
Timeline
About me
Cybersecurity Engineer Federal Reserve | Carnegie Mellon Alum
Education

University of north carolina at charlotte
2017 - 2019Bachelor of science - bs mathematics and computer science
University of north carolina at charlotte
2017 - 2019Bachelor of science - bs mathematics-statistics
Carnegie mellon university
2020 - 2022Master's degree computer engineering
Experience

University of north carolina at charlotte
Sept 2017 - Aug 2018Undergraduate research assistantProject: Study of Advanced Persistent Threats – I explored novel techniques that can be used by Advanced Persistent Threat attacks and developed effective countermeasures. I collected real-world malware samples and threat intelligence about them from the Internet, and analyzed the artifacts using techniques such as threat modeling and machine learning.

Software engineering institute | carnegie mellon university
Jun 2019 - Aug 2019Cert threat analysis intern
Carnegie mellon university
Jan 2020 - Jul 2022Graduate research assistantI was advised by Prof. Peter Steenkiste and part of the Systems, Networking, and Performance (SNAP) Lab. [https://snap.cs.cmu.edu]

Software engineering institute | carnegie mellon university
Jun 2020 - May 2022Cert threat analysis graduate internI was mentored by Jonathan (Jono) Spring in the CERT Threat Analysis Directorate on data-driven cyber threat research projects.

Federal reserve system
Jun 2022 - nowCyber security engineer
Licenses & Certifications
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Business applications of generative ai
Carnegie mellon universitySept 2024 
Giac certified forensics analyst (gcfa)
Giac certificationsMay 2023- View certificate

Generative ai with llms
Deeplearning.aiSept 2024 .webp)
Amazon web services cloud practitioner
Amazon web services (aws)Dec 2022
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Rawan Al-ShaerNSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program NSF Apr 2020 I was awarded the NSF GRFP Fellowship.
- Awarded to Rawan Al-ShaerSumma Cum Laude University of North Carolina Charlotte Dec 2019 I received the graduation award "With great distinction" (top 1% of my class) honor title.
- Awarded to Rawan Al-ShaerRSA Security Scholar RSA Conference Mar 2019 I received the RSA Security Scholar award to attend and present my research at the RSA Conference in 2019.
- Awarded to Rawan Al-ShaerCisco Security Scholar Cisco Dec 2018 I was awarded the Cisco Security Scholarship to attend and present my research at the Women in Cybersecurity (WiCys) conference in 2019.
- Awarded to Rawan Al-ShaerCyberCorps SFS NSF Aug 2018 I received the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service by the National Science Foundation for my academic performance and research in Cybersecurity. I received the scholarship for the duration of August 2018-December 2019.
- Awarded to Rawan Al-ShaerScholarship for Women Studying Information Security (SWSIS) Computing Research Association & Applied Computer Security Associates Aug 2018 I was awarded this national scholarship recognizing women in the field of information security for my academic performance and research in data-driven Cybersecurity.
Volunteer Experience
Teacher
Issued by Better Future School on Aug 2016
Associated with Rawan Al-Shaer
Languages
- enEnglish
- arArabic
- spSpanish
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