Abdul-Hakeem Ajijola (AhA), a global Cybersecurity resource is ranked #1 in the 2020 IFSEC Global Cybersecurity professionals influencers and thought leaders list; he is concurrently the Chair, African Union Cyber Security Expert Group (AUCSEG); Chair, Working Group on Cyber Incident Management and Critical Information Protection of Global Forum on Cyber Expertise #theGFCE www.thegfce.com; Listed on the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA) www.un.org Roster of Experts supporting the development of an online training course in “Cyber-diplomacy;” Commissioner, Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (#theGCSC) https://cyberstability.org; Member, Presidential Committee on the Development of the 2020-2025 National Broadband Plan; and member Group of Experts for the Nigerian Senate Committee on Cybersecurity and ICT. He is a founding member Organisation of Islamic Cooperation – Computer Emergency Response Team (OIC-CERT) www.oic-cert.org.
AhA’s daytime job is Chairman, Consultancy Support Services (CS2) Ltd., www.cs2.com.ng a Cyber Security, e-Library and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Policy Consultancy Firm, based in Abuja, Nigeria. He is working to kick-start the development of an Africa Cybersecurity Economic sub sector employing thousands of knowledge workers, below 35 years of age, who will profitably drive Cybersecurity solutions value chains to solve current and future problems.
Nasir Baba-Ahmad has reasonable combination Management functionalities with a diversified experience in the field of Computing Information Systems. Nasir Graduated from the University of Coventry, U.K. with Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Computing Science and I.T, with an Upper Second Class (2-1), as well as a Masters Degree in Digital Forensics and Cyber security, with a Distinction.
A resourceful and focused Information and communications specialist with considerable exposure in Project Management, Nasir had earlier worked as Deputy I.T Director at Baze University Abuja, Nigeria.
Muktar Bello is a Terrorism Prevention Expert with specialization in Digital Forensics, Cyber Security, Network Infrastructure Design and Cybercrime Investigation. He is currently the Head of Quality Control and Assurance (QCA) of the Forensics Department at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). He is a Subject Matter Expert with Knowtified.
Similarly, he is the Academic Unit Head of Cyber-Crime, Cyber-Security and Forensics Studies of the post-graduate affiliated programmes with the University of Abuja (UNI-ABUJA), Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU-ZARIA), National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT).
He is also an Expert Forensics Consultant for the UNODC in the implementation of the EU-Nigeria-UNODC-CTED Partnership Project in assisting Nigeria to strengthen rule of law-based criminal justice responses to terrorism and violent extremism. He oversees a joint Military-Police-DSS workshop on the collection and preservation of electronic evidence in the field of war (Northeast Nigeria)2. He has successfully conducted investigations as an Analyst, Investigator and Expert Witness with various stakeholders.
He has a PhD in Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Investigation from the University of Salford, UK4. He holds a Master’s degree in Forensic Computing from Coventry University, UK and a Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology with concentration on Network Infrastructure Design and Administration from the American University in Dubai.
Dr. Bello is a professional member of the British Computer Society (BCS), UK Academy for Information Systems (UKAIS) and Association of Crime and Intelligence Analysts (ACIA). He is a certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor and ISO/IEC 17025 Lead Assessor.