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 CVIT System Administrator Intern @ Kumasi South Hospital
Mar 2025 – May 2025
- Provided technical support by troubleshooting hardware and software issues across the hospital.
- Gained hands-on exposure to the Local Health Information Management System (LHIMS) and hospital network infrastructure.
- Participated in network wiring activities contributing to the hospital's IT infrastructure.
Software Engineering Intern @ TransactShield Africa
Jun 2024 – Aug 2024
- Contributed to the development of Do4me — a web app connecting artisans to households — applying the full software development lifecycle.
- Contributed primarily to frontend development using React.js and CSS as part of a collaborative team.
IT Support Intern @ KCARP
Sep 2023 – Oct 2023
- Provided technical support by troubleshooting hardware and software issues at Kumasi Compost and Recycling Plant.
- Assisted in maintaining computer systems and contributing to stable IT operations.
Certifications
Google Cybersecurity Certificate
Google / Coursera · ID MHR7BSF86VRN
ALX Cybersecurity Fellowship
ALX Ghana
Network Technician Career Path
Cisco Networking Academy
Introduction to Cybersecurity
Cisco Networking Academy
ALX Certified Data Analytics
ALX Ghana
Education
BSc Information Technology
University of Ghana · Feb 2023 – Sep 2026
CGPA 3.33 · Information Security Management (B+), Computer Networks (A), Digital Forensics, Systems and Network Security, Database Management (A)
WASSCE, General Arts
T.I Ahmadiyya SHS, Kumasi · Sep 2018 – Oct 2021
Leadership
- ▹Student Membership Applicant @ Ghana Cybersecurity Industry Forum (GCIF)— 2026
- ▹Treasurer @ Claude Builder Club, University of Ghana— Jan 2026 – Present
- ▹Financial Secretary @ COMPSSA, University of Ghana— Sep 2025 – Present
- ▹ALX Data Analytics Fellow @ ALX Ghana— Mar 2025 – Dec 2025
03.Some Things I've Built
Featured Project
Google Cybersecurity Certificate Portfolio
Botium Toys internal security audit across PCI-DSS, GDPR, and SOC frameworks; a NIST CSF incident report on a DoS/ICMP flood scenario; a NIST SP 800-30 vulnerability assessment of an exposed database server; an incident handler's journal covering ransomware, phishing, and forced-browsing cases; and a Python allow-list access-control algorithm.
- NIST CSF
- NIST SP 800-30
- PCI-DSS
- GDPR
Featured Project
MyDFIR 30-Day SOC Analyst Challenge
SOC home lab on Vultr cloud following the MyDFIR guided series — ELK Stack, Kibana, Fleet Server, and Sysmon, with SSH/RDP brute-force detection rules and geospatial authentication dashboards, plus a simulated Mythic C2 adversary attack (Apollo agent, HTTP C2 profile). Completed 21 of 30 days.
- ELK Stack
- Elasticsearch
- Kibana
- Sysmon
Featured Project
KwesiCyber — Ghana's Cybersecurity Platform
Africa's free, community-powered cybersecurity awareness platform — real-time scam alerts, CSA Ghana advisories, and protection guides in plain language. Tracks MoMo fraud, SIM swap, and AI voice cloning patterns relevant to financial sector threat intelligence.
- Cybersecurity
- Next.js
- Threat Intel
- Community Protection
Other Noteworthy Projects
view the archiveSOC Skills Roadmap
A 7-project roadmap building Tier 2 SOC analyst skills across Splunk, Windows Forensics, Active Directory monitoring, vulnerability management, and malware analysis.
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!
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