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Work History
Education
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References
professional societies
Published paper
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Afi Edem-Edi Gbekevi

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Summary

More than ten years’ experience as an Information technology Engineer with a specialization in Information Assurance & Cybersecurity and passionate by academic research area.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience

Work History

Information Security Manager

ATOS IT Solutions And Services
Togo
03.2023 - Current

Working on Togo National Unique Identification project

  • Actively participated in cross-functional meetings to provide expert guidance on information security matters during project development phases.
  • Developing and implementing Security Governance compliance ISO 27001 and GDPR comprehensive policies, procedures, and training programs.
  • Implementing the security Operation Center (SOC) and Network Operation Center(NOC). Working closely on the implementing solution : Solarwind, EDR - SentinelOne, Vulnerability Scanner - Tenable Security Center, SIEM - QRadar

Independent Cyber Security Consultant

NG-STARS
01.2021 - 12.2022
  • Enhanced security audit efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing best practices. Provided cybersecurity culture training to businesses.

College lecturer

Catholic University
Togo
05.2022 - 08.2022

Collaborated with faculty members to improve curriculum design and optimize learning outcomes for students.

  • developed course materials,and provided a lecture on Information systems vulnerabilities for Master's student prep year.

Individual Security Audit Consultant

Permanent Secretary of PIDU
Togo
02.2022 - 03.2022
  • Conducted successful cybersecurity audit, internal and external audit assessment, vulnerability scan, attacks map, mitigation, and report.

Research Consultant

Open-Source Initiative for West-Africa (OSIWA)
Online
10.2021 - 02.2022
  • Conducted desk research and mapping of all stakeholders involved in data processing and produced a report on data rights and data protection in West Africa.
  • Moderated the presentation of findings and report at virtual discussion on Emerging Tech Policy Issues in West Africa organized by OSIWA.

Network and Service Desk Manager

Togolese Office of Revenue
Togo
01.2014 - 01.2019
  • Deployed infrastructure's deployment, network configuration, and administration
  • Provided training and daily IT assistance and support to end-users.

Other Internships

Many
TOGO , France
05.2011 - 11.2017
  • 2011- IDS-technology: deploying IP cameras in Local area network
  • 2012 - Togotelecom: deployed and configured ADSL for home users phone and internet
  • 2013 -AOS-Togo: IT support and maintenance
  • 2014, STNT: selling IT equipment, implementation and provided client support
  • 2016 - OIF, France : Conducted an audit of the security of an Active Directory, Proposed System Security Plan based on NIST SP 800-171.

Education

M.S. - Information Assurance/ Cybersecurity

Florida Institute of Technology
FL, USA
07.2021

M.S. - Security and Network Administration

University of Reims Champagne-Ardennes
France
10.2017

B.S. - Telecommunications, Systems, and Network Administration

ESGIS-Lomé
Togo
08.2013

Skills

  • Academic Research
  • Teaching
  • Information Governance management
  • Cybersecurity Strategy
  • Security Policy Development
  • Vulnerability Management
  • Risk Assessment
  • Security Awareness Training

Languages

French (First Language)
Native or Bilingual
English (Fluent)
Full Professional

References

References available upon request.

professional societies

  • IEEE , OSIWA, FITSEC
  • Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Women in CyberSecurity (WICYS), Internet Society-Togo (ISOC-Togo)

Published paper

A. E. Edi Gbekevi, P. V. Achu, G. Pangelinan, M. C. King and K. W. Bowyer, "Analyzing the Impact of Gender Misclassification on Face Recognition Accuracy," 2023 IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision Workshops (WACVW), Waikoloa, HI, USA, 2023, pp. 332-339, doi: 10.1109/WACVW58289.2023.00037.

Timeline

Information Security Manager

ATOS IT Solutions And Services
03.2023 - Current

College lecturer

Catholic University
05.2022 - 08.2022

Individual Security Audit Consultant

Permanent Secretary of PIDU
02.2022 - 03.2022

Research Consultant

Open-Source Initiative for West-Africa (OSIWA)
10.2021 - 02.2022

Independent Cyber Security Consultant

NG-STARS
01.2021 - 12.2022

Network and Service Desk Manager

Togolese Office of Revenue
01.2014 - 01.2019

Other Internships

Many
05.2011 - 11.2017

M.S. - Information Assurance/ Cybersecurity

Florida Institute of Technology

M.S. - Security and Network Administration

University of Reims Champagne-Ardennes

B.S. - Telecommunications, Systems, and Network Administration

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Afi Edem-Edi Gbekevi