Education:
- Ph.D. in CIS, research was on a new Port Knocking Technique called Tariq
- M.Sc. in CIS, research was on Software Maintenance using a new Plugin Engine technique
- B.Sc. in CS, research was on a new Form Shape Designer and an MP3 Player with Robotic Effects
Technical Certificates:
- IBM Certified Specialist – System p Administration
- IBM Certified Deployment Professional — Tivoli Storage Manager V5.3
- Novell Data Center Advanced Technical Specialist Certification referred to as DCATS
- Novell Data Center Technical Specialist Certification referred to as DCTS
- Certified Novell Instructor referred to as CNI
- Novell Certified Linux Administrator 10 referred to as CLA10
- Novell Certified Linux Desktop Administrator referred to as CLDA
- IBM DB2 under Linux
- Novell Linux Technical Specialist
- Novell Certified Linux Professional 10 referred to as CLP10
- Red Hat Certified Engineer referred to as RHCE
- HP ProCurve Networking
Training Courses Taken:
- SourceFire Security Education Program – Snort IDS/IPS Technology v2.8
- Project Management
- Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
- SolarisTM 9 Operating Environment – 6 Months Track
- Cisco Networking Academy Program, CCNA – 3 Months Track
Technical Profile:
Operating Systems
Linux Distributions: Any rpm or deb based distribution.
Unix: IBM AIX, and Sun Solaris.
Windows: Win2K, Win2003, Win2008, WinXP, Vista, and Windows7.
Hardware
Intel Based x86/x86-64 Servers (HP/Dell), IBM Power Servers, and Sun SPARC Servers.
Development Tools
BASH Shell Scripting, and Python Programming.
Databases
MySQL, and IBM DB2.
Network Services
- Implementing, Configuring, Hardening, and Tuning any of the following services:
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Berkley Internet Name Domain – BIND, Web Application Server – Apache, Version Control System – Subversion (SVN), SMB/CIFS networking protocol – SAMBA, Network File System (NFS), Secure Shell (SSH), Directory Services – openLDAP, and NIS, Network Time Protocol (NTP), Proxy and Web Cache – Squid, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) – vsftpd/pure-ftpd, Mail Systems Sendmail/Postfix/Exim, Packet Filtering Firewall, Netfilter – IPTables. Virtualization using Xen and VirtualBox. WHM/CPanel Web Hosting Control Panel, Microsoft ISA and Active Directory.
Security
- Linux Kernel Patching, Compilation, Tunning, and Hardening.
- Linux System Integrity, Data and Filesystem Encryption,
- Hardening and Auditing Linux Services, Web Applications, and Firewalls.
- Install, configure, and maintain IDS/IPS (Snort, OSSEC, etc) systems.
- Install, configure, and maintain network security devices (Firewalls, VPN concentrators, routers, Internet Gateways, and content filtering systems).
- Vulnerability Assessment and Patch Management (NeXpose, Nessus, SAINT Exploit, GFI LanGuard, Shavlik, MBSA, etc).
- Penetration Testing Tools such as Metasploit, CoreImpact.
- Event and Log monitoring (Splunk, Syslog, Ntop, Nagios, munin, etc).
- Packet filtering and Packet Analysis (Wireshark, tcpdump, tcptrack, etc).
- Implement and Enforce Security Policies and procedures (PCI Compliance, etc).
- Develop and maintain Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery plans.
Seeking to Achieve:
- GIAC Certified Penetration Tester, referred to as GPEN – In progress
- Snort Certified Professional, referred to as SnortCP – In progress
- OSSTMM Professional Security Tester, referred to as OPST
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional, referred to as CISSP
- Wireshark Certified Network Analyst, referred to as WCNA
Current Job Title:
I am currently working as a Network Security Officer
Standards used:
- PCI Compliance – PCI Security Standards Council
- OSSTMM – Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual
Scientific Hobbies:
الجلوس أمام الحاسوب لساعات طويلة جدا صعب إحصاؤها … يمكن 27 ساعة باليوم :)
أحب الأنترنت والقراءة بشكل صعب أوصفه …
أعشق شيء إسمه “لــــيـــنــــوكـــــــــــــــــس” …
Sports:
لعبت لمدة سنتين Kick Boxing والـ Jiu-Jitsu البرازيلية …
حالياً عدت بعد إنقطاع لمدة سنتين عن التمرين الى ممارسة فنون القتال ولكن هذه المرة مع الـ Muay Thai التايلندية …
ولهذا أعشق متابعة نزالات وبطولات فنون القتال، وأفضل تكون البطولة من نوع الــ Mixed Martial Arts، وبطولتي المفضلة كانت PRIDE، وبسبب إيقافها الحين أتابع أكثر من بطولة بين Affliction و UFC و Dream.
اللاعبين المفضلين بالنسبة لي بفنون القتال، يأتي بالمرتبة الأولى الروسي Fedor Emelianenko وبالمرتبة الثانية البرازيلي Antonio Rodrigo Nogueiraa، ومن فترة بدأت بمتابعة البطل العربي Badr Hari الذي يلعب Muay Thai التايلندية …
وأخيراً، بدون شك أعشق كرة القدم بصورة خيالية، والبطولة المفضلة هي الليغا الإسبانية ، وأنا مشجع لنادي ريال مدريد بشكل متعصب للغاية. طبعاً ويبدو نسيت ذكر بإني كنت لاعب بلياردو سابق أيام الجامعة.
Social Activities:
أحب كسب أكبر قدر ممكن من الأصدقاء، وحتى كسب الأعداء. أيضاً أحب الخروج برفقة الأصدقاء والدردشة معهم.
Etc.
وأحب النخلة الشامخة … فلها معاني كثيرة عندي …
