Forbes Karinda – CEH, CHFI

Forbes is an avid programmer and IT Security expert who has worked on various Government projects.  He is a holder of the BSc (Honours) Degree in Computer Science and working towards his Masters in Computer Science degree with NUST. Forbes is a Certified Ethical Hacker – CEH and a Certified Hacking Forensic Investigator.

Having attended various trainings on E-Government Promotion in Japan (August – December 2013) and Big Data in China (July – September 2014) Forbes has assisted various Government of Zimbabwe departments including the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority – ZIMRA , and the Modernisation Department in the Ministry of Finance to modernize their systems and keep them secure.

Forbes has also assisted in the preparation of the National Cyber Security Policy of Zimbabwe and the development of the National Cyber Security Strategy in line with the National Cyber Security Policy.

Forbes is comfortable with most IT Security Framework platforms including Metasploit Nessus, Cain and Abel , NIST , BackTrack , Samurai Web Testing Framework  and HoneyDrive honeypot bundle distro. He has also used  The Open Web Application Security Project(OWASP)  and OWASP The Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM)  for various projects .

Forbes is married to Nyasha and is blessed with 2 wonderful sons.