Dr. Paula Musuva Mwikali (PhD, MSc, CISA|CEH|IBMCS)

Lecturer, Information Security, Cybercrime, Information Systems Audit and Digital Forensics.

Dr. Paula Mwikali is a full-time faculty member at the United States International University – Africa (USIU-A) and has been for the last 8 years. She is a specialist in the areas of Information Security, Cybercrime, Information Systems Audit and Digital Forensics. She holds a PhD in Information Systems from the University of Nairobi, School of Computing and Informatics; an MSc in Network Systems (Distinction) from the University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom; and a BSc in Computer Science (1st Class Honors) from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). Dr. Paula Mwikali is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Cisco Certified Security Professional (CCSP rtd.) and an IBM Certified Specialist (Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Blockchain, Security Intelligence, and Application Security). She is an author and contributor to the annual Serianu Cybersecurity Reports and leads the Cybersecurity research stream at the Center of Informatics Research and Innovation (CIRI) at USIU-A. She is a founding member of the Kenya Chapter of the Honeynet Project, a global network of white hat Cybersecurity professionals. She currently sits on the board of the ISACA Kenya Chapter and serves as the Academic Relations Director. Prior to joining USIU-A as a faculty member, she had 7 years of work experience in industry. She worked at Deloitte East Africa as a Senior Consultant in Technology Integration. She also worked in Seven Seas Technologies as a Network and Security Engineer and later as a Service Delivery Manager, delivering on projects in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia and working with teams in South Africa. While studying in the UK she also gained experience in ITIL Service Management while working as an intern on an implementation project.