Simphiwe Mayisela is a passionate enthusiastic governance, risk and compliance professional; and a fully-engaged member of the information security community. For the past three years he devoted his time and energy in establishing a South African Chapter for International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC)². As the first President of the Chapter, Simphiwe worked tirelessly to promote the Chapter and (ISC)² in South Africa. This thankless effort emphasised his leadership qualities and a strong desire to see initiatives materialising into fruition.

Simphiwe has 16 years’ experience in the area of governance, risk and compliance; 6 years of which have been in senior managerial positions, spanning a myriad of industry verticals ranging from Government, Gaming and Hospitality, Multinational Outsourcing, Banking, Telecommunication and IT Service Provider. He is currently working as a Managing Director of SS-Consulting (Pty) Ltd.

 

Simphiwe is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified ISO27001 Lead Implementer, Certified Sherwood Applied Business Security Architect (SABSA), a Certified Payment Card Industry Professional (PCIP), and he’s also Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC). He holds a Master’s Degree in Computer Science specialising in Information Security from Rhodes University. He has also written a number of articles published locally and internationally and has been honoured to represent South Africa at the 5^th SABSA World Congress at Ireland in October 2013.

Simphiwe is currently completing his Doctor of Business Leadership (DBL) degree with the UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership.