Mal. Salihu Garba Auyo, MBCS
Lecturer II · Coordinator, 300 and 400 Level · Cyber Security
Cyber Security
Mal. Salihu Garba Auyo, MBCS
Lecturer II · Coordinator, 300 and 400 Level
M.Sc. Information Technologies (Cyprus International University); B.Sc. Business Information Systems (University of East London, Second Class Upper)
Department of Cyber Security, Sule Lamido University Kafin Hausa, Jigawa State, Nigeria
Brief bio
Mal. Salihu Garba Auyo is a Lecturer and Coordinator for 300 and 400 Level students in the Department of Cyber Security, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, Sule Lamido University, Kafin Hausa. He is currently a PhD candidate in Computer Science (Cybersecurity Specialty) at Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS (UTP), Malaysia.
He began his academic career as an Assistant Lecturer at Jigawa State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State, in December 2014. He later joined Jigawa State Polytechnic, Dutse, where he progressed through the positions of Lecturer III, Lecturer II, and Lecturer I before joining Sule Lamido University in January 2026 as a Lecturer II.
He holds an M.Sc. in Information Technologies from Cyprus International University, Türkiye, and a B.Sc. in Business Information Systems from the University of East London, with Second Class Upper Division.
His teaching and research interests include Cyber Security, Cryptography, Information Security, Symmetric Encryption Algorithms, and ICT Adoption. He has taught courses including Fundamentals of Cyber Security, Information Security Policy, Cryptography Techniques, Computer Security, System Analysis and Design, Research Methods, and Computer Architecture.
He has published research articles in areas including cryptographic algorithms, encryption techniques, information security, ICT adoption, and educational technologies, and has presented his research at national and international conferences. He is a Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS), the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), and the Internet Society (ISOC) Nigeria. He has received academic recognition, including a Best Paper Award at the 2020 International Conference on Communication, Engineering, and Computer Networks organised by the University of Malaya.
Courses taught
Fundamentals of Cyber Security, Information Security Policy, Cryptography Techniques, Computer Security, System Analysis and Design, Research Methods, and Computer Architecture