Cyber resilience and board-defensible governance across West Africa
Chayil SecureX is a specialist cybersecurity governance, risk and compliance advisory firm based in Accra, Ghana.
Who we are
We help organisations strengthen information security governance, manage cyber risk and address compliance requirements in a way that is practical, implementable and sustainable.
Our focus goes beyond producing policies or compliance reports. We build governance that is evidence-ready, board-defensible and genuinely sustained after an engagement ends: translating cybersecurity and regulatory requirements into structures, controls and processes that an organisation can actually operate and maintain.
One methodology, calibrated to your industry
The principles behind effective GRC apply across industries. What changes is the regulatory environment, threat profile, operational risk and the way risk must be communicated to leadership. We apply a rigorous, ISO-aligned approach and adapt it to the environment you operate in.
Our experience is grounded in private healthcare and regulated financial services, two sectors where sensitive information, regulatory scrutiny and the consequences of failure are especially significant. The same discipline carries into telecommunications, energy and utilities, government, education, NGOs, technology and professional services.
Local understanding, international standards
Locally relevant guidance, delivered with the rigour that boards, regulators, investors and other stakeholders expect.
Our work is aligned with ISO 27001:2022, ISO 22301, ISO 27701, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, NIST, COBIT and PCI DSS, alongside Ghanaian requirements such as the Bank of Ghana ICT directives and Ghana's data protection and cybersecurity legislation.
Our mission
To protect organisations of every kind from the financial, operational and reputational consequences of cyber threats and compliance failures, through world-class GRC advisory that is practical, implementable and permanently embedded, regardless of the industry we are called into.
Our vision
To be the most trusted cybersecurity GRC advisory partner for regulated and risk-exposed organisations across Ghana and West Africa, setting the standard for how compliance and cyber resilience are built and sustained across every industry, not just the obvious ones.
Core values
- Integrity
- Precision
- Practicality
- Independence
- Excellence
Our approach
Every engagement follows the same four stages, whatever the sector.
Assess
Understand the organisation's current governance, risks and compliance position.
Design
Develop practical controls, policies and governance structures around identified needs.
Implement
Put the required processes and controls into operation.
Sustain
Help the organisation maintain, measure and continuously improve its security governance.
Our leadership
Charles Fiifi Hagan
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Cybersecurity GRC Strategist and Executive Director
ISO 27001 Lead Auditor
Ebenezer Oduro
Director, Security Governance and Assurance / COO
Senior Consultant, Enterprise Governance and Institutional Advisory
CISM
Capt. Silas Abudu
Head of Health Information Security, Privacy and Training
Senior Consultant, Healthcare Cybersecurity and Data Protection
Professional memberships
Our founder is an active member of the professional communities that shape cybersecurity and ICT practice in Ghana and beyond.
- Institute of ICT Professionals Ghana (IIPGH)
- Internet Society
- Association of Cybersecurity Experts
Not sure where to start?
Start with the GRC maturity assessment. See where your governance stands and what to fix first.