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Prof. Winfred Yaokumah

Prof. Winfred Yaokumah

Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Ghana

Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science, University of Ghana

Research programme
Cybersecurity, Digital Trust & Resilient Systems
DRAKA.PC
Lead, Cybersecurity, Information Assurance & ERP Resilience

Biography

Prof. Winfred Yaokumah is a Professor of Computer Science with extensive academic, research and professional experience in Information Assurance, cybersecurity, enterprise systems and educational technology. He holds a PhD in Information Technology with specialisation in Information Assurance and Security, an MSc in Computer Applications, and a BSc in Computer Science.

His current research focuses on Cybersecurity Risk Management, Cyber Threat Detection and Prevention using Machine Learning, and Internet-of-Things Security. His research investigates the development of secure and resilient computing environments through the combination of information assurance, cybersecurity governance, machine learning, anomaly detection, intrusion detection, IoT security and privacy-preserving techniques.

His work is particularly relevant to the security and resilience of increasingly interconnected institutional systems, exploring how intelligent cybersecurity techniques can detect emerging threats while maintaining the privacy, trust and resilience required by modern digital environments.

In addition to his academic cybersecurity research, Prof. Yaokumah brings substantial practical experience in the design, development, deployment and support of Enterprise Resource Planning systems for educational institutions. This combination of cybersecurity research, information assurance, enterprise systems and practical software development provides an important foundation for his contribution to DRAKA Labs and DRAKA.PC.

Research interests

  • Information Assurance
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity Risk Management
  • Cyber Threat Detection and Prevention
  • Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
  • Internet-of-Things Security
  • Cybersecurity Governance
  • Security Policy and Compliance
  • Anomaly and Intrusion Detection
  • Privacy-Preserving Techniques
  • Resilient Enterprise Systems
  • Enterprise Resource Planning Security

Research programme leadership

Cybersecurity, Digital Trust & Resilient Systems

The programme investigates the technologies, architectures, governance mechanisms and intelligent methods required to protect modern digital systems and maintain their security, privacy, trustworthiness and operational resilience, combining fundamental and applied research across information assurance, cybersecurity, machine learning, Internet-of-Things security and enterprise-system protection.

  • Information Assurance
  • Cybersecurity Risk Management
  • Cyber Threat Detection and Prevention
  • Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
  • Internet-of-Things Security
  • Cybersecurity Governance
  • Resilient Enterprise Systems
  • Digital Trust
  • Anomaly Detection
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Privacy-Preserving Techniques
  • Secure Software Architecture

Applied domains

  • Intrusion detection
  • Malware and IoT malware detection
  • IoT botnet detection
  • Anomaly detection
  • Fraud detection
  • Threat classification
  • Security analytics
  • Privacy-preserving IoT
  • Smart-city and healthcare IoT
  • Industrial IoT
  • Enterprise and ERP security
  • Security governance and compliance

Professional expertise

  • Information Assurance
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cybersecurity Risk Management
  • Machine Learning for Cybersecurity
  • IoT Security
  • Security Governance
  • Enterprise Systems
  • Educational ERP Systems

DRAKA Labs responsibilities

  • 01Cybersecurity research
  • 02Information assurance
  • 03Cybersecurity risk management
  • 04Cyber threat detection
  • 05Machine learning for cybersecurity
  • 06IoT security and privacy
  • 07Security governance
  • 08Enterprise security
  • 09Research programme development
  • 10Postgraduate research
  • 11Student mentorship and supervision
  • 12Applied cybersecurity research
  • 13Research publication
  • 14Security architecture research
  • 15Research translation

Programme / project responsibility

DRAKA.PC · Lead, Cybersecurity, Information Assurance & ERP Resilience

Within DRAKA.PC, Prof. Yaokumah provides specialist research and technical leadership for the cybersecurity, information assurance and resilience dimensions of the University's next-generation enterprise environment, connecting cybersecurity research with practical enterprise-system engineering.

Education

  • PhD, Information Technology (Information Assurance and Security)Capella University, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA2013
  • MSc, Computer ApplicationsHohai University, Nanjing, China2000
  • BSc, Computer Science (Second Class Upper Division)Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana1994

Previous appointments

  • ProfessorUniversity of GhanaSince August 2024
  • Associate ProfessorUniversity of Ghana
  • Senior LecturerUniversity of Ghana
  • Senior LecturerPentecost University
  • LecturerPentecost University
  • Assistant ManagerBank of Ghana
  • Analyst ProgrammerElectricity Company of Ghana

Professional memberships

  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member

Selected publications

All publications

Links & contact

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