PROGRAMME

Programme Director: Dr. Josiah Chavula (UCT)

—Official Opening:08:30 – 10:30—

08:30 – 09:00 | Registration

09:00 – 09:30 | Opening Remarks

• Chairperson: Prof. Attlee M. Gamundani

• Technical Chairperson: Prof. Omowunmi Isafiade

• PAICTA Welcome: Mr. Sonwabo Mdwaba

09:30 – 10:00 | Official Opening of the Conference by MMC Economic Development Tourism and Agriculture – Cllr Bassie Kamana

10:00 – 10:30 | Guest Speaker from ICASA

• Speaker: Mr Dennis Mogomotsi MOKOKA, CIO

10:30 – 10:35: Closing Remarks and Breakdown for the day

—-Technical Programme—–

11:00 – 12:00 | Industry Panel 1:

• Topic: Forging Ahead: Industry Leadership in AI and IoT Cybersecurity

• Moderator: Dr Jabu Mtsweni

• Panellists: Ms. Sithembile Songo, Mr Dennis Mogomotsi Mokoka, Mr Rudi van Rooyen

12:00 – 13:00 | Technical Session

• Mr Rudi van Rooyen  (Security Engineer) | CheckPoint Software Technologies

13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 | Academic Papers: Theme 1 – Proactive AI and IoT Security

• • Chaired by: Prof. Mercy Chitauro

• Paper ID: 2293 – Federated Learning for Android Malware Detection | Rehanatou Bouriméré Coulibaly, Tegawende François Bissyande, Rodrique Kafando, Aminata Sabane and Abdoul Kader Kabore

• Paper ID: 3556 – Deep Learning for Ransomware Detection in Encrypted Traffic | Christopher Lamprecht and Josiah Chavula

• Paper ID: 9870 – AI-Powered Network Intruder Alert System using Machine Learning | Amalia Augustus, Chris Junior Shane Thomas and Attlee M. Gamundani

• Paper ID:5650 – Security Assessment of Mobile Banking Apps in West African Economic and Monetary Union | Alioune Diallo, Aicha War, Moustapha Awwalou Diouf, Jordan Samhi, Steven Arzt, Tegawendé F. Bissyande and Jacques Klein

• Paper ID: 4139 – Autonomous Penetration Testing with Cyberguardian: A Large Language Model-based Approach | Jeslin Hashly, Alby Shinoj and Jestin K Sunil

15:30 – 16:00 | Reflections for the Day

Programme Director: Prof. Omowunmi Isafiade

09:00 – 09:45 | Keynote Address – AI Regulation and Ethics in African Cybersecurity

Speaker: Adv. Lufuno T Tshikalange (Ps), (LLM in IT Law) || Chartered CIO Executive Director and Cyberlaw Specialist, @ Orizur Consulting Enterprise

09:45 – 11:15 | Academic Papers: Theme 2 – Capacity Building and Cybersecurity Education

Chaired by: Prof. Wallace Chigona

• Paper ID:5164 – A Preliminary User Authorisation Model for Modern Public Cloud Storage Services | Stanford Musarurwa, Attlee Gamundani and Fungai Bhunu Shava

• Paper ID:7045 – AI4DVault: A Registry Architecture for Securing the AI4D Supply Chain | Aminata Sabané and Tegawendé F. Bissyandé

• Paper ID: 7871 –  Enhancing Cybersecurity Resilience: Addressing Emerging Technology Challenges in Developing Countries Using Activity Theory | Dina Moloja

11:15 – 12:30 | PAICTA Overview |Presenter: Mr Sonwabo Mdwaba, President

12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch & Networking

14:00 – 15:30 | Academic Papers: Theme 3 – Policy, Regulation and Data Privacy

Chaired by: Prof. Fungai Bhunu Shava

• Paper ID: 8071 – ContractTrace: Retracing Smart Contract Versions for Security Analyses | Fatou Ndiaye Mbodji, Vinny Adjibi, Moustapha Awwalou Diouf, Gervais Mendy, Kui Liu, Jacques Klein and Tegawende Bissyande

• Paper ID: 8264 – Analysing Internet of Things and Cybersecurity Impact in the Namibia Mining Industry | Hiatsita Shipupeni Shinana, Suama Hamunyela and Ambrose Azeta

• Paper ID: 8690 – Assessing the capacity and capability of Law Enforcement in dealing with Cybercrime: The case of Nelspruit | Zenzo Polite Ncube, Nkosana Koos Makhaya and Thembinkosi Mathebula

14:00 – 15:30 | Cybersecurity Awareness Spotlight Presentations by Team Captains – Taking Cybersecurity Awareness to the Grassroots – Fireside Chat

Speakers: NUST Team Captain; UWC Team Captain; CUT Team Captain & BU Team Captain. Moderator: Prof Attlee M. Gamundani

15:30 – 16:00 |  Reflections for the Day