BA (Hons), MBA, DPhil, CGEIT, CIPM, PMP

Peter has over 40 years of business and management experience across a number of different industries and in a wide range of roles - as a practitioner, consultant, researcher, conference speaker, coach and expert trainer. He has extensive experience in the fields of Cyber Security, Managed IT Security Services, Information Management, IT Governance and Management, Data Privacy and the Protection of Personal Information (POPI) Act, and the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR).

Since 2014 Peter has been a consultant providing services focused on how to improve organisations’ cyber security and managed IT security services as part of multiple data privacy and protection projects. These services are largely provided to companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and large state-owned enterprises within the African and European continents. Peter’s consultancy and training services include the use of the following frameworks and standards:

• Center for Internet Security (CIS) Critical Security Controls, v8 2021
• Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM) v4, 2021
• COBIT 2019 Framework, 2019, APO13 Managed Security & DSS05 Managed Security Services
• ISO 31000 Risk Management Guidelines
• Multiple information security standards in the ISO 27000 series
• National Cyber Security Centre Cyber Essentials Framework v2 2022
• National Institute of Standards and Technology Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (Framework), v1.1 2018

Dr Tobin is frequently invited as a guest speaker at SA and international conferences, and has acted as the conference chair, meeting facilitator and keynote speaker on numerous occasions. During the past two decades he has facilitated in excess of 100 workshops and courses in the fields of IT Governance and Management, Cyber Security, and Protection of Personal Information. These workshops and courses are regularly held in South Africa, Botswana, DRC, Zimbabwe, Germany, Dubai, Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Lesotho, Zambia, Mauritius, Namibia and Nigeria. The clientele benefited includes banks, insurance houses, pension funds, state-owned companies, municipalities, government agencies, authorities and national departments.