Isah Rambo Saidu
Navy Captain | Professor of Cyber Security
Deputy Vice Chancellor, Admiralty University of Nigeria
+234 803 451 3644, +234 708 045 9294 rambo@nda.edu.ng / rambosaidu@gmail.com
Personal Details
- Born: 12 January 1974
- State of Origin: Kebbi, Wasagu/Danko LGA
- Marital Status: Married
Professional Memberships
Key Qualifications
- PhD Computer Science (2015) – FUT Akure
- MSc Computer Science (2007) – ABU Zaria
- BSc Computer Science (2001) – UDUS
- OND Computer Science (1997) – UniAbuja
- psc, MIADS, etc.
Biography
Professor Isah Rambo Saidu is a distinguished Navy Captain and Professor of Cyber Security with extensive experience in academia, military leadership, and research. He currently serves as the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Admiralty University of Nigeria, Ibusa, Delta State. He has held numerous key appointments including Dean of the Faculty of Military Science and Interdisciplinary Studies and Head of Department for Cyber Security at the Nigerian Defence Academy. His research focuses on network security, cyber robotics, digital forensics, and military applications of emerging technologies.
Key Appointments
- Deputy Vice Chancellor – Admiralty University of Nigeria (Current)
- Dean, Faculty of Military Science and Interdisciplinary Studies (Jan 2022 – Present)
- Head of Department, Cyber Security (Jan 2019 – Present)
- Head of Department, Intelligence and Cyber Security (2018–2019)
- Commanding Officer, Nigerian Navy Simulation Centre, NDA (2017–Present)
- Commander, Nigerian Navy Calabar Logistics Depot (2015–2016)
- Commanding Officer, Motor Vehicle Maintenance Group Lagos (2015–2016)
- Senior Instructor, Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji (2012)
- Base Logistics Officer, NNS QUORRA (2010–2011)
Research Interests
- Network Security & Cyber Robotics
- Digital Forensics
- Military Communications
- Ethical Hacking & Countermeasures
- Surveillance Robots
- Tracking Systems for Security
- Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- Intelligence & National Security
Selected Books
- A Guide to Cybercrime Investigation and Countermeasures (2020)
- Investigating the Performance of Routing Protocols in Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks Under Security Attacks (2020)
- Logic-Programming Approach to Network Security Analysis (2020)
- Cyberthreat Intelligence and National Security (2022)
- Detering Denial of Sleep Attack in Wireless Sensor Networks (with Mairo Shaibu, 2022)
- Threat Intelligence: Nigerian Law Enforcement Response to Cyber Crime (2024)
- BYOD and Insider Threat: A Framework for Security (2024)
- Guardians of the Digital Frontiers (2025)
Recent Journal Articles
- Gadzama E.H., Saidu I.R. et al. (2025). Development of a Machine Learning-Based Cyber Threat Intelligence Dashboard... LAUTECH Journal of Engineering and Technology
- Halima Aminu, I.R. Saidu, P.O. Odion (2025). Curation of a polysemous word dataset for Hausa... Journal of Statistical Sciences
- Adamu Abdullahi, Saidu I.R. et al. (2024). Clustering Model for Denial of Services Detection in IoT... OGITECH Journal
- I.R. Saidu, Adamu Haruna et al. (2025). Mitigation of DDoS in SDN using ML. Sule Lamido University Journal
- Abbas T. & Saidu I.R. (2025). Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Activity... International Journal of Science and Research Archive
Research Grants
- TETFund IBR Grant: Design and Implementation of Authentication Encryption Algorithm on Raspberry Pi Surveillance Robot (₦1,512,700, 2020)
- TETFund International Conference Grant (Cyber Security Education, California, 2021) – ₦1,750,000
- TETFund Grant for Peer-Reviewed Book Publication (multiple, total > ₦13M)
- TETFund Academic Research Journal Development (₦4.5M, 2022)
Teaching & Supervision
Over 10 years of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Digital Forensics, and Intelligence. Supervised numerous BSc, PGD, MSc, and PhD students (completed and ongoing).