Kwaku Ampem Affram

Cybersecurity & Technology Risk | CISA Associate | IAM | GRC | Secure Financial Systems

Updated September 2026. Phone number on request.

Accra, Ghana · affram.dev@gmail.com · linkedin.com/in/kwaku-ampem-affram

Summary

CISA Associate and security-focused technology professional with experience in identity and access management (IAM), Active Directory, role-based access control, secure application development and IT operations within regulated financial institutions. Combines hands-on experience building enterprise IAM and performance management applications with knowledge of information systems auditing, internal controls, COBIT, security monitoring and business-process improvement. Holds degrees in computer science and psychology, providing technical and human-centred perspectives on technology risk, governance and organisational change.

Professional experience

November 2025 to present
Software Engineer (National Service Personnel), IT DepartmentCentral Securities Depository (GH) Ltd, Accra
  • Built the administration interface for the CSD's enterprise IAM platform, covering user provisioning, application registration, role definition and permission assignment in an AD and SSO environment.
  • Translated access-management requirements into standardised workflows, improving the consistency and traceability of access changes.
  • Built the front end of a performance management system replacing an Excel-based balanced scorecard, reducing version-control and uncontrolled-edit risks.
June 2024 to September 2024
InternMultiThread ICT Solutions, Madina
  • Assisted the infrastructure team with Hyper-V virtual machine setup and configuration, and gained exposure to Microsoft Sentinel security monitoring in an enterprise environment.
July 2023 to September 2023
InternOpportunity International Savings and Loans, Makola
  • Administered AD accounts and group policies for 50+ staff (joiners, movers and leavers; password policy) in line with internal access policy, under the supervision of the IT team.
  • Logged and resolved around 15 incidents a day, and followed ITIL change-control procedures by raising and documenting changes for approval by the IT team.

Projects

April 2026 to present
Chemistbook, a compliance system for licensed medicine shopsFounder and developer · product site
  • Translated Ghana's OTCMS licensing rules into system-enforced controls, including server-side blocking of Class A and B medicine sales on every transaction path, not just in the user interface.
  • Designed role-based access with five roles and fourteen permissions (owner, licensed practitioner, sales clerk, inventory clerk and a read-only auditor), supporting segregation of duties in a small-shop setting.
  • Implemented a database-enforced, append-only audit trail recording who performed each action, on what, and why, from first login.
  • Built batch- and expiry-level stock traceability with first-expiry-first-out sales, quarantine of expiring stock, and disposal records carrying the FDA application reference and certificate of destruction.
  • Delivered daily closing reports to shop owners by SMS and e-mail, covering takings, voids, payment methods, margin and sales by staff member.
  • Designed for offline operation on a single shop PC, with automated nightly database backups, 30-day retention, an off-machine copy and a documented restore procedure.
September 2025 to present
LoadApp, a logistics marketplace platformLead backend developer, contract
  • Implemented production-readiness features including structured logging, health checks, rate limiting, Dockerisation and automated test coverage.
  • Applied secure-by-design practices including authorisation checks, auditability, input validation and OWASP-aligned API design.
April 2025
iSchool, an enterprise mobile student management systemProject lead, capstone project
  • Modernised the legacy student information system, improving UI/UX, security and accessibility for 3,000+ stakeholders.
  • Implemented multi-layered authentication (JWT, 2FA) with granular role-based access control.
  • Designed secure API endpoints following OWASP guidelines and established comprehensive audit logging.

Education

September 2026 to 2027, expected
MSc Digital Forensics and CybersecurityGhana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Accra

Focus: digital forensics, cybercrime and risk management, IT audit, cryptography and security mechanisms, Python programming.

August 2025
BSc Computer ScienceValley View University, Oyibi

CGPA 3.15/4.0. Relevant coursework: computer forensics, system and network administration, network security, systems programming.

September 2020
BSc PsychologyUniversity of Ghana, Legon

Relevant coursework: organisational psychology, industrial psychology.

Certifications

February 2026
CISA Associate, ISACA

Examination passed; the Associate designation is held while completing the experience requirement for full certification.

February 2025
Microsoft SC-900, Microsoft, Security, Compliance and Identity Fundamentals
January 2020
GSE Securities Certification, levels 1 to 4, Ghana Stock Exchange

Technical and risk competencies

Governance, risk and audit

IS auditing (CISA)Internal controlsCOBITSegregation of dutiesITIL change controlRegulatory rules as system controlsProcess improvement

Identity and access management

IAM administrationActive Directory and group policySSORBACJoiners, movers and leaversJWT and two-factor authentication

Application and API security

OWASP API securityAuthorisation checksInput validationRate limitingAudit loggingOWASP ZAP

Security monitoring and operations

Security monitoringIncident handlingStructured logging and health checksBackups and restoreHyper-V

Systems development

JavaKotlinTypeScriptSQLSpring BootVue 3NuxtReact NativeREST APIs

Data and tooling

PostgreSQLSQL ServerDockerGit

References available on request.