Gerhard Oosthuizen

CIO, Entersekt

With Gerhard Oosthuizen as its CIO, Entersekt became the first company worldwide to provide transaction authentication on mobile phones using certificate technology. Today, Entersekt secures millions of international transactions daily, enabling organisations to interact safely with customers through their mobile devices. Now its CTO, Gerhard’s 25 years of fintech experience in banking payments and digital channels drives Entersekt’s innovation, research and global strategic initiatives. Over the course of his career, he has conceptualised and delivered payment and authentication solutions across the world. Gerhard is currently focused on building out social-engineering-proof authentication, using advanced device signal coupled with consortium data sets.