Charl van der Walt
Hello! My name is Charl. I'm a South African based in Cape Town, but I work for Orange Cyberdefense in Paris as their global head for security research. I lead an international, cross-disciplinary team of researchers who produce security intelligence and research in support of Orange's various efforts in the cybersecurity space.
Many years back I was a co-founder of penetration testing firm SensePost, but I've also lead teams of trainers, vulnerability management, threat detection and more.
I write and speak frequently on various topics in security, including at some of the major security conferences world-wide, but connecting with my peers in ZA is always my favourite!
Session
Africa is huge and complex place, with over 50 countries and more than 2,000 spoken languages - from Arabic and Swahili to Hausa and Zulu. It's also evolving, with technology impacting countries and their people in dramatic ways. All of this has significant implications for cybercrime and cybersecurity.
But is cybersecurity in Africa as unique as the continent itself, or does globalised technology imply globalised vulnerabilities and threats?
This talk presents the findings from a study of over 300 security incidents on the continent from the last five years, and uses a novel framework to surface a wholistic and comprehensive view of the scope and shape of cybersecurity on the African continent.