Cybersecurity Specialist and Penetration Tester in Cape Town. Ethical hacker by day, mentor and speaker on the side. This is the longer story.
I'm a Cybersecurity Specialist on an Offensive Security team in Cape Town, working as a Penetration Tester. I perform formal penetration tests against web-based applications, web services, networks, and computer systems — looking for the gaps before anyone else does. Outside of that, I mentor women breaking into cyber, write about the craft in the open, and speak when the room is worth speaking to.
I didn't grow up writing exploits. My path into cybersecurity was built out of curiosity that wouldn't sit down, late nights asking 'but how does that actually work?', and a quiet decision to back myself before I felt ready. The unconventional route is part of what makes me good at this work — I know what it's like to be the person in the room who had to learn it the hard way.
Once I found offensive security, it clicked. It's half engineering, half storytelling — you have to imagine your way into the gaps no one else has seen yet, then communicate them clearly enough that someone can actually fix them.
I'm a Penetration Tester on an Offensive Security team in Cape Town. Day to day I run formal penetration tests against web applications, web services, networks, and computer systems — with meticulous attention to detail and a deep respect for the trust customers place in the organisation. Specifics stay confidential. The craft sharpens every week.
Pentesting is a lifelong apprenticeship. Methodology. Stealth. Reporting. Communication. Curiosity that survives bad days. I'm not chasing the next badge — I'm building a body of work I'll be proud of in ten years.
I've been the only woman in too many rooms. Representation isn't a slogan I post — it's a door I hold open. I mentor because the right sentence at the right moment changed my career, and I want to be that sentence for someone else.
I gave my first keynote at Girlcode Summit in 2025 — a talk about the women coming next. One stage so far, with many more I'm working towards. I'd rather take the stage slowly and mean it than chase the spotlight.
Penetration Tester · Offensive Security · ethical hacker · Girlcode Summit 2025 speaker · mentor to women breaking into cybersecurity.