Government Information Technology Officer in the Defence Secretariat, Department of Defence, Pretoria,
South Africa

M. Brazzoli joined South African Air Force in 1968 and obtained his B MIL (B.Sc.) at the Military Academy. He obtained a M.Sc. (Engineering Management) at the University of Pretoria in 1992. In 2001 he was appointed Director Information and Communication Technology. In January 2003 he established the new Directorate Information Warfare. He was promoted to the rank of Major General and appointed as the Department of Defence, Government Information Technology Officer on 01 May 2008 and in this capacity represented South Africa at the United Nations as a Cyber Security expert.