SANS Africa Cybersphere Community Nights — February 2027

Two evenings. Two of our instructors. One community. Join us across two nights at SANS Africa Cybersphere 2027. The first asks an uncomfortable question about how much of what we call security actually reduces risk. The second makes the case that Africa should be building digital forensic capability, not just buying it. Attend in person or virtually. Pick one night or come to both.

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Join Us for SANS Community Nights

SANS Community Nights are a great way to stay in touch with your local InfoSec community and to hear the latest in technical wizardry, industry intelligence, and thought leadership from our amazing instructors.

Come meet the SANS team and experience SANS learning in person.

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Cape Town, South Africa & Virtual (SAST)

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Registration, drinks, and canapes

Tuesday, February 23, 2027

06:00PM - 06:30PM SAST

In-Person

The Security Theater We Participate In

We check boxes. We run compliance scans. We hold meetings that feel like progress. But how much of what we call security actually reduces risk — and how much of it is just performance?

This session pulls back the curtain on the everyday rituals we mistake for security: the audits that change nothing, the policies nobody reads, the dashboards built to reassure rather than inform.

Through sharp real-world examples and a healthy dose of humor, you will learn to spot security theater in your own environment — and leave with practical ways to swap performance for actual protection.

Ideal for CISOs, security managers, GRC and audit teams, and practitioners tired of reporting on work that does not move real risk.

Tuesday, February 23, 2027

06:30PM - 07:30PM SAST

In-Person & Virtual

Presented by

Jan D'Herdt

CISO Advisor, Enterprise Security Architect

Networking & Entertainment

Tuesday, February 23, 2027

07:30PM - 08:00PM SAST

In-Person

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Wednesday, February 24, 2027

06:00PM - 06:30PM SAST

In-Person

Ubuntu Forensics: Building Africa’s Digital Forensic Future Together

Digital forensics has a cost problem. As commercial forensic platforms grow more sophisticated, their licensing and infrastructure costs push them beyond the reach of many practitioners, laboratories, universities, and law enforcement agencies across Africa. Limited budgets should not mean limited forensic capability.

This session explores the role open-source and community-developed technologies can play in building sustainable forensic capability across the continent: where they complement or replace commercial platforms, what their real capabilities and limitations are, and how to handle the questions that matter most — validation, reliability, support, training, and evidential defensibility.

The larger argument is that Africa should not simply consume digital forensic technology developed elsewhere. African practitioners, researchers, students, and developers have an opportunity to become active participants in the global forensics community, building tools and techniques for the technologies, crimes, and investigative challenges found on this continent.

The future of African digital forensics may not depend on our ability to buy more tools. It may depend on our willingness to build, validate, share, and improve them together.

Ideal for digital forensic examiners, incident responders, law enforcement investigators, academics, and students working across Africa.

Wednesday, February 24, 2027

06:30PM - 07:30PM SAST

In-Person & Virtual

Presented by

Jason Jordaan

Principal Forensic Analyst Principal Forensic Analyst at DFIRLABS

Networking & Entertainment

Wednesday, February 24, 2027

07:30PM - 08:00PM SAST

In-Person

Meet the Speakers

Jan D'Herdt

CISO Advisor, Enterprise Security Architect

Jan D’Herdt is a SANS Certified Instructor teaching LDR512 and SEC566. With experience across Deloitte, IBM, and UCB, he helps organizations implement and transform the CISO organization, and align cybersecurity with governance and business risk.

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Jason Jordaan

Principal Forensic Analyst Principal Forensic Analyst at DFIRLABS

Jason is a digital forensics, incident response, and cybercrime investigation specialist. He began his career in the early development of the discipline, when he combined his love for computers and technology with his role as a police detective.

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SANS Africa Cybersphere Community Nights — February 2027

Join Us for SANS Community Nights

Schedule

Registration, drinks, and canapes

The Security Theater We Participate In

Networking & Entertainment

Registration, drinks, and canapes

Ubuntu Forensics: Building Africa’s Digital Forensic Future Together

Networking & Entertainment

Meet the Speakers

Jan D'Herdt

Jason Jordaan

Register In Person or Virtually

Tuesday, 23rd February, 2027

Wednesday, 24th February, 2027

Register In-Person

Registration, drinks, and canapes

The Security Theater We Participate In

Networking & Entertainment

Registration, drinks, and canapes

Ubuntu Forensics: Building Africa’s Digital Forensic Future Together

Networking & Entertainment