HEIN VENTER has established an international research reputation in cyber security and cyber forensics. Over the past 13 years, he has focused mainly on cyber forensics research. Hein is the research group leader for the Digital Forensic Science (DigiForS) research group at the University of Pretoria where he collectively supervises more than 40 Computer Science postgraduate students. He authored and co-authored more than 260 publications. He is also the general chair of the Information Security for South Africa (ISSA) conference. Hein recently served on a panel that was tasked by the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) to come up with a national cyber security research agenda. The main topics identified for this research agenda include cyber security and digital forensics.