Christine Tsotetsi
@christinetsotetsi
Cybersecurity consultant leading SOC, GRC, and privacy with technical depth and leadership communication.
South AfricaWhat I'm looking for
I’m a cybersecurity consultant with a track record across security operations, governance, risk and compliance, and data privacy. I combine technical depth with business communication, translating complex security risk into decisions leadership can act on.
Most recently at SUSE, I led security operations, privacy, and GRC in a global environment—integrating and fine-tuning over 325 detections to significantly expand SOC coverage across Okta, Google Workspace, AWS, and additional log sources. I owned the GRC function across policy reviews, security questionnaires, contract reviews, Change Advisory Board participation, and annual ISMS review to maintain an ISO 27001 compliance posture.
Now, as an independent consultant, I lead full cybersecurity engagement lifecycles for regulated financial services clients, including ISO 27001 readiness, FSCA Joint Standard 2 gap analysis, vulnerability management, SOC advisory, and policy development. I also support incident response workflows, executive reporting, and stakeholder education—always aiming to make cybersecurity both rigorous and commercially relevant.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Contract Engagements
Independent Cybersecurity Consultant
Jun 2025 - Present (1 year 1 month)
Delivered contract cybersecurity engagements for regulated financial services clients, including ISO 27001 readiness and FSCA Joint Standard 2 gap analysis. Produced executive summaries, remediation roadmaps, and SOC readiness guidance for regulatory audit preparation.
Led security operations, GRC, and privacy activities across an ISO 27001 compliance posture. Integrated and tuned CrowdStrike detections, managed privacy workflows (DPIAs and DPA reviews), triaged alerts, and produced cybersecurity and compliance reporting for senior stakeholders.
Incident Response Engineer
CyberSafe Foundation
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 (11 months)
Performed end-to-end incident handling, including playbook execution and root cause analysis, with stakeholder coordination for escalation and remediation. Conducted Zero Trust and SOC framework demonstrations covering identity verification, least privilege, micro-segmentation, and logging/monitoring.
Cybersecurity Support Technician
Log N Pacific
May 2022 - Dec 2023 (1 year 7 months)
Provided frontline cybersecurity support by triaging and resolving security incidents across client environments. Managed endpoint monitoring, security tool administration, patch management, and supported vulnerability identification and escalation.
Executive Assistant & Operations Lead
Ara Emporium
Jan 2020 - Feb 2022 (2 years 1 month)
Managed executive-level operations including sensitive client communications, information handling, and vendor coordination. Supported confidentiality and stakeholder management practices for day-to-day operations.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
MANCOSA
Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), IT & Business Management
In progress: BCom in IT & Business Management at MANCOSA.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Availability
Location
South AfricaAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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