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

Head Information Security and Risk Management, Public Investment Corporation

Songo is head, information security and risk management, Public Investment Corporation. She has more than 18 years worth of experience in the information security field and played a pivotal role leading, managing, establishing, developing and implementing various information security initiatives, including information security strategy and programme, cyber transformation programmes, information security awareness strategy and programmes, policy development, application security, incident management, among others.

Antidotes for Ransomware Attacks: Strategy for 2022

Presented by Sithembile Songo, Head Information Security and Risk Management, Public Investment Corporation • September 29, 2021

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...