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Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako is a Ghanaian cybersecurity expert, author, and the Director-General of the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) of the Republic of Ghana. He is also the author of The Ten Commandments for Sustainable National Cybersecurity Development – Africa in Context: Practical Lessons and Good Practices and has held leadership roles in international cybersecurity initiatives.

Education

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Antwi-Boasiako's completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Trento in Italy, graduating with cum laude.[1] He went on to earn a postgraduate degree from the University of Portsmouth in the United Kingdom, where he graduated with distinction with a faculty award for the most original research project.[2] He later completed his PhD at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, where he introduced the Harmonised Model for Digital Evidence Admissibility Assessment (HM-DEAA),[3] for digital forensics standardisation.

Career

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Antwi-Boasiako has worked in the private and public sectors. He founded the e-Crime Bureau[4]in Ghana in 2011, which is West Africa's first cybersecurity and digital forensics lab[5][6]to be established at the time.

Through his work at the e-Crime Bureau, Antwi-Boasiako worked with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD), the European Union, the Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative, the Global Commission on Internet Governance, and the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA).[citation needed]

Antwi-Boasiako's career in public service began in 2017 when he was appointed the National Cybersecurity Advisor and Head of the then National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).[7][8] During his tenure, he led the development and implementation of Ghana's national cybersecurity strategies, which led to a significant improvement in the country's performance in the International Telecommunication Union's Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI). Ghana's GCI score rose from 32.6% in 2017 to 86.69% in 2020,[9][10][11] positioning the country as the third highest-ranked in Africa, behind Mauritius and Tanzania.

In 2021, Antwi-Boasiako was appointed as the first Director-General[12] of the newly established Cyber Security Authority (CSA).[13] He worked for the passage of the Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038),[14][15] which created a regulatory framework for the licensing and accreditation of cybersecurity service providers and professionals. Ghana became the second country in the world to implement such measures, after Singapore.[16][17][18]

Antwi-Boasiako also led efforts to protect Ghana's Critical Information Infrastructures (CIIs),[19] promote incident response by developing the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)[20] ecosystem of the country, and adoption of national public awareness campaigns on cybercrime and cybersecurity risks.

By 2024, Ghana's GCI score had risen to 99.27%,[21] positioning the country as the second highest-ranked nation in the African region, after Mauritius and further securing Tier 1 Status. The GCI evaluates nations across five key pillars: Legal Measures, Technical Measures, Organisational Measures, Capacity Building, and Cooperation. Ghana's 2024 score reflects significant improvements across all these areas.[22][23]

Under Antwi-Boasiako's leadership, Ghana has hosted the 8th Annual Freedom Online Conference,[24] the first AU-GFCE Africa Cyber Experts (ACE) Community and the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)/Tech Against Terrorism (TaT) Workshop on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism Online.[25][26] In 2023, Ghana successfully hosted the inaugural Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B),[27][28] which culminated in the launch of the Accra Call for Cyber Resilient Development[29] , an initiative comprising actionable commitments aimed at advancing cyber capacity building while supporting broader Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Antwi-Boasiako led Ghana's technical leadership to adopt a revised National Cybersecurity Policy and Strategy[30][31][32]which was adopted by the government in 2024. His efforts led to Ghana's ratification of the Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest Convention),[33][34] the Africa Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection (Malabo Convention)[35] and the Second Additional Protocol to the Budapest Convention.[36]

His efforts to promote child online protection include reforms to the National Child Online Protection Framework,[37][38][39][40] with the adoption of a revised national framework for the protection of children unlined. Antwi-Boasiako has also worked to institutionalise the Annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), which raises awareness and builds capacity across various sectors.[41][42]

Publications

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Antwi-Boasiako is the author of the self-published book The Ten Commandments for Sustainable National Cybersecurity Development – Africa in Context: Practical Lessons and Good Practices, which aims to highlight categorical imperatives for sustainable cybersecurity development on the continent, with references to Ghana's cybersecurity work from 2016 to 2024, as well as best practices from other countries.[43][44][45]

Awards and recognition

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In 2021 Antwi-Boasiako was ranked the 20th most influential security executive in the cybersecurity category by IFSEC Global.[46] He was also honoured with the Top 20 Tech Leaders Award at the Ghana Information Technology and Telecom Awards in 2022,[47] and the Most Outstanding Personality Award by the Internet Society, Ghana Chapter.[48]

He previously served on the Independent Advisory Committee of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)[49] [50]and the Bureau of the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY) of the Council of Europe.[51] Additionally, he is a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Coalition for Digital Safety, where he contributes to advancing global digital security policies and initiatives.[52]

Antwi-Boasiako currently represents Ghana on ECOWAS' Regional Technical Committee (RTC) on Cybersecurity and serves as Chair of the African Network of Cybersecurity Authorities (ANCA).[53][54][55] In Ghana, he chairs the Joint Cybersecurity Committee (JCC),[56] an inter-agency body tasked with coordinating the country's cybersecurity initiatives.

References

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  3. ^ Antwi-Boasiako, Albert; Venter, Hein (2017). "A Model for Digital Evidence Admissibility Assessment". In Peterson, Gilbert; Shenoi, Sujeet (eds.). Advances in Digital Forensics XIII. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Vol. 511. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 23–38. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-67208-3_2. ISBN 978-3-319-67208-3.
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  53. ^ Awal, Mohammed (2023-12-11). "CSA to chair Network of African Cybersecurity Authorities". The Business & Financial Times. Retrieved 2024-12-20.
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