Oxford Martin School Fellow and Technical Board Member
Prof SH (Basie) von Solms is a Research Professor in the Academy for Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in Johannesburg, South Africa and the present Director of the UJ Centre for Cyber Security. Basie is an ex-member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council for Cyber Security.
His present interests are in Cybersecurity in the 4th Industrial Revolution, Cybersecurity Capacity Building, Cybersecurity Awareness and Cyber Counterintelligence.
He is a Fellow of the BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT, a BCS Chartered IT Professional (CITP), a Fellow of the South African Institute for IT Professionals, a past President of the International Federation for Information Technology (IFIP), and a life-long Honorary Member of IFIP.