Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria,
Univeristy of the Western Cape, Computer Science Department, Bellville,
South Africa

Dr. Renier van Heerden is the Cybersecurity Manager at SANReN, heading up the proactive, academic sector, and coordinating CSIRT. The following domains are his interests: password security, network attack, network ontologies, and cyber security training. Prior to joining the CSIR, he worked as a software engineer in advanced optics applications for South African based Denel Optronics and as a lecturer at the University of Pretoria. Dr. van Heerden obtained a degree in Electronic Engineering and a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering at the University of Pretoria and a PhD at Rhodes University.