Business Talk – Resilient Innovations’ Lutfiyyah Ahmed on why South Africa needs a cybersecurity wake-up call
In this Business Talk with Michael Avery interview, Lutfiyyah Ahmed unpacks why South Africa needs a cybersecurity wake-up call.
Ahmed is the Head of Advisory at Resilient Innovations.
She has a background in law, being an admitted attorney specialising in privacy and cyber regulatory compliance.
After beginning her career at an international law firm, she transitioned into consulting.
In this field, she has advised many organisations across sectors like privacy, data protection, and business continuity.
Ahmed is also passionate about empowering her peers and currently co-chairs Women in Security and Privacy.
The interview
In this Business Talk interview, Ahmed discusses South Africa’s cybersecurity landscape.
She highlights that the Information Regulator is concerned about the increased number of security compromise incidents occurring in the country.
Ahmed then explains why it is important that South Africa undergoes a cybersecurity and privacy culture shift, providing her take on the current state of many organisations’ cybersecurity and privacy capabilities.
She also explains why simulation exercises and scenario-based planning are so critical, and unpacks why they are currently rare in South Africa.
Ahmed concludes the discussion by detailing the practical steps South African organisations can take to shift from simply complying to being truly resilient.
Listen to the full interview with Lutfiyyah Ahmed, below.
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