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Work directly with a published Associate Professor who has 87+ research citations. Live, one-on-one sessions covering Ethical Hacking, DevSecOps, Software Supply Chain Security, SBOM and more. No videos, no TAs.

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Dr. Joshua Sopuru — Cybersecurity Professor
Ethical Hacking
DevSecOps
Supply Chain Sec
OWASP · SBOM
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joshua Sopuru
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Expert Cybersecurity Mentorship
Assoc. Professor · Cyber Security
Google Scholar · 87+ Citations
Author · Cyber Sentinel (Amazon)
Lifelong Mentorship
About Your Mentor

Academic Rigour.
Real-World Results.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joshua Sopuru is an Associate Professor of Cyber Security based in Cyprus. He has spent years in academic research, writing, and software engineering, and he brings all of that experience directly into his mentorship work.

With a PhD in Management Information Systems and hands-on expertise in AI, Android security, and network analysis, Dr. Sopuru works with you one-on-one in a real working relationship built around your specific goals.

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PhD in Management Information Systems
Associate Professor of Cyber Security, Kyrenia, Cyprus
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Published Author: Cyber Sentinel
Available on Amazon. Covers malware detection, cybersecurity defence, and real-world attack analysis.
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Active Researcher with 87+ Citations
Published in MDPI, IJITEE, and multiple peer-reviewed international journals
87+
Academic Citations
h-5
h-Index (Google Scholar)
11+
Open Source Repositories
93%
ML Model Accuracy (Malware Detection)
Recent Publications
2025 Humanizing AI in Service Workplaces (MDPI Sustainability)
2025 Reconfiguring Strategic Capabilities in the Digital Era (MDPI)
2024 Enhancing Android Security: CICAndMal2017 Dataset Analysis
2022 Ensemble ML for 4G LTE Path Loss Predictions (34 citations)
Flagship Course

Software Supply Chain
Security

The most critical and fastest-growing discipline in cybersecurity. The attacks that broke SolarWinds, Log4Shell, and XZ Utils all targeted the supply chain. Learn to defend it.

18,000
Organisations compromised in the SolarWinds supply chain attack
100M+
Devices exposed by a single Log4j vulnerability in a common open-source library
742%
Increase in software supply chain attacks in the last 3 years (Sonatype 2024)
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Software Supply Chain Security
SolarWinds. Log4Shell. XZ Utils. The biggest breaches of the last decade all hit the supply chain. This course teaches you how to defend the build pipeline, from source code to production.
Up to 3 Months · One-on-One with Dr. Sopuru
What You'll Master
  • Threat Landscape: You'll dissect real attacks — SolarWinds (SUNBURST), Log4Shell, XZ Utils, 3CX, Codecov, event-stream. What happened, how it happened, how it could have been stopped.
  • SBOM (Software Bill of Materials): Generate and manage SBOMs using CycloneDX and SPDX. Map CVEs straight to your dependency graph.
  • Dependency Security: Typosquatting, dependency confusion, malicious packages. Scanning with Trivy, Grype and Snyk. How to lock and verify every dependency.
  • Build Pipeline Security: Hardening CI/CD in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI. Security gates, secrets management and least-privilege runners.
  • Artifact Signing and Provenance: Sign your builds with Sigstore/Cosign. Generate SLSA provenance and verify integrity from source to deploy.
  • SLSA Framework: Implementing Supply-chain Levels for Software Artifacts (SLSA) Levels 1 through 3 in real projects.
  • Container and Image Security: Scanning Docker images for CVEs, image signing, runtime security with Falco, RBAC and admission controllers.
  • Policy and Compliance: US Executive Order 14028, NIST SSDF, CIS benchmarks, OpenSSF Scorecard and what they mean for software vendors in practice.
  • DevSecOps Integration: SAST, DAST, SCA and secrets scanning inside your pipeline. Security built in, not bolted on.
  • Incident Response: Detecting compromised packages, containing the blast radius, and doing a proper forensic analysis of a supply chain breach.
What You Walk Away With
SBOM expertise (CycloneDX/SPDX)
Secure CI/CD pipeline
SLSA Level 2+ implementation
Artifact signing with Sigstore
Supply chain threat model
Container security hardening
Policy & compliance knowledge
Industry-ready portfolio project
Who this is for: Developers, DevOps engineers, security analysts, and security architects who want to specialise in the fastest-growing and highest-paying area of cybersecurity.
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Forks on First Student Project
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3+
Merged Pull Requests
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6
Platforms Supported
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Multi
Student Collaboration
Live on GitHub

MIS424 Student Record App

A cross-platform Flutter application built collaboratively by students during the MIS424 course. Students learned Git workflows from scratch, made their first pull requests, and shipped a real mobile and desktop app. The project runs on Android, iOS, Windows, macOS, Linux, and Web.

Dart Flutter GitHub PRs C++ CMake Swift
Student Contributors
AT
Amadou Tyou (Sk2vink)
Added student records, edit feature, custom app theme, and badge system
2 PRs merged
CO
Chidi Okeke
MIS/2021/042 — added student record via structured branch workflow
PR merged
DG
Dangosk
Contributed via MIS-212060027-AMADOU-TYOU feature branch
PR merged
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Commit History
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Merge pull request #3 from dangosk
by Joshua Sopuru — May 2, 2026 · MIS-212060027-AMADOU-TYOU
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Add student record, edit feature, app theme, badge system
by Sk2vink (Amadou Tyou) — May 1, 2026 · Student contribution
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Merge pull request #2 from Sk2vink/2102060027-Amadou-Tyou
by Joshua Sopuru — Apr 25, 2026 · Reviewed and merged
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MIS/2021/042 — Chidi Okeke: add student record
by Sk2vink — Apr 25, 2026 · First student feature PR
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Update docs with actual GitHub repo URL
by Joshua Sopuru — Apr 18, 2026
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Initial commit: MIS424 Student Record App
by Joshua Sopuru — Apr 18, 2026 · Project kickoff
How It Works

From Interest to Mentored Professional

A clear, merit-based process ensures every mentee gets the focused attention and outcomes they deserve.

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Submit Your Application
Fill in the application form on this page. Mention the program you want and the project you have in mind.
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Interview Call
Dr. Sopuru reviews your application and schedules a screening call to assess your goals and fit for the program.
A short call to discuss your goals and confirm your place.
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Acceptance and Enrollment
Accepted mentees pay for the full program or choose monthly. You confirm your project focus at this stage.
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Mentorship Begins
Weekly sessions, code reviews, project guidance, and dedicated Slack access. Dr. Sopuru follows you even after the program ends.
The Commitment

This Is Not a Course.
This Is a Relationship.

Most online programs give you videos and leave you to figure it out. This is different. Dr. Sopuru works with you directly, reviews your code, answers your questions live, and keeps in touch even after the program wraps up.

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Project-Centered Learning
Every session moves your specific project forward. You ship something real.
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Direct Access to Dr. Sopuru
No TAs, no assistants. You work directly with the professor himself.
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Help With Your Projects
Beyond mentorship, Dr. Sopuru can actively contribute to your real projects as a collaborator.
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Mentor for Life

The mentorship does not stop when the program ends. Once you are in Dr. Sopuru's community, you stay in it. Ask questions, get unstuck, share what you built. He stays in touch as your career grows.

Dedicated Slack group access for life
Post-program follow-up and check-ins
Ongoing project collaboration available
Academic and industry referrals
Community of top tech professionals
CYBER SENTINEL
A Comprehensive Guide to Modeling Malware Detection Systems in an Ever-Changing Cyber Environment
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Joshua Sopuru
Published Author

The Book Behind the Expertise

Dr. Sopuru authored Cyber Sentinel, a comprehensive guide for cybersecurity professionals, incident responders, digital forensics experts, and aspiring security engineers. Available on Amazon in the US, UK, France, and in Kindle format.

The book comes out of his own research, including ML models that hit 93.62% accuracy on malware detection. That same depth is what students get in the Cyber Security mentorship sessions.

Malware Detection Machine Learning Incident Response Digital Forensics Cyber Defense Available on Amazon
Academic Research

Knowledge Built on Real Science

Dr. Sopuru's teaching draws from active, peer-reviewed research published in international journals. You learn from someone still producing knowledge, not just teaching it.

AI
Humanizing AI in Service Workplaces: Supervisor Support as a Moderator in High-Performance Work Systems
MDPI Sustainability, 2025
Machine Learning
Ensemble Machine Learning for Enhanced Path Loss Predictions for 4G LTE Wireless Networks
2022
★ 34 citations
Security
Modeling a Malware Detection and Categorization System Based on Seven Network Flow-Based Features
IJITEE — 93.62% classification accuracy
Android Security
Enhancing Android Security: Analyzing Feature Sets in CICAndMal2017 and DroidFusion Datasets
IJSSASS Journal
AI Strategy
Reconfiguring Strategic Capabilities in the Digital Era: AI-Enabled Dynamic Capability and Organizational Learning
MDPI, 2025
Blockchain
WattCoin: A Novel Distributed Network for Renewable Energy Trading Using Blockchain Technology
Tewdric Energy
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