The twelfth ITWeb Security Summit has the ear of the experts in information security in southern Africa and worldwide. As a result, the 2017 event promises to deliver on its mandate - to be the definitive event for information security professionals across Africa.
ITWeb has secured leading experts from across the globe to provide up-to-the-minute content and who will to speak to the challenges and pain-points that you experience on a day-to-day basis through insightful case studies. Delegates will be exposed to a plethora of like-minded individuals from across industry verticals and ITWeb's sponsors and speakers alike will create an atmosphere for informative conversation and engaging debate.
The 2017 event will attract over 500 delegates to Vodacom World, on 16 and 17 May 2017. This is a two-day conference with three tracks per day. It will host over 50 speakers including five international keynotes, an award-winning author and security professionals from the retail, banking, insurance, legal, construction and government space. Delegates will meet attendees from a spectrum of positions including CISOs, CISROs, CIOs, information security-related, information risk-related, IT risk-related, heads of IT, security architects, risk analysts, IT audit-related, IT manager/ director-related, network analysts/engineers, systems engineers/managers, security analysts and a penetration tester.
Five reasons why you should be at ITWeb Security Summit:
1. Great content covering all the key elements of infosec
* Threat intelligence
* How to achieve a good baseline of information security
* User behaviour
* Find out why you need not fear the 0-day
* First-hand account from the front lines on fighting cybercrime in South Africa
* How secure is the blockchain technology and could it support IT security?
* Digital security for managing risk and cyber threats
* Capability and capacity building for infosec in Africa
* Privacy and identity theft
* Incident management and incident response
* Is South Africa prepared for the new cyber security challenges?
* Governance, risk and compliance
* Digital forensics
* Cyber insurance and cyber liability
2. Meet the experts in infosec from across the globe
Just some of the headline speakers that will address the plenary audience - Lauren Beukes, Award-winning, internationally acclaimed best-selling author; Katie Moussouris, bug bounty and vulnerability coordination and disclosure expert, Luta Security; Walter Lee, head of innovation management office: Global Safety Division, NEC Corporation; Tiyani Nghonyama, COO and CTO, Geekulcha; Jayson Street, Infosec Ranger, Pwnie Express; Mati Aharoni, founder, Offensive Security; Saumil Udayan Shah, CEO, Net Square; Brigadier Piet Pieterse, electronic crime head, Hawks and Jason Jordaan, Principal forensic scientist and MD, DFIRLABS.
3. Where else in southern Africa can you experience
* An expert, all-female infosec professional plenary speaker line-up?
* Four international speakers in South Africa for the first time
* A track dedicated to the financial sector, public sector, retail and the techies
* Two full days with three tracks jam-packed with the latest insight from experts in their field
* Perspective from East Africa, National Cybersecurity Forum (Tanzania) and Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA)
* More than 10 case studies from corporate South Africa
* Two local training courses
* Two international training courses
4. Focus on skills development and capacity building
Given the increasing need for infosec skills capacity, ITWeb Events and Geekulcha have collaborated in an effort to meet this need. #SS17HACK will be hosted against the backdrop of this need to develop skills within the youth of this country.
5. Focus on career development and growth
ITWeb is dedicated to the growth of infosec skills capacity within the country. As a result, for the first time in 2016, it included the opportunity to attend a number of training courses. This was so successful that this year it is including two local courses and two international courses at very reasonable prices. If you want to broaden your skills base, attend one of the following: Ethical Hacking 101, Wireless Hacking 101, Social Engineering Awareness Training or WebSec Training 101.