Confidence Staveley brings a vital cyber-physical perspective to modern security. As Founder and Executive Director of CyberSafe Foundation, she has focused on improving cyber awareness, digital safety and skills development across vulnerable and underserved communities in Africa. Her work is particularly important as access control, video surveillance, cloud platforms, smart buildings and identity systems become more connected and more exposed to cyber risk.
CyberSafe Foundation runs the CyberGirls Fellowship, described by the World Economic Forum as Africa’s largest cybersecurity training programme for women. The initiative has helped create practical routes into cyber careers, addressing both the skills gap and the underrepresentation of women in technical security roles.
Inclusion, talent and connected risk
Staveley’s influence lies in helping people understand cyber risk before it becomes operational risk. Through CyberSafe Foundation and MerkleFence, her work connects awareness, application security, talent development and inclusion with the wider resilience needs of organisations and communities. This matters because the future of commercial security will depend on people who understand how digital systems can be protected, attacked and misused.
Her contribution extends beyond technical education. She is a speaker, author, talent developer and inclusion advocate, using her platform to make cybersecurity more accessible and more representative. By widening participation and building capability, Staveley supports a broader future workforce able to protect connected infrastructure, digital identities and security systems across Africa, the United States and wider global markets.
