Hayfaa Abdulzahra Atee Received her undergraduate degree in computer science and information systems from the University of Technology/Iraq in 1991 and Master’s degree from the same university in 2001. She obtained her PhD degree in Data and Information Security from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2017. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor at Institute of Administration Al-Rusafa, Middle Technical University, Baghdad, Iraq. Hayfaa‘s research interests are information and data security, cryptography, and steganography.