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Sipho Ngobeni

CSIR senior researcher

Ngobeni’s research interests lie in developing and implementing cybersecurity governance instruments, cybersecurity assessments and audits, threat modelling, awareness and training with a special focus in Computer Security Incident Response Team and Security Operations Centre. operations.

Full Profile

Ngobeni holds an MSc (Computer Science) from the University of the Pretoria. He joined the CSIR in 2008 and plays a leading role in assisting industry and government in developing and implementing cybersecurity governance instruments (strategies, policies, processes, procedures, frameworks, and standards), cybersecurity assessments, security configuration reviews, threat modelling and operationalising computer security incident response teams. He has authored and co-authored numerous peer-reviewed papers.

Expertise: Cybersecurity governance

Academic qualifications: 
  • BSc (Computer Science), University of Zululand, 2006
  • BSc Hons (Computer Science), University of Zululand, 2007
  • Certificate in Project Management for Organisational Practice, University of Pretoria, 2014
  • MSc (Computer Science), University of Pretoria, 2016

Contact Person

Sipho Ngobeni

sngobeni@csir.co.za