Ms Nobuhle Nkosi

Head of Financial Lines at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) Africa

"Transfer Risk, the role of Cyber Insurance"

Nobuhle is an expert for Cyber Liability, Directors & Officers Liability, Professional Indemnity, and Commercial Crime for the Africa Region..

A passionate young leader with 12 years’ experience in Insurance and Risk management, Nobuhle holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in Risk Management, Insurance and Law. She has had extensive formal training in Europe and America and she is currently studying towards her executive Master of Business Administration (MBA).

She also holds an Associate membership with the Insurance Institute of South Africa. She has attended international leadership development programs and has proven to be a highly flexible leader that more than delivers what’s expected and quickly adapts to the ever-changing priorities and challenges facing a highly regulated financial services sector.

Based in Johannesburg, her responsibilities span across sub-Saharan Africa. The Financial Lines business at AGCS is a division she has grown from its infancy to a strong competitor in the market since assuming the role in 2015 by driving innovation and thought leadership in the continent.

Mr William Makatiani

Group CEO Serianu Limited & Chair of The Kenya Honeynet Project Chapter.

Serianu Limited is Pan African Cyber security consulting firm with presence in Kenya, Ethiopia, Ghana, Botswana and Nigeria. The firm provides dynamic, business-focused security monitoring and analytics solutions through a combination of consulting, managed services, and threat intelligence. By partnering with Serianu, risk-sensitive organizations are better placed to detect and act on threats to their business, manage compliance with security regulations and policies, and gain the insight needed to prioritize investments and assign scarce resources.

The Honeynet Project is a leading international non-profit security research organization, dedicated to investigating the latest attacks and developing open source security tools to improve Internet security. With Chapters around the world, our volunteers have contributed to fight against malware (such as Confickr), discovering new attacks and creating security tools used by businesses and government agencies all over the world.

Mr. Makatiani is currently leading a continent-wide (Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia) effort to develop research based insights on the state of cyber security in Africa.

Before Serianu Limited, Mr. Makatiani worked with Deloitte and Touche, RSA Security, EMC Corporation and Federal Reserve Bank in Boston. Mr. Makatiani has a strong passion for Cyber security issues with an emphasis on research based consulting. He has over 15 years experience in the ICT industry– focusing on ICT strategy, Analytics, Risk and Compliance. He has led numerous engagements across the world– including Kenya, United States, Israel, Ireland, Singapore, China, Egypt and India.

William holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a Masters in Science of Finance from Clark University, Worcester, MA USA and is also a graduate of EMC Corporation’s Management Leadership Programme.

Mr Daniel Ndegwa

Senior Risk Consultant Serianu

Daniel Ndegwa is a result-driven professional with 4 years of experience in the cyber security field. As a cyber-security consultant he has a keen eye in identifying key cyber security risks and guiding clients in developing cyber security strategies that align to the overall business strategy. He has worked in multiple countries across Africa delivering cyber security services across multiple sectors, which include insurance and banking, manufacturing, technology and telecommunication and service industries.

Daniel has a keen eye on the ever changing cyber threat landscape on the continent and has been involved in developing the Africa Cyber Security Report and country specific reports since 2015.

With an understanding that people constitute one of the most significant cyber security risks, Daniel has conducted multiple trainings in an effort to “secure the human” which improves the overall security posture of the enterprise. Some of the target audience include; in-depth technical training for cyber security professionals and IT technicians, cyber awareness for staff and cyber risk management for c-level managers and the board.

Ms Laurie Pieters-James

Forensic Criminologist

"Cyber Stalking, Cyber Bullying and the role of social media in victim selection"

Laurie holds a specialist degree BA Community Safety and Socio-Legal Studies Specializing in Offender Profiling attained Cum Laude in 2006 and an Honours Degree in Criminology attained in 2010.

For the past ten years Laurie James has been in a practicing criminologist and specialist profiler. She was primarily involved in the evaluation and assessment of violent and sexual offenders. However, in the last three years her focus has moved to economic, cyber-crime, computer enabled crime the containment of threat in the business environment.

She is a regular guest on International Television News Media, having made guest appearances on CNN, Chanel 7 News Australia and the BBC. She is a published author of 2 bestselling books, and writes for a number of publications on various crime related topics.

Mr Tshoganetso Kepaletswe

Chief Technology Officer - BOCRA

"Introducing the National COMM-CIRT"

Tshoganetso Kepaletswe is currently the Chief Technology Officer of Botswana Communication Regulatory Authority. Previously he was the Deputy Chief Executive – Regulatory Affairs responsible for the technical and economic regulation at the Authority. He has extensive knowledge and experience on telecommunication and broadcasting regulation. He is one of the founding staff members of Botswana Telecommunications Authority, where he has been involved for the past twenty years. Mr Kepaletswe has represented Botswana and actively participated at the ITU World Radiocommunication Conferences (WRC’s), Regional Radiocommunication Conference (RRC) and World Conference on International Telecommunication (WCIT). In addition, he also served as National Broadcasting Board Member for a period of three years.

Mr Kepaletswe graduated with a BEng Telecommunication Systems Management and Design from Anglia Polytechnic University & Cable and Wireless College, United Kingdom and MSc Telecommunication and Information Systems from University of Essex, United Kingdom. He is a Registered Professional Engineer with Botswana Engineers Registration Board (ERB) and a Member of the Botswana Institution of Engineers (MBIE), Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineer (MIEEE).

Mr Dan Thornton

Managing Director and Co-Founder @ GoldPhish

"Social Engineering – Exploiting the Human Factor This talk will focus on the non-malicious threat from unwitting, uneducated insiders."

South African born Dan Thornton is a former Commissioned Officer in the Royal Marines Commandos and Co-Founder of global cyber risk consultancy, GoldPhish, assisting clients to understand, assess and manage their risks allowing them to effectively minimize loss and protect their reputations.

Dan has extensive experience in advising and training multi-national corporations on security risk mitigation and crisis management. He now advises businesses on managing their cyber risks and building cyber resilient organizations”.

Mr Itumeleng Garebatshabe

CEO of Intellegere Holdings

"An expose on the latest hacking trends in Botswana, focusing on the specific risks faced by SMB."

Itumeleng's experience has seen him being part of the National Development Plan 10 (NDP 10) drafters, where his motions on cyber security in his Knowledge Society thematic group were adopted. He has worked with Botswana Police (CID) providing Computer Forensics consultation.

For over 10 years he has provided training to a number of institutions and corporate entities on Cyber Security and related courses. For a 3-year period, he partnered with local radio stations to do weekly IT awareness shows. He has been a contributor to local and regional publications on Cyber Security related issues in Botswana.

Itumeleng is also the pioneer of the mobile application industry and a BlackBerry Enterprise developer. He is a revered technologist.