US Varsity Appoints Nigerian Aisha Ali-Gombe, Cyber-Security Centre Director

The Louisiana State University has appointed a Nigerian, Aisha Ali-Gombe as the director of its new Cybersecurity Clinic.

Ali-Gombe is currently an associate professor at the institution.
Her appointment followed the United States National Security Agency grant of $1.5m to Louisiana State University.

The grant is geared towards the creation of a pilot Cybersecurity Clinic to protect small businesses that are targets of cyberattacks.

In a post made via the official Facebook handle of the University of Abuja on Sunday, the institution congratulated Ali-Gombe whom it described as an alumna of the institution.

“Big congratulations to the University of Abuja alumna, Aisha Ali-Gombe, an associate professor of Computer Science & Engineering, who has been selected as the director of the new Cybersecurity Clinic at Louisiana State University, where she lectures. Aisha, who is now a US-based Nigerian professor from Gombe state, was the best-graduating student in the Department of Computer Science in 2004.”