Lutfiyyah is a Senior Manager within the EY cybersecurity team, focusing on regulatory compliance. She has extensive experience in data privacy and protection projects and has worked with national and international clients to provide a range of privacy and data protection services. Lutfiyyah enjoys developing approaches and deliverables in a practical manner aligned to relevant legal and industry standards, further taking into account business needs to drive a user-centric approach and enable organisations to achieve value beyond compliance.
With a background in legal, Lutfiyyah started her career at an international law firm where she served rotations in technology, media and telecommunications; banking & finance; and employment law. She was later admitted as an attorney in 2019 following completion of her articles. Prior to rejoining EY, Lutfiyyah focused on privacy by design, taking care of the big data portfolio (including robotic process automation and data analytics) within a telecommunication company.
How Lutfiyyah is building a better working world
With a problem-solving mindset and driven by adding value, Lutfiyyah strives to understand and practically solve for business challenges. She is also driven by empowering others and is the Co-chair for the Women in Security and Privacy South Africa Local Group.