw some high profile cyberattacks. While ransomware and supply chain attacks continued to dominate the headlines, the problem of identity, cloud security as well as risk of third party vendors continue to bother security practitioners. These cybersecurity threats are amplified by phishing attacks, targeted...

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