MANUEL CORREGEDOR
Manuel is currently employed as the Chief Operating Officer at Telspace Systems. Manuel has a passion for Information Security and over the years has gained a significant amount of knowledge and experience in the both the technical (operational) and management areas of Information Security. Manuel throughout his career has been involved in Information Security related research, training, awareness and advisory projects targeting industry sectors, large financial/government institutions, multinational organisations and SMEs.
He has overseen a large number of Information Security projects, including but not limited to the following:
- Implementing an Information Security Management System (ISMS)
- Incident Management
- Assessing organisations, identifying gaps and remediating the identified gaps
He was previously a full time lecturer at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) where he specialised in the fields of Software Engineering and Information Security. He currently, when requested and / or required, provides specialised and tailor made Information Security training to different teams within organisations. Manuel also facilitates and speaks at numerous conferences as well as partaking in radio interviews and forming part of specialist panels. He has done a significant amount of research in the area of malware and anti-malware techniques.
He holds the following degrees from the University of Johannesburg:
- BSc Information Technology
- BSc Honours Information Technology
- MSc Information Technology in the field of Information Security
- PhD Computer Science in the field of Information Security
He also holds a number of Information Security related certifications.