Cybersecurity Professor Brings Decades of Experience to Role as Interim School Chair

The College of Computing at Georgia Tech announced on Friday that Regents’ Entrepreneur Mustaque Ahamad will lead the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy as interim chair, effective August 16.

“As a long-time member of the cybersecurity and privacy community at Georgia Tech,” said Ahamad. “I have been deeply impressed with our accomplishments in research, education, and our leadership in this vital field. I am honored to serve the SCP family in this new role while we search for the school’s next permanent chair.”

Ahamad, who joined the Georgia Tech faculty in 1985, will take over from Michael Bailey, the school’s inaugural chair. Bailey will return to the school’s faculty to teach and advise students.

Ahamad’s leadership accomplishments include serving as director of the Tech’s Information Security Center (GTISC) and as associate director of the Institute for Information Security and Privacy (IISP) before the formation of SCP.

He is also widely recognized for his entrepreneurial achievements, including his roles as co-founder and chief scientist of Pindrop Security and Codoxo.