Techno Consulting and Management (TCM) helps boards, executives, and IT leaders strengthen their IT governance, control environment, and cyber resilience through independent assurance and pragmatic advisory.
TCM combines board-level insight, technical depth, and hands-on audit experience to help organisations ensure their IT environments are secure, well-controlled, and aligned with business strategy.
We provide independent assurance and practical advisory across IT governance, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and data-driven risk management.
Design and operating effectiveness reviews over ITGCs and application controls across ERP, SAP, databases, and infrastructure—aligned to financial reporting and regulatory requirements.
Independent assessments of cyber posture, including vulnerability reviews, configuration checks, and governance analysis to strengthen prevention, detection, and response capabilities.
Design, assess, or uplift IT governance frameworks and GRC practices, with specialist support for ISAE 3402 readiness and third-party assurance engagements.
Assessment of architecture, data flows, and control implications to ensure secure, scalable, and well-governed technology landscapes that support strategic objectives.
Using ACL, IDEA, Python, and BI tools to automate control testing, enhance sample coverage, and surface anomalies that traditional approaches often miss.
Pragmatic advisory on IT strategy, sourcing and transitions, and post-implementation reviews to ensure solutions deliver value, manage risk, and integrate into governance structures.
TCM brings cross-industry insight and regulatory awareness from engagements with large and mid-sized organisations across the region.
TCM has delivered ITGC, cybersecurity, and governance-related work across organisations that:
This industry breadth enables TCM to anticipate typical control gaps, benchmark maturity, and propose pragmatic improvements that fit real-world constraints and budgets.
Our approach blends formal audit methodology with collaborative engagement, ensuring insight that is technically sound, risk-focused, and actionable for management.
Clarify business strategy, regulatory drivers, and stakeholder expectations. Define scope, material risks, and success measures upfront to ensure focused, value-adding work.
Perform ITGC and application control testing, cybersecurity assessments, and analytics-driven procedures using proven methodologies and CAATs to validate design and operating effectiveness.
Translate technical findings into business impact, focusing on root causes, control themes, and prioritised remediation that balances risk reduction, cost, and complexity.
Support management in defining remediation plans, strengthening governance structures, and embedding practices that sustain control effectiveness and resilience over time.
TCM’s work is informed by globally recognised frameworks and standards, including:
This ensures that recommendations are defensible, audit-ready, and aligned with board and regulator expectations.
Techno Consulting and Management is led by Founder and Principal Consultant, Tapuwa Makowe, a CISA-certified IT audit and cybersecurity specialist with a Master of Information Technology and over two decades of experience in IT governance, risk management, and digital transformation.
TCM draws on Tapuwa’s experience leading complex ITGC, ERP, cybersecurity, and architecture-related engagements for large organisations across financial services, telecommunications, public sector, and infrastructure. This includes working with audit committees, executive teams, internal audit functions, and technology leadership.
Since 2019, TCM has operated as an independent IT audit and advisory practice, providing organisations with senior-level attention, structured methodologies, and practical support to strengthen IT governance, controls, and cyber resilience.
TCM operates as a trusted partner, invested in helping organisations build a resilient, well-governed, and future-ready technology landscape.
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Email: tapuwa@tcmgt.co.za
Mobile: +27 82 818 2898
Location: Gauteng, South Africa
LinkedIn: Tapuwa Makowe
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