AAAbout Ali
I help organizations translate complex regulations like NIS2, the EU AI Act, and the Cyber Resilience Act into actionable security solutions—ensuring compliance while strengthening resilience.
Specializing in cloud and web application security, I secure AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments, implement OWASP-based protections, and integrate DevSecOps automation. I also provide cybersecurity training on secure coding, cloud security, and compliance.
With experience advising high-level decision-makers—including critiques of the EU AI Act—and securing Nokia Bell Labs’ research environments, I bridge governance mandates with real-world security.
Expertise:
✅ Cloud Security & Compliance – CIS benchmarks, SIEM, EDR, zero-trust models.
✅ Web Application Security – OWASP Top 10, secure coding, DevSecOps integration.
✅ Governance & Risk Management – SOPs, security architectures, compliance automation.
✅ AI & LLM Security – Securing AI-driven applications, adversarial ML defenses.
✅ Training & Awareness – Cybersecurity workshops for developers and teams.
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English
Native or bilingual
Arabic
Native or bilingual
French
Basic
Dutch
Fluent
Remote only
Primarily works remotely
Experience
- NOKIA BELL LABSCyber Security ArchitectMarch 2024 - Today (2 years and 3 months)Antwerpen, Belgium• Enhanced LLM security by developing demos aligned with OWASP standards, influencing a wide audience of more than 3000 Nokia engineers• Training upwards of 50 Lab Security Primes on authoring documentation on safe penetration testing guidlelines.• Main architect in the deployment of EDR in the Laboratory environments; Wazuh and Microsoft Defender, securing over 20,000 endpoints• Supported Nokia Laboratories on implementing the SABSA Framework to design and implement secure IT Lab Architectures• Lead efforts on enhancing RunZero asset discovery queries, contributing to an increase in the asset inventory KPI goals• Responsible for the Penetration Testing Guidelines to support Laboratory Security Points of Contact• Main support point for CDC in the implementation of Docker security protocols
- NOKIA BELL LABSCyber Security ProfessionalApril 2023 - March 2024 (11 months)Antwerpen, Belgium• Drove Cloud Security success across multiple projects, enhancing compliance. Focusing on endpoint monitoring and CIS Benchmark Implementation.• Automated security frameworks for labs, boosting operational security while maintaining operational capacity and efficiency.• Implemented password and secret management, securing access for thousands of users over multiple cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.• Member of the automation team responsible for developing and maintaining the security framework at Nokia which is responsible for Research and Development assets in the Nokia Infrastructur. The automation framework team was responsible for the following:• Vulnerability Management: Prisma Cloud, Tenable, Nessus, OpenVas, RunZero, Qualys• SIEM: Logstash, Kibana, Elastic Search, Sentinel, Sigma Rules, Yara Rules• Ansible Automation: Bash, Python, Linux, Declarative Programming, Deployment Strategies
- Use.idTechnical WriterApril 2021 - September 2022 (1 year and 5 months)Leuven, Belgium• Researched deeply technical/analytic articles surrounding:1.) The Solid Data Specification(https://solidproject.org)2.) European Union Privacy regulations3.) Architectures of Decentralized and Private Semantic Micro-Frontends.4.) Securing public data repositories5.) Communication Protocols like URI and Articles Found On: https://get.use.id/blog
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Education
- MSc. Information ManagementKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)MSc. Information Management
- BA.PhilosophyKatholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)BA.Philosophy