An information technology expert with more than 30 years of experience working in the field, Sabillon’s career has taken him from oil and gas industries to non-profit organizations, engineering firms to classrooms — at SAIT and Athabasca University.
Prior to making a career in IT, Sabillon was a military fighter pilot for the Honduran Air Force.
From there, Sabillon obtained his Bachelor of Science from the Universidad de San Pedro Sula and then went on to get an MBA from the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid and a Master of Science from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, both in Spain. He is also a PhD candidate in computer engineering at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja.
After years working in information security and IT, Sabillon is particularly drawn to issues around cyber security — an essential and evolving field.
Sabillon joined SAIT in 2018, coming on to teach cyber security courses in the Information Security Systems program and, later, develop and teach courses in the Information Security Analyst, Cyber Security for Control Systems, Cybersecurity for Today's World, and Cyber Security Analyst programs. Here, he builds off the 25 years he spent teaching in Honduras and Canada, as well as his time as an instructor for the Calgary Immigrant Educational Society.
Awards and achievements
- 2009 Outstanding Mentor Award and awards for professionalism from the Network Professional Association, his book, Cyber Security Auditing, Assurance and Awareness Through CSAM and CATRAM, published in 2020, was named BookAuthority’s best new Cyber Security book to read in 2021.
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