Port Harcourt · Gulf of Guinea

Maritime cybersecurity
& GRC, end to end.

IMO-compliant cyber risk management, OT/IT convergence, and vessel network hardening for African shipping operators. IT Lead at Jetense Consultants · ISC² CC · ISPS CSO.

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About

Practitioner. Researcher. Builder.

I'm building maritime cybersecurity infrastructure for the Gulf of Guinea — IMO-compliant GRC, vessel cyber risk management, and OT/IT convergence for African shipping operators.

At Jetense Consultants Limited, I've built and deployed vessel network infrastructure, authored the enterprise cybersecurity policy suite aligned to NIST CSF and the ISM Code, deployed Starlink/VSAT and CCTV systems across an offshore fleet, and written Python automation tools — deep practitioner experience in exactly the environment I'm building for.

I'm also a published lead-author researcher — three peer-reviewed papers in 2026 from my MSc work in plant genetics at MOUAU, in the Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science and the Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

On the engineering side, I build AI-native systems: a 20-tool TypeScript MCP server integrating Microsoft Graph and Claude, local AI deployment stacks (NemoClaw/OpenClaw) on WSL2/Docker, and autonomous agent frameworks — designed to run on constrained hardware for African operators.

Kelvin Uduma

Cybersecurity

ISC² CC certified. Enterprise IT security policies, cybersecurity audits, NIST CSF assessments, and maritime cyber risk management.

AI Engineering

20-tool Microsoft Graph MCP server (TypeScript). Local AI stacks on WSL2/Docker. Vector Institute Scholar. Python, R, SQL, Power BI.

Maritime Cybersecurity

IMO cyber risk management, vessel OT/IT hardening, ISM Code compliance, SMS documentation, and NIST CSF assessments.

Expertise

Where I go deep

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Maritime Cybersecurity & GRC

IMO cyber risk management (MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3), NIST CSF assessments, a full enterprise security policy suite, IT Disaster Recovery Plans, and ISM Code compliance. OT/IT convergence and vessel network hardening across an offshore fleet in the Gulf of Guinea.

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AI Engineering

Shipped a 20-tool TypeScript MCP server integrating Microsoft Graph (Outlook, Calendar, OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint) with Claude. Built local AI deployment stacks (NemoClaw/OpenClaw) on WSL2/Docker and autonomous agent frameworks designed for constrained hardware.

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Data Science & Analytics

Vector Institute Scholar (ML for Black & Indigenous Students). Proficient in R, Python, SQL, Power BI, SPSS, GenStat, and SAS for both agricultural and operational data analysis.

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Projects

What I've shipped

Live tool

ISM Code ↔ NIST CSF 2.0 Crosswalk

An open, MIT-licensed practitioner reference mapping 21 NIST CSF 2.0 subcategories — across all six functions — onto ISM Code sections, IMO MSC.428(98), and MSC-FAL.1/Circ.3/Rev.3. Six rows are flagged as genuine gaps rather than smoothed over. Filterable and exportable, instead of another prose PDF.

NIST CSF 2.0ISM CodeIMOOpen source
Fleet GRC

JCL Safety Management System

Full ISM Code compliance suite for an offshore fleet — fleet procedure manuals, operational forms, management-review tracking, and an Employee Handbook. The exact GRC documentation layer a maritime cyber platform would manage and automate.

ISM CodeGRCFleet Ops
Policy suite

Cybersecurity Policy Suite

An enterprise IT security policy suite aligned to NIST CSF, a full cybersecurity audit report with remediation roadmap, and an IT Disaster Recovery Plan — all scoped for maritime operations and ISM Code requirements.

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OT/IT deploy

IT Infrastructure Portfolio

Hands-on OT/IT deployment documentation across an offshore fleet — vessel network installation reports, Starlink vs 5G connectivity analysis, CCTV deployment, SATCOM data, IT asset registers, and security audit checklists.

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Python

Budget Link Integrity Checker

385-line Python tool that validates Excel workbook chains — checks external refs, missing sheets, stale named ranges, and generates markdown reports. stdlib only.

PythonXLSXAutomation
Fleet Ops

SmartVessel Deployment

End-to-end software rollout methodology for a fleet-wide SmartVessel deployment — training framework, crew-facing scripts, adoption tracking, and user guides for both Cloud and Local Server configurations.

Change MgmtSmartVesselFleet
20 tools

Microsoft Graph MCP Server

20-tool Model Context Protocol server in TypeScript integrating Microsoft Graph API — AI agents can read and draft email, manage calendar, search SharePoint, access OneDrive, and interact with Teams. Ships with persistent DPAPI token cache and prompt caching for cost reduction.

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Research

Peer-reviewed publications

Lead-author output from my MSc in Plant Breeding & Genetics at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike. Three papers published in 2026 on the genetic characterisation of Nigerian crop germplasm. The canonical record is my ORCID profile.

  1. 2026

    Genetic Variability, Heritability, and Trait Associations for Yield Improvement in Amaranthus hybridus (L.) Genotypes

    Uduma K. C., Edugbo R. E., Nwofia G. E.

    Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science, 30(3)

  2. 2026

    Characterization of Some Nigerian Pawpaw (Carica papaya L.) Accessions Using Pomological Traits

    Uduma K. C., Edugbo R. E., Nwofia G. E.

    Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 23(1), 1–10

  3. 2026

    Assessment of the Nutritional and Phytochemical Variability of Some Nigerian Pawpaw (Carica papaya L.) Accessions

    Uduma K. C., Edugbo R. E., Nwofia G. E.

    Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science, 30(1), 158–171

    doi.org/10.82552/njhs.v30i1.158-171
Credentials

Certifications & affiliations

Certified in Cybersecurity (ISC²)

International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC²)

Company Security Officer (ISPS CSO)

International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code Certification

Published Researcher

Lead Author — Nigerian Journal of Horticultural Science (NJHS)

NextGen Food Hero

CropLife International, 2022 — Food Security & Sustainability

Vector Institute Scholar

Machine Learning for Black & Indigenous Students Program

WEF Global Shaper — Alumnus

World Economic Forum — Port Harcourt Hub · ex-Vice Curator

Climate Reality Leader

Carbon Accounting & ESG Awareness

MSc Plant Breeding & Genetics

MOUAU — Comparative Genomics, RNA-Seq, Synteny Mapping

BSc Agronomy

Second Class Upper (4.32/5.00 CGPA), MOUAU 2018

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I write about maritime cybersecurity, OT/IT convergence, and the GRC gap in African shipping.

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