Botswana CSIRT is pleased to announce that two of its staff members, Emmanuel Thekiso and Mafoko Lebogang, have been accredited by the Open CSIRT Foundation as some of the first elite cybersecurity professionals in Africa to be certified auditors in the Security Incident Management Maturity Model (SIM3). Their accreditation took place in Dublin, Ireland on July 20, 2022, immediately following the Annual FIRST conference held in the same location.