Rawan Al-Shaer

Rawan al-shaer

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location of Rawan Al-ShaerPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Phone number of Rawan Al-Shaer+91 xxxx xxxxx
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  • Timeline

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2018

    Undergraduate Research Assistant

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte
    Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

    CERT Threat Analysis Intern

    Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University
    Jan 2020 - Jul 2022

    Graduate Research Assistant

    Carnegie Mellon University
    Jun 2020 - May 2022

    CERT Threat Analysis Graduate Intern

    Software Engineering Institute | Carnegie Mellon University
    Current Company
    Jun 2022 - now

    Cyber Security Engineer

    Federal Reserve System
  • About me

    Cybersecurity Engineer Federal Reserve | Carnegie Mellon Alum

  • Education

    • University of north carolina at charlotte

      2017 - 2019
      Bachelor of science - bs mathematics and computer science
    • University of north carolina at charlotte

      2017 - 2019
      Bachelor of science - bs mathematics-statistics
    • Carnegie mellon university

      2020 - 2022
      Master's degree computer engineering
  • Experience

    • University of north carolina at charlotte

      Sept 2017 - Aug 2018
      Undergraduate research assistant

      Project: 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 2019
      Cert threat analysis intern
    • Carnegie mellon university

      Jan 2020 - Jul 2022
      Graduate research assistant

      I 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 2022
      Cert threat analysis graduate intern

      I was mentored by Jonathan (Jono) Spring in the CERT Threat Analysis Directorate on data-driven cyber threat research projects.

    • Federal reserve system

      Jun 2022 - now
      Cyber security engineer
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Business applications of generative ai

      Carnegie mellon university
      Sept 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • Giac certified forensics analyst (gcfa)

      Giac certifications
      May 2023
    • Generative ai with llms

      Deeplearning.ai
      Sept 2024
      View certificate certificate
    • Amazon web services cloud practitioner

      Amazon web services (aws)
      Dec 2022
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Rawan Al-Shaer
      NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program NSF Apr 2020 I was awarded the NSF GRFP Fellowship.
    • Awarded to Rawan Al-Shaer
      Summa 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-Shaer
      RSA 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-Shaer
      Cisco 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-Shaer
      CyberCorps 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-Shaer
      Scholarship 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
      Better Future SchoolAssociated with Rawan Al-Shaer