The host of Newsfile, Sampson Lardy Anyenini, has commended former Cyber Security Authority (CSA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako, for his contributions to the authority, describing his work as internationally commendable.
Speaking on his programme, Anyenini expressed the view that Dr Antwi-Boasiako is one of the CEOs from the erstwhile NPP government whose performance merits continuity, despite the change in administration.
“I would have wished that the Cyber Security boss (Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako) also kept his post. He took us from 27% or 32% of international rating to 99% plus and brought us high with Singapore, with the US in cybersecurity, so not everything was bad in the regime,” Sampson said.
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The remarks came in the context of a discussion on the recent dispute between the former CEO of Ghana Publishing Company Limited (GPCL), Mr David Asante, and the company’s current management.
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GPCL has dismissed Mr Asante’s claims that he alone was responsible for the company’s recent turnaround, emphasising that ongoing modernisation and financial improvements are the result of efforts by the current management.
The comments highlight the importance of recognising institutional achievements and leadership performance irrespective of political transitions.
About Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako
Dr Albert Antwi-Boasiako is the inaugural Director-General of Ghana’s Cyber Security Authority (CSA). Before this appointment, he served as National Cybersecurity Advisor and head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) from 2017 to 2021, during which Ghana’s cybersecurity maturity rose from 32.6% to 86.69% on the ITU Global Cybersecurity Index, placing the country 3rd in Africa and 43rd globally.
In 2011, he founded e-Crime Bureau, the first cybersecurity and digital forensics firm in West Africa with a state-of-the-art e-Crime Lab. He holds a PhD from the University of Pretoria, where he introduced the Harmonised Model for Digital Evidence Admissibility Assessment (HM-DEAA), a pioneering framework in digital forensics. He also studied at the University of Trento, Italy (undergraduate) and the University of Portsmouth, UK (postgraduate), graduating with distinction and cum laude.
Dr Antwi-Boasiako has advised numerous international and regional bodies, including the UNODC, UNCTAD, European Union, Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative, Chatham House, and GIABA.
He has been an expert with the Council of Europe’s GLACY+ Project since 2014 and served on the Cybercrime Convention Committee (T-CY). He currently sits on the Independent Advisory Committee of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT) and represents Ghana on ECOWAS’ Regional Technical Committee on Cybersecurity.
In recognition of his impact, he was ranked 20th most influential security executive globally by IFSEC Global in 2021 and has received multiple national honours, including the Top 20 Tech Leaders Award (2022) and Most Outstanding Personality Award from the Internet Society Ghana Chapter.
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