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Doha, Qatar

Participate in several cyber-physical system security projectsReview and publish papers at top-tier security conferences and journals

Designed an automated vulnerability scanning tool for the Controller Area Network (CAN Bus)Identified vulnerabilities in CAN’s error handling and fault confinement mechanism Proposed different attack vectors that could take advantage of the discovered vulnerabilitiesDesign a CAN defense system that protects against the most common CAN attacksProposed prevention and detection abilities without using high‑overhead operations such as encryptionParticipated in several cyber-physical system security projectsReviewed and published papers at top-tier security conferences and journals

Huntsville, Alabama

Designed a key management mechanism for a mesh-networked satellite system Provided forward and backward secrecy for nodes that join or leave the networkAccounted for and differentiated between nodes that are joining and leaving the network and nodes that are being temporarily disconnected

Huntsville, Alabama

Collaborate with team to design an avionic CAN bus intrusion detection systemMake a list of the most common attack vectors for avionic CAN bus systemsElaborate on the pros on cons of different attack detection approaches, ML‑based, rule‑based or hybridRecommend features and rules to be watched for or enforced by any defense system

Huntsville, Alabama

Assessed the security posture of a mesh network Using the Thread protocolAssessed the performance impact of Thread given certain scenariosWrote a white paper listing the security and performance pros and cons under given scenarios

Huntsville, Alabama

Collaborated with a team to design an AFDX switch with security measures against these security threatsAnalyzed security threats to AFDX Systems

Huntsville, Alabama Area

Collaborated with team to design a guard for MIL‑STD‑1553 systems using off‑the‑shelf componentsInvestigated the impact of installing the guard on the system’s latency and electrical characteristicsDeveloped the Common Open Research Emulator (CORE) API to incorporate more protocols/standardsInvestigated ways to develop a complete framework for wireless communications in COREFacilitated the interaction between CORE and the Extendable Mobile Ad-hoc Network Emulator (EMANE)Threat‑analyzed avionic systems including TTTech Deterministic Ethernet, AFDX, and Windriver VxWorksCollaborated with a team to design a system to monitor real‑time network performance metrics for commercial airplanes

Ithaca, New York Area

Greater New York City Area

Collaborated with team to develop SIEM content for The State of ConnecticutCreated 8 Qradar reports based on 6 use casesConcluded with a final presentation during the Weekly Status Meeting

Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Applied (SIEM) solutions for both Linux and windows computers of Banque Misr Using Qradar and TenableCollaborated with 2 Engineers to apply Freeradius server authentication on the computers of Banque MisrParticipated in multiple projects to develop two-factor authentication (using Entrust) plans for several organizations

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Computer Science

Master Of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering, 3.91

French Language And Literature

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Electrical And Electronics Engineering