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Anna Collard is the SVP of Content Strategy & Evangelist for KnowBe4 Africa where she drives security awareness across the African continent. Collard founded Popcorn Training, which was acquired by KnowBe4 in 2018. Anna is a creative content creator and founder with a demonstrated history of working 20+ years in the cyber security industry.
Anna holds a Master of Science in Cyber Psychology (University of Applied Sciences Vienna), is a certified business analyst and holds multiple security certifications, including CISSP, CISA, CIPP/IT, ex PCI DSS QSA, ISO 27001 Implementer, and auditor.
Anna is a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on the Future of Metaverse for the 2023-2024 term as well as member of the WEF Metaverse Initiative Governance Working Group and Security Skills Development Group.
Anna is also a founding board member of the MiDO Cyber Academy Programme, aimed at under served communities in South Africa to bridge the cyber skills divide and to provide pathways out of poverty via digital skills.
· Cyber Mindfulness – Cultivating a Zero Trust Mindset
· Cognitive Resilience- Building digital resilience in an everconnected, distracted world
· Cyber Security latest trends
· Emerging Tech – genAI, Metaverse – opportunities andchallenges
· Metaverse – opportunities and challenges
· Women in Tech / Womenin Cyber
· African Cybersecurity opportunities and challenges
· Female Entrepreneurship
· Digital Wellbeing and Safety
· Ransomware and Cyber extortion
· Board Cyber security Awareness Sessions
· Building Security Cultures
· MC for Security or tech events & Panel facilitation and participation
· Cyber Mindfulness – Cultivating a Zero Trust Mindset
· Cognitive Resilience- Building digital resilience in an everconnected, distracted world
· Cyber Security latest trends
· Emerging Tech – genAI, Metaverse – opportunities andchallenges
· Metaverse – opportunities and challenges
· Women in Tech / Womenin Cyber
· African Cybersecurity opportunities and challenges
· Female Entrepreneurship
· Digital Wellbeing and Safety
· Ransomware and Cyber extortion
· Board Cyber security Awareness Sessions
· Building Security Cultures
· MC for Security or tech events & Panel facilitation and participation
