Dato’ Ts Dr Haji Amirudin Abdul Wahab is the Chief Executive Officer of CyberSecurity Malaysia, a cybersecurity specialist and technical agency that monitors e-sovereignty of the country.
He has more than 30 years of ICT working experience in telecom and IT sectors in both public and private sectors. He holds a PhD from the University of Queensland, Australia, a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Duqubue, Iowa, USA, a Master’s in information technology from the National University of Malaysia (UKM), and a Bachelor of Science Engineering in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.
Under his leadership in CyberSecurity Malaysia, Dato’ Dr Amirudin has contributed to various Malaysia’s achievements and was appointed Chairperson to various local and international platforms.
Dato’ Ts Dr Amir is an Adjunct Professor at various institutions of higher learning in Malaysia, including an Honorary Doctorate in Information Technology (Cybersecurity) from Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). He has received numerous awards and recognition, the most recent being conferred a National Technologist Award 2024 by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation Malaysia. On October 16, 2024, His Majesty the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong approved his appointment as a Member of the National Anti-Financial Crime Centre (NFCC) Advisory Board. In November 2024, he was appointed as the Advisory Panel of the Bumiputra Economic Study Institute for University Poly-Tech Malaysia (UPTM).