Rate My Professor Kavinga Yapa Abeywardena

Kavinga Yapa Abeywardena is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Systems Engineering, Faculty of Computing, at the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), a position he has held since January 2016. He earned his MSc (Hons) in Network and Information Security from Kingston University, UK, with distinction prior to joining SLIIT, and his BSc (Hons) in Computer Networks from the University of Hertfordshire, UK, with distinction in 2012. He also received the Academic Excellence Award from Thames Valley University, West London, in 2010. Before academia, he served as a Networks and Presales Engineer at Lanka Communications (Pvt) Ltd from 2012 to 2014, focusing on IPTV solutions for the hospitality sector in collaboration with SingTel, during which he obtained Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and Cyberoam Certified Network Security Specialist (CCNSP) certifications. At SLIIT, Abeywardena has been Year Coordinator for the BSc in Information Technology (Cyber Security) program since 2016 and Program Coordinator from 2017 to 2018. He is a member of the British Computing Society and Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), and a Certified CCNA-RS Instructor. Additionally, he has taught as staff for the ISEC2001 Fundamental Concepts of Data Security course at Curtin University Colombo.