Stakeholder Group: Civil Society
Region: Africa
Biography
Kris Seeburn is Lecturer in Information Systems Audit and Control, IT & Enterprise Governance, Computer Security, Information warfare and Programme Director of the Master in Computer Security & Forensics (Rebranded - MSc Enterprise Security & Digital Forensics) / MSc Information Risk Management , MSc Business Enterprise Systems at the University of Technology, Mauritius and a seasoned Information Security Consultant.
Has completed various banking and finance audits as well as BASEL II and various other core standards audits and implementations. He has been actively participating on various International Standards bodies such as ISO/NIST. He has over 16+ years of experience. Holds Masters in Information Technology, Network Technology, MBA and also an LLM in Computer & Communications Law; various Industry Certifications in Audit, Governance, Security, Fraud, Forensics and Project Management.
He is a member of Advisory Board of The New Security Foundation, Member of The American College of Forensic Examiners, Institute of Forensics Science. He is President / Founder of the ISACA Mauritius Chapter, Chair of the Academic Program Subcommittee / Member of the Education and Dissemination Committee of ISACA.
A Fellow and past Board Member of the International Professors Project also Vice President and Director of Governance and Policy International at Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession and a member of the Digital Forensics Association (DFA). A Chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society, Chartered Engineer of the Engineering Council-UK, Senior Member of IEEE, he is Chair of IEEE Mauritius Section and also Chair of ISOC Mauritius Chapter and also serves on the IEEE Africa Initiative. He is also a Board members of various organisations amongst is AFRINIC where he serves as Board Member and is Chair of the Finance & Audit Committee. He sits on various National and Regional committees and boards on Governance and Security Management. He is also a Spokesperson for ISACA / ITGI as an expert in the fields of Security / Governance / Audit. He was Gold Medalist for the BCS Mauritius IT Personality of the Year award.
His areas of expertise include Governance, IT policies and standards development, risk management, risk assessment and control evaluation, problem and incident management, disaster recovery planning, Secure Software, business process management and re-engineering.