Lutendo Muvhango
Director: Transnational Organised Crime and Criminal Justice under Global Governance and Continental Agenda Branch
Ms Lutendo Muvhango is a Cybersecurity Professional with unmatched combined technical and leadership expertise in Information Technology, spanning over 22 years. She is presently working for the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) as the Director: Transnational Organised Crime and Criminal Justice under Global Governance and Continental Agenda Branch.
She has successfully served DIRCO under various roles at a global scale including as the Acting CIO (2019-2020), Director: ICT Security (2018-2022), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) since 2015, and ICT Counsellor at Vienna Embassy (2009-2014), responsible for Managing ICT Operations in Europe and Middle East countries. Some of the positions she previously occupied include ICT Security Manager and Chief Data Technologist (Network Architect).
She has a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA); Bachelor of Science (BSC) and a multitude of technical and ICT Management qualifications including CISM; CRISC; CGEIT, ITIL; and CCNA, amongst others. Ms Muvhango’s research topic for her MBA dissertation was on Knowledge of Cybercrime. Ms Muvhango has represented SA in various international for a including United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – Intergovernmental Expert Group on Cybercrime, as well as at the Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a comprehensive international convention to counter Cybercrime.
Ms Lutendo Muvhango is a Cybersecurity Professional with unmatched combined technical and leadership expertise in Information Technology, spanning over 22 years. She is presently working for the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) as the Director: Transnational Organised Crime and Criminal Justice under Global Governance and Continental Agenda Branch.
She has successfully served DIRCO under various roles at a global scale including as the Acting CIO (2019-2020), Director: ICT Security (2018-2022), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) since 2015, and ICT Counsellor at Vienna Embassy (2009-2014), responsible for Managing ICT Operations in Europe and Middle East countries. Some of the positions she previously occupied include ICT Security Manager and Chief Data Technologist (Network Architect).
She has a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA); Bachelor of Science (BSC) and a multitude of technical and ICT Management qualifications including CISM; CRISC; CGEIT, ITIL; and CCNA, amongst others. Ms Muvhango’s research topic for her MBA dissertation was on Knowledge of Cybercrime. Ms Muvhango has represented SA in various international for a including United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – Intergovernmental Expert Group on Cybercrime, as well as at the Ad Hoc Committee to elaborate a comprehensive international convention to counter Cybercrime.