Patrick Oduah

Patrick Oduah has over 13 years of work experience in the field of cybersecurity. Patrick is currently working as the Chief Information Security Officer at Interswitch Group since June 2022. Prior to that, they were the Manager of CyberSecurity Ops at Interswitch Group from December 2019 to June 2022. Patrick also served as the Team Lead of Cyber Security Operations at Unity Bank Plc from June 2019 to November 2019. Before that, they worked as the Team Lead of Security Operations Center at Access Bank Plc in April 2019 and May 2019. Patrick's previous role at Diamond Bank Plc was as the Cyber Security Incident Response/SOC Manager from January 2018 to March 2019 and Information Security Risk Manager from August 2014 to March 2019. Patrick started their career at Fidelity Bank Plc as an I.T Security Administrator from March 2008 to August 2014.

Patrick Oduah's education history is as follows:

From 2002 to 2006, Patrick attended the Enugu State University of Science and Technology, where they obtained a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng) degree in Computer Engineering.

In 2018, Patrick attended the SANS Technology Institute, where they earned a certificate of attendance in Advanced Incident Response, Threat Hunting & Digital Forensics. Their field of study was Cyber/Computer Forensics and Counterterrorism.

In 2021, Patrick enrolled at Imperva University and received a Certificate of Attendance in Database Security & Compliance. Their field of study was Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance.

Patrick also attended the University of Ibadan, although no specific degree or field of study information was provided.

Additionally, Patrick has obtained several certifications, including the EC-Council's Certified Chief Information Security Officer, Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certification from GoLeanSixSigma.com, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) from (ISC)², ISO/IEC 27032 Lead Cybersecurity Manager from PECB North America, Payment Card Industry Internal Security Assessor and Payment Card Industry Professional from the PCI Security Standards Council, Certified Information Security Manager from ISACA, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor from PECB, and Certified Cisco Network Associate from Cisco.

The specific months and years of obtaining some certifications, such as ISO22301 Lead Auditor, ISO27001:2013 Lead Implementer, and ITIL V3, were not provided.