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Formed in 2016 by security specialists, for Africa’s resellers.

Obscure Technology (Pty) Ltd is a cybersecurity value-added distributor with offices in Centurion and Cape Town. These are its people, its dates and what its customers say.

Obscure says it was established by professionals from global vendor companies, that it takes an education-first approach, and that its portfolio covers data security, Zero Trust architectures and cloud-first strategies.

[ from Obscure’s leadership announcement, 11 October 2022 ]

The people.

As Obscure has announced them. The photographs are Obscure’s own.

Francois van Hirtum, Managing Director of Obscure Technologies, smiling in a blue jacket

Francois van Hirtum

Managing Director. A founding member of Obscure and its Chief Technology Officer before he became Managing Director on 1 July 2024.

Philip Francis, Chief Technology Officer of Obscure Technologies, in a light jacket

Philip Francis

Chief Technology Officer since October 2024, with more than 15 years in IT focused on networking, infrastructure and enterprise security.

Also announced

  • Yaadhna Singh Gounden. Head of Development for Africa.
  • Cameron Losco. Head of Sales.
  • Calum Rosenberg. Partner Sales Executive.

The dates.

Each line links to the announcement it comes from.

  1. Obscure Technologies is formed by a group of specialist security professionals.
    ITWeb press office
  2. The Just In podcast launches, with a first series on Palo Alto Networks recorded in Obscure’s own studio.
    Obscure blog
  3. Obscure becomes a Tenable distributor across 26 African countries.
    Obscure blog
  4. Two new executive roles are created: Head of Sales, filled by Cameron Losco, and Partner Sales Executive, filled by Calum Rosenberg.
    Obscure blog
  5. Pentera and Rubrik join the portfolio, adding automated security validation and data recovery.
    Obscure blog
  6. Obscure is named Platinum Sponsor of BSides Cape Town.
    Obscure blog
  7. Francois van Hirtum, a founding member, becomes Managing Director.
    ITWeb
  8. Obscure announces a channel strategy for Africa, with dedicated account managers for every partner.
    Obscure blog
  9. Obscure partners with Sendmarc to strengthen email security in Africa.
    Obscure blog
  10. Philip Francis joins as Chief Technology Officer.
    Obscure blog
  11. Obscure partners with Arista Networks.
    ITWeb
  12. A partnership with SharkStriker launches Vantage, a vendor-agnostic managed security operations service.
    ITWeb

What customers say.

Obscure is rated 5.0 on Google from three reviews, read on 14 October 2026. It has not replied to any of them.

5.0on Google, from 3 reviews
Five stars, with no comment left.Christopher White, Google review, September 2026
"The training was top class and highly interactive"Siva Govender, Google review, June 2026
"Lekke people working there!"Gustav Joubert, Google review, March 2025

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