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When a spark kindled a career in cyber

Tshego Gaetsewe, winner of the Wired4Women Rising Star 2024 award and 2025’s Outstanding Female Security Specialist finalist, speaks about her career highlights.

01 September 2025

Tshego Gaetsewe

What is your current position? What are your career and personal highlights?

I’m the senior security specialist for governance, risk and assurance in the global security team for Sage. I graduated with a double major in B.Sc computer science and geography and my original plan was to become a lawyer. My awards and nominations have helped me grow personally and professionally and more IT industry people now reach out to me, so I’m currently mentoring other women in IT and cybersecurity. That’s taught me resilience, adaptability, patience and humility.

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