Hi, my name is
Otabil Ishaque.
I secure Ghana's digital future.
I'm a cybersecurity analyst and founder of KwesiCyber — Ghana's community-powered platform for real-time scam alerts and digital safety.
01.About Me
Security is not just about tools. It's about understanding what you are protecting, why it matters, and what happens when it fails. That is the lens I bring to this field.
I built a SOC home lab on Vultr — ELK Stack, Sysmon, and Mythic C2 — detecting brute-force attacks from live traffic across 20+ countries.
I also founded KwesiCyber — Ghana's free cybersecurity awareness platform with real-time scam alerts and digital safety guides.
Here are a few technologies I've been working with recently:
- SIEM / ELK Stack
- Incident Response
- Threat Intelligence
- Python
- Network Security
- Log Analysis
- Wireshark
- SQL
02.Where I've Worked
Full CVFounder @ KwesiCyber
Jan 2026 – Present
- Founded Ghana's cybersecurity awareness platform delivering real-time scam alerts and threat intelligence.
- Built emergency response tools, digital safety guides, and community protection resources — free to all.
- Monitor CSA Ghana & CERT-GH advisories, translating technical threats into plain-language community alerts.
- Covering MoMo fraud, SIM swap, AI voice cloning, and social engineering patterns targeting Ghanaians.
Cyber Security Fellow @ ALX Cyber
Jan 2026 – Apr 2026
- 13-week intensive defensive security programme covering SOC operations, incident response, and email security.
- Completed hands-on labs in endpoint protection, SIEM analysis, and network threat detection.
- Built detection rules and triaged simulated attack scenarios end-to-end.
Data Analytics Fellow @ ALX Data
Mar 2025 – Dec 2025
- Intensive fellowship focused on data cleaning, analysis, and visualisation.
- Built Python and pandas pipelines; created dashboards in Power BI and Tableau.
- Completed projects spanning real estate prediction, distribution network analysis, and churn segmentation.
IT SysAdmin Intern @ Ghana Health
Mar 2025 – May 2025
- Managed computer systems and maintained network infrastructure for Kumasi South Hospital.
- Supported IT operations including hardware troubleshooting and user account management.
Software Eng. Intern @ TransactShield
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
- Built the frontend of Do4me — a platform connecting artisans to households — using React.js.
- Collaborated with a cross-functional engineering team on UI implementation and feature delivery.
IT Support Intern @ KCARP
Sep 2023 – Oct 2023
- Troubleshot hardware and software issues for administrative systems at Kumasi Compost & Recycling Plant.
- Managed networks and provided technical support to staff.
Certifications
ALX Cybersecurity Fellowship
ALX Ghana
Foundations of Cybersecurity
Google / Coursera
Connect and Protect: Networks & Network Security
Google / Coursera
Introduction to Cybersecurity
Cisco Networking Academy
ALX Data Analytics Fellowship
ALX Ghana
Education
BSc Information Technology
University of Ghana · Feb 2023 – Aug 2026
Core foundation in Networking, Information Security, and Systems Administration.
Leadership
- ▹Treasurer @ Claude Builder Club @ UG— Jan 2026 – Present
- ▹Financial Secretary @ COMPSSA – University of Ghana— Sep 2025 – Present
03.Some Things I've Built
Featured Project
30 Day SOC Analyst Home Lab
A full SOC home lab on Vultr cloud — ELK Stack, Sysmon, and Mythic C2 — with live brute-force detection rules and attack telemetry from 20+ countries.
- ELK Stack
- Elasticsearch
- Kibana
- Sysmon
Featured Project
SOC Skills Roadmap
A 7-project roadmap building Tier 2 SOC analyst skills across Splunk, Windows Forensics, Active Directory monitoring, vulnerability management, and malware analysis.
- Splunk
- Windows Forensics
- Log Analysis
- Active Directory
Featured Project
KwesiCyber — Ghana's Cybersecurity Platform
Ghana's community cybersecurity platform — real-time scam alerts, threat intelligence, and free digital safety guides protecting against MoMo fraud, SIM swap, and AI-driven scams.
- Cybersecurity
- Next.js
- Threat Intel
- Community Protection
Other Noteworthy Projects
view the archiveGoogle Cybersecurity Certificate Portfolio
Hands-on projects from the Google Cybersecurity Certificate — security audit, NIST CSF incident response, Linux permissions, and a vulnerability assessment.
Real Estate Price Prediction
Multiple Linear Regression model in Excel predicting property prices from location, size, and condition, with residual analysis to validate accuracy.
Distribution Network Analysis
Python model of a power distribution network's capacity constraints, with route optimisation recommendations that cut projected infrastructure cost.
Pizza Sales Analytics
Built a Tableau dashboard tracking daily revenue, peak order hours, and best-selling SKUs. Surfaced a Tuesday dead-zone pattern that pointed to a targeted promotion opportunity.
Netflix Userbase Analytics
Built a Power BI report analysing subscriber growth, churn segmentation, and revenue by region using DAX measures. Highlighted three high-churn markets with actionable retention recommendations.
Graduation Rate Study
Used Python (Pandas, SciPy) to test whether socioeconomic factors — income, class size, attendance — significantly predict graduation outcomes. Applied hypothesis testing to confirm statistical significance.
04. What's Next?
Get In Touch
Whether you have a cybersecurity question, a collaboration idea, or just want to say hello — my inbox is always open. I'll try my best to get back to you!
Say Hello