Crest Africa Award 2026: Vincent Okohue Honoured for Cybersecurity, Digital Infrastructure Engineering

By Salami Adeyinka

A UK-based Digital Infrastructure and Cybersecurity Engineer, Vincent Okohue has been honored with the Crest Africa Award 2026 for Cybersecurity and Digital Infrastructure Engineering for his growing influence in strengthening enterprise security systems and building resilient digital infrastructures.

The recognition highlights his contributions to cloud security, identity architecture, and cybersecurity operations across healthcare and technology environments.

Okohue has developed a strong reputation for designing and protecting enterprise systems in increasingly complex digital ecosystems.

His work focuses on securing cloud environments, implementing identity and access management frameworks, and supporting organisations in building infrastructure that is both scalable and secure. With a foundation in Computer Science from Ambrose Alli University and advanced studies in Cybersecurity and Forensics at the University of Westminster, Vincent combines academic insight with hands-on engineering expertise.

His professional journey reflects a steady progression of responsibility and impact. During his early career at Avon Medical Practice, a digitally enabled healthcare organisation in Lagos, he transitioned from an IT Executive Trainee to a Digital Infrastructure and Security Engineer, where he assumed full responsibility for managing and improving critical systems. He implemented enterprise identity architecture using Microsoft Entra ID and introduced Single Sign-On across key organisational platforms, strengthening authentication processes while improving accessibility for users.

He also contributed to the deployment of a digital patient queue management system and reduced patient waiting times, enhancing operational efficiency within a sensitive healthcare environment.

Okohue approach to infrastructure optimisation further demonstrated his ability to deliver practical value. By redesigning the organisation’s cloud hosting architecture and migrating services from Azure Virtual Machines to Azure App Service, he reduced operational costs while maintaining high standards of security, reliability, and scalability.

His work reflects a clear understanding of how to balance performance, cost efficiency, and cybersecurity in real-world environments.

Expanding his expertise internationally, he worked as a Cloud Security Engineer with RemVic Inc, where he supported distributed cloud environments through security monitoring, threat detection, and infrastructure protection.

His contributions helped improve visibility into system vulnerabilities and supported proactive responses to potential security incidents. He currently serves as a Cybersecurity Engineer at Oak Digital in the United Kingdom, where he continues to strengthen organisational cybersecurity posture through practical security operations and infrastructure protection strategies.

Beyond professional practice, Okohue has made notable contributions to research and knowledge development in cybersecurity. His research on enterprise security frameworks and cloud security implementation was presented at the International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions and later accepted to be published in the Journal of Internet Technology and Secured Transactions. The work provides practical insights into how organisations can operationalise cybersecurity frameworks to improve resilience against evolving digital threats.

Vincent Okohue’s commitment to the field extends to community impact and professional engagement. He is an active member of the British Computer Society and ISC², contributing to global standards in computing and cybersecurity. He has also demonstrated a passion for digital education, leading technology awareness initiatives for secondary school students in Lagos and supporting early exposure to careers in technology.

The Crest Africa Award 2026 recognises Okohue as a forward-looking cybersecurity professional whose work bridges infrastructure engineering, cloud security, and enterprise protection. Through his continued focus on building secure, scalable, and resilient systems, he is contributing to a future where organisations can innovate with confidence in an increasingly digital world.