Thikan Juliet Timi

Featured Projects

• OpsShield – Build, Secure and Ship a Real Product
  Organization: Expadox Lab
  Role: Security Team Member (Final Capstone Project)
  Collaborated with the Security Team to strengthen application security, participated in security reviews, and contributed to secure software development throughout the final capstone project.


• SecOpsAI – AI-Powered Threat Detection & Incident Response Platform
  Organization: Expadox Lab
  Project: Defence Grid Expadox Project-Based Mentorship Program (Cohort 2, 2026)
  Role: API Security Engineer
  Strengthened API security by applying secure API development principles, supported secure software development practices, contributed to the development of an AI-powered Security Operations platform, and collaborated with the team using Git and GitHub.
  
• Threat Visibility for FireOps Systems
  Organization: Expadox Lab
  Team: DigitalShield
  Role: Security Research & Documentation
  Conducted cybersecurity research to support the Threat Visibility for FireOps Systems project, prepared technical documentation, documented security requirements, and collaborated with members of the DigitalShield team.


• NexaPay – Design and Implementation of a Secure Architecture for Virtual Cards and Cross-Border Payments
  Organization: She Code Africa Cybersecurity Program
  Role: Team Lead
  Led the cybersecurity capstone team, designed a secure FinTech architecture, and applied the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO/IEC 27001, and threat modeling principles.


• Personal Cybersecurity Portfolio
  Role: Designer & Developer
  Designed and developed a responsive cybersecurity portfolio using HTML and CSS and published it using GitHub Pages.

Skills

API Security • OWASP API Security Top 10 • Git & GitHub • Threat Modeling • NIST CSF • ISO/IEC 27001 • HTML & CSS • Technical Documentation

Education

• Ph.D. in International Relations (Ongoing)
• M.Sc. Mass Communication – Igbinedion University
• Postgraduate Diploma (PGD) in Mass Communication – University of Nigeria, Nsukka
• LL.B. – Madonna University
• B.L. – Nigerian Law School