Job Title: CISO
Company: Direct Transact
Dirk Labuschagne has been the chief information security officer (CISO) at Direct Transact since 2023. He has also been the company's executive head of business support services since 2014. Before this, he was the head of Direct Transact's Africa operations since 2008.
Prior to joining Direct Transact, he was a professional services manager at IST Data for four years, and before this, he was a principal consultant at MST for five years.
Dirk has a Bachelor's in Engineering from the North-West University.
Work
2023 – Present Chief Information Security Officer, Direct Transact
2014 – Present Executive Head: Business Support Services, Direct Transact
2008 – 2014 Head: Africa Operations, Direct Transact
2004 – 2008 Professional Services Manager, IST Data
1998 – 2003 Principal Consultant, MST
Education
2023 – 2023 Cyber Security: Managing Risk in the Information Age, Harvard Online
1984 – 1988 BEng, Mechanical Engineering, North-West University
About company: Direct Transact is the largest and most experienced end-to-end Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and Payments-as-a-Service (PaaS) provider in South Africa.
