Mr. Geoffrey Manoti Maina is an Assistant Lecturer in the Faculty of Computing and Information Technology. His career objective has always been to be a professional who offers quality and world-class services to the ICT sector in line with Kenya’s vision 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals. His forte is in Cybersecurity, Network Administration, Information Systems Audit, Data Protection and Privacy, Mentorship and Research in ICT Emerging technologies.

 Academic Qualification:

Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science ongoing, University of Nairobi.

Master of Science in Distributed Technology, University of Nairobi.

Bachelor of Business Information Technology (BBIT), University of Eastern Africa, Baraton.

Professional Qualifications

AWS EDUCATOR.

DATA PROTECTION CERTIFICATE.

CERTIFIED EC-COUNCIL INSTRUCTOR (CEI) #: ECC80355523862.

CERTIFIED ETHICAL HACKER (CEH) #: ECC9148750326.

ITIL (INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE LIBRARY) #: 4719401.

IBM CYBERSECURITY PRACTITIONER.

IBM ENTERPRISE DESIGN THINKING.

HUAWEI CERTIFIED ICT PROFESSIONAL R&S #: 0102001014418076461349272.

HUAWEI CERTIFIED ICT ASSOCIATE R&S #: 010100101441807618691409.

HCIA SECURITY #: 01010030144180803465323816.

CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE (CCNA).

INTRODUCTION TO NETWORK OPERATIONS: UNIX/LINUX, NETWORKING AND DNS.

INTERNAL QUALITY AUDITOR (KEBS): ISO 9001:2015 Standard.

Membership in Professional Bodies or Associations

Internet Society of Kenya (ISOC) – 143045.

Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET).

Africa CERT.

Kenya School of Internet Governance. (KeSIG).

Research Interest

Cybersecurity (Mobile security, Application security, Web security, Network security, Cloud security).

Application of AI and ML in Cybersecurity.

Edge computing.

Information Systems Audit.

Data protection privacy and compliance.

Publications

“Enhancing Security of Mobile Banking and Payments,” ISBN 978-613-9-57728-6.