Strategic Guidance, Technical Expertise, and National Cybersecurity Development
The Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence (CCoE) provides specialised advisory services to help governments, organizations, and institutions navigate the complex cybersecurity landscape. Our team of experts works across policy, technical, and strategic domains to enhance cyber resilience, mitigate risks, and build a secure digital ecosystem for Africa.
Strategic Guidance, Technical Expertise, and National Cybersecurity Maturity
Provides trusted advisory services to governments and business, helping them navigate the complex and fast-evolving cyber landscape. We work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and policy to deliver guidance that is practical, forward-looking, and tailored to each client's unique needs.
Our advisory support includes:
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Developing and operationalising cybersecurity strategies, frameworks, and governance models.
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Guiding compliance with global standards and regulatory requirements.
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Strengthening organisational and national readiness through capacity building.
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Supporting resilience through incident response planning, crisis management, and business continuity.
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Advising on the secure adoption of emerging technologies and protection of critical information infrastructure.
Provides trusted advisory services to governments and business, helping them navigate the complex and fast-evolving cyber landscape. We work at the intersection of strategy, technology, and policy to deliver guidance that is practical, forward-looking, and tailored to each client's unique needs.
Our advisory support includes:
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Developing and operationalising cybersecurity strategies, frameworks, and governance models.
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Guiding compliance with global standards and regulatory requirements.
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Strengthening organisational and national readiness through capacity building.
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Supporting resilience through incident response planning, crisis management, and business continuity.
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Advising on the secure adoption of emerging technologies and protection of critical information infrastructure.
Specialized Cybersecurity Consulting
We focus on national-level cyber resilience initiatives, providing expert guidance on establishing and operationalizing critical cybersecurity structures.
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National CERT/CSIRT Establishment & Operationalization
Designing and operationalising CERTs to strengthen national cybersecurity capabilities.
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Maturing CERTs/CSIRTs
Supporting institutions in maturing their CERTs including obtaining membership to the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) to enhance international cooperation.
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Sector-CERTs/CSIRTs
Helping industries like finance, healthcare, and telecom develop tailored cybersecurity measures.
Research
Our research capacity is dedicated to driving cybersecurity research that blends academic excellence with real-world application.
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Our research is conducted by a multidisciplinary team of professional academics and experienced business practitioners, ensuring a balance between theoretical rigor and practical insights.
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All research undergoes stringent academic due diligence, adhering to the highest standards of scholarly excellence with full referencing and peer-reviewed methodologies.
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Our flexible service model is designed to meet the diverse needs of governments, industry, and policymakers, delivering valuable insights for strategic decision-making, policy development, and industry innovation.
Individually our members have extensive experience in the establishment and maturing of national CERTs/CSIRTs, establishment of sector-CERTs/CSIRTS, drafting of national legislation and regulations, development of national cybersecurity strategies, and other national initiatives including skills, training, curriculum development and awareness strategies.
Current projects include leading the SOC design phase of a ‘Design-Build-Operate’ initiative for leading African telco service provider. The design includes the integration of a Digital Forensics lab to provide DFIR capabilities and the establishment of a telco sector-CERT. The design phase adheres to various global standards (ISO/IEC 27001, NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ENISA’s SOC Guidelines) and also emphasises standards for the Build-Operate phases (ISO/IEC 22301 for Business Continuity Management, NIST SP 800-160 – Systems Security Engineering, and CIS Controls v8).
Our research team have collectively published over two hundred peer-reviewed journal articles in leading international journals. We recently completed a series of in-depth research articles for a leading South African bank on topics ranging from emerging risk frameworks, cybersecurity and cybercrime legislation in jurisdictions where the bank operates, impact of the metaverse on financial institutions, and understanding the impact of human trafficking on the bank’s operations.
Our current project is a qualitative study of major cybersecurity breaches in South Africa since 2020 for a global OEM and catalogues and analyses these real-world incidents to provide actionable insights.