POWERHOUSE GLOBAL STARS
STAR O F TH E WE E K DR. JOSEPH IKHALIA (PHD) LEADING AUTHORITY IN CYBERSPACE PGS: Dr. Joseph, welcome to
At the start of my career, I
with innovative cybersecurity
today’s interview with Lady
developed one of the world’s
ideas connecting me with
Anita.
first two-factor authenticated
some of the brightest minds in
social networks - “Sleeky” -
cybersecurity.
DJI: Thank you Lady Anita for
using an innovative random
the opportunity.
number generator system.
Currently, I work as a Senior
During my doctoral research, I
Cyber Security Engineer for
created the world’s first social
Riela Cyber – a managed
yourself to our readers.
network security awareness
security service provider based
platform - “social network
in the Isle of Man.
DJI: DJI: I have spent the
criminal” and won the award for
PGS: Please briefly introduce
last ten years working in cybersecurity across various sectors like healthcare, blockchain, e-gaming, education, and managed IT services.
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innovation in Computer Science
PGS: Thank you for honouring
at Brunel University.
us with your presence at
One of the highlights of my
the recently concluded
career was being a candidate for a UK government cybersecurity program – HutZero, designed for people
Powerhouse Global Leadership event – we got a bit of your teachings on cyber safety – thank you!
