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Hi, I’m Twala.

Kamva Twala

I build software with security designed in from the first commit. Postgraduate cybersecurity student at Nelson Mandela University, project manager of SIC Connect, and working towards a career in DevSecOps.

See my projects GitHub profile
Four nested security layers: people and process, infrastructure, pipeline, and code at the centre People & process Infrastructure Pipeline Code

Why security

I started writing Java in NetBeans in Grade 10 and have been building things ever since. Security became personal when I saw how a single hijacked social media account could be turned against everyone in its contact list. One weak point was enough to reach dozens of people.

That is the idea I carry into every project: defend in layers, and make the secure path the easy path for users and developers alike.

Selected work

My role: project manager

SIC Connect

An alumni networking and digital ecosystem platform for the Samsung Innovation Campus programme. It helps graduates stay connected, find opportunities and keep growing after the course ends.

  • Led the team from requirements through to a working build
  • Designed 12 high-fidelity screens and an interactive prototype following Samsung’s One UI principles
  • React and Tailwind CSS frontend, ASP.NET Core Web API in C# with Swagger documentation, Microsoft SQL Server
  • Secrets kept out of source control, with configuration supplied through environment settings
View the repository

Passwordless authentication for South African SMEs

Postgraduate research developing context-sensitive guidelines to help small and medium businesses choose between biometrics, magic links and FIDO2/WebAuthn hardware keys, balancing security, usability and integration cost. Grounded in contingency theory and Task-Technology Fit.

Postgraduate research, 2026

Penetration testing lab notes

Write-ups from hands-on ethical hacking practicals in Kali Linux against a deliberately vulnerable Metasploitable target: reconnaissance, enumeration, exploitation and the fixes that would close each gap.

Ethical hacking practicals

NearMe

A location-based prototype, currently in progress.

Coming soon

Path so far

  1. Grade 10

    First lines of code

    Learnt Java in NetBeans and discovered I enjoyed building software.

  2. SIC

    Samsung Innovation Campus

    Member of the inaugural cohort at Nelson Mandela University.

  3. 2026

    Postgraduate Diploma in Cybersecurity

    Nelson Mandela University: information security management, ethical hacking, cyber safety and research.

  4. 2026

    Supplemental Instruction Leader

    Run sessions for Introduction to Automation, helping students work through concepts and questions.

  5. 2027

    Deputy Events Manager, Computer Society

    Incoming member of the Computer Society Executive Committee.

Let’s talk

I’m open to graduate roles in DevSecOps, secure software engineering and application support.