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Cyber Resilience | Adversarial Assurance | Critical Infrastructure Defence

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The Mandate

> Security is not a product. It is Engineered Sovereignty.

// THE MANDATE
OBJECTIVE:

To architect sovereign defence capabilities for critical infrastructure, transitioning from legacy dependence to threat-led independence.

THE PHILOSOPHY:

Assurance through Aggression. We do not wait for the audit. We validate defences through continuous adversarial simulation and rigorous chaos engineering.

CURRENT MISSION:

Confidential Sovereign Entity (Resources Sector). Designing the "Sovereign Edge" to protect critical OT assets in a high-threat geopolitical environment.

STATUS: Operational

Operational Status

  • Availability Limited / Retained
  • Current Focus Project Phalanx [Dev]
  • Location Johannesburg, ZA
Status: Development Cycle [v0.9]

Project Phalanx

A sovereign Command & Control (C2) interface for SME defence. Phalanx integrates Dynamic Asset Inventory, CPE-based Vulnerability Graphing, and NIST/CIS Governance into a single, deployable war room.

  • Asset-to-Vulnerability Correlation (CPE Mapping)
  • Integrated GRC (NIST / CIS / Zero Trust)
  • OSINT Threat Intel Aggregation & News Feeds
  • Secure Identity Core (RBAC + MFA)
  • Integrated Incident Response Command Centre
MODULES: ACTIVE
> ASSET_GRAPH: ONLINE
> VULN_FEED: SYNCED
> MFA_GATE: LOCKED
> IR_COMMAND: DEPLOYED
> SME_CYBER_COMMAND: NOMINAL

// The Dossier

Valterra

Feb 2025 - Present

Senior Specialist: Cyber Resilience

Architecting sovereign defence capability for a R400bn mining giant post-demerger. Responsible for the convergence of critical OT and IT assets against APTs.

  • Designed "Fusion Center" TOM for sovereign independence.
  • Engineered Policy-as-Code gates for CI/CD pipelines.
  • Established "Purple Loop" active defence validation.

Anglo American

2024 - 2025

BISM: EMEA, Australia & APAC

Directed Cyber Governance across three continents. Secured high-value industrial assets during aggressive M&A and divestitures.

  • Led security due diligence for cross-border M&A.
  • Hardened OT perimeters across Australian mining sites.
  • Navigated China Cyber Security Law & GDPR compliance.

Catalisto LLC

2021 - 2024

Principal Cybersecurity Architect

Delivered sovereign capability development for Ukraine & Balkans energy sectors. Engineered proprietary SOC stacks and nation-state defences.

  • Architected resilience for Ukraine energy operators.
  • Engineered proprietary Open Source SOC (Wazuh/ELK).
  • Led "Cyber Warfare" training for Developing Countries Civilian Operations.

ACDS

2014 - 2021

President & Chief Architect

Engineered strategic turnaround from deficit to R20m valuation. Pivoted business model to high-margin MDR and Offensive Security.

  • Scaled Managed SOC capacity by 2500% via SOAR.
  • Served as "Breach Commander" for live ransomware events.
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