● Available for leadership roles & advisory · UK-based

Protecting critical infrastructure across Africa & Europe.

Cyber Security Manager and SOC leader with 14+ years defending financial services, mining, NGO, diplomatic and manufacturing environments. CISSP · ISO 27001 · NIST CSF · UK GDPR.

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CISSP Certified
ISC2 · 2025
THREAT DETECTION RATE
98%
14+Years in cyber & IT
500+Threats mitigated in a year
60%Fewer SOC false positives
15+Organisations advised
4Countries · UK, GH, LR, SL
About me

Hands-on technical depth. Board-level communication.

I currently hold two senior appointments: Senior Lead for the Cyber Security Operations Centre at GetCallBridge Ltd in the UK, and Senior Regional Manager for Cyber Security & IT at DKT International across Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

My work spans the full security lifecycle — SOC build-out and 24/7 monitoring, incident response and digital forensics, penetration testing and red/blue teaming, and governance aligned to ISO 27001, NIST CSF and UK GDPR.

Education
BSc Computer ScienceKings University College · 2024
Education
LLB, Bachelor of LawsKings University College · 2026
Based in
Croydon, LondonUK work eligible · no sponsorship
Languages
English · Asante TwiFluent · Native
Career timeline
  1. JUL 2026 — PRESENT · UK

    Senior Lead, Cyber Security Operations Centre

    GetCallBridge Ltd, Croydon — SOC playbooks, detection rules, incident response, UK GDPR & Cyber Essentials.

  2. 2015 — PRESENT · GHANA · LIBERIA · SIERRA LEONE

    Senior Regional Manager, Cyber Security & IT

    DKT International Inc. — regional strategy, SIEM, BCP/DR, budget, vendor management, 10+ partner assessments.

  3. 2022 — 2024 · ACCRA

    Security Consultant & Security Engineer

    Qualiplast & Duraplast Ghana — multi-layered security protocol adopted across five major projects.

  4. 2011 — 2016 · GHANA

    IT Security Consultant

    Link Data Ghana — pen testing & forensics for AngloGold Ashanti, Perseus Mining, Swiss Embassy, Jhpiego.

  5. 2008 — 2012

    Systems Administrator & IT Tutor

    Doxa Ghana · Pharmatrust Professional Institute.

What I do

Security across the full lifecycle

Eight practice areas, from the SOC floor to the boardroom.

SOC Leadership

24/7 monitoring, triage, detection engineering, MTTD/MTTR improvement and analyst mentoring.

Incident Response & Forensics

Detection to recovery, post-incident review and executive reporting; digital forensics for banks.

Penetration Testing

Red/blue team exercises, vulnerability assessment and hardening for blue-chip and diplomatic clients.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

ISO/IEC 27001, NIST CSF, MITRE ATT&CK, IT audit, policy, BCP and disaster recovery.

Data Protection

UK GDPR & GDPR, Ghana's Data Protection Act and African privacy frameworks; privacy by design.

Networking & Infrastructure

Cisco, firewalls, VMware, Citrix, Active Directory, virtualisation and modernisation programmes.

Cloud Security

AWS and Microsoft Azure security, Microsoft 365 hardening, identity and access control.

Secure App Development

Embedding security controls at code level with development teams; secure SDLC and code review.

Toolkit
Splunk OSSEC Kali Linux Metasploit Burp Suite Nessus Nmap Wireshark AWS Azure Microsoft 365 VMware Citrix Cisco Windows Server Linux Active Directory
Certifications
CISSPISC2 · 2025
CySA+CompTIA · 2024
AWS SecurityAmazon · 2024
Azure SecurityMicrosoft · 2024
IT Audit, RiskThink Cloud · 2025
Project Mgmt2015
Selected achievements

Measurable security outcomes

98%
Threat detection success
while mitigating 500+ threats in a single year
Before → after
SOC false positives−60%
System vulnerabilities (one quarter)−40%
Reported client breaches−50%
▬ before▬ after
Case highlight

Defending a major cyber-attack on a financial institution

Played a pivotal role in the response that protected client data integrity and prevented financial loss.

Incident responseBanking
Built from the ground up

DKT International, Anglophone West Africa

Established the regional call centre and designed the enterprise security architecture across Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Sectors & organisations served
AngloGold AshantiMining
Perseus MiningMining
Swiss EmbassyDiplomatic
Jhpiego (Johns Hopkins)NGO / Health
Ballast NedamConstruction
Qualiplast / DuraplastManufacturing
Let's work together

Securing something that matters?

Open to Head of IT Security / Cyber Security Manager roles, SOC leadership and advisory engagements across the UK, Europe and West Africa.

✉info@amankwaadusei.com ☏+44 7721 256699
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