Walid Haddad

Walid Haddad has a diverse work experience spanning over 18 years. walid is currently employed at EVBox as a Security Engineer since October 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Coordinates Middle East as a Senior Cyber Security Analyst from July 2019 to August 2021. In this role, they performed security gap analysis, conducted purple team engagements, and researched security using the MITRE framework. walid also planned and designed secure cloud infrastructure, detected and investigated suspicious activities on SIEM and EDR, and analyzed logs from various security devices.

Before their role at Coordinates Middle East, Walid worked at Cyberkops as a Penetration Tester from February 2015 to June 2020. Their responsibilities included manual source code review, assisting clients in adding security to their CI/CD processes, and conducting penetration testing for host, network, and web applications.

From August 2014 to July 2019, Walid served as an Information Security Officer at Bank of Beirut. During their tenure, they implemented security measures and ensured compliance with information security policies.

Prior to that, they worked at ALCS - Allied Computer Services (An ITG Company) as a System Administrator from March 2011 to July 2014. In this role, they managed active directory administration, offered technical support to users, and developed infrastructure and systems according to company needs.

Their career started at compulife in February 2010 as an IT Technician, where they resolved technical IT issues, developed network infrastructures, and provided application and hardware support. From June 2006 to September 2009, they worked at ELENPI Electronics as an Electronics Technician. walid was responsible for soldering, PCB and electronic circuit designing, and creating electronic controllers for various applications.

Their early experience includes working at Skyescom from March 2003 to September 2006, where they provided IT and network support in a family business setting.

Overall, Walid Haddad has demonstrated expertise in security engineering, cyber security analysis, penetration testing, information security, system administration, and IT support throughout their career.

Walid Haddad's education history includes a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Computer Science from AUL University, which they obtained between 2010 and 2015. Prior to that, they attended CIT Technical College from 2006 to 2009, where they pursued a BT3 (Technizal Baccalaureate) degree in Electronics. Before entering college, they completed their early education at Notre Dame Des Anges in Badaro from 1991 to 2006, although the specific degree and field of study are unknown.

In addition to their formal education, Walid Haddad has obtained several certifications. walid earned the eLearnSecurity Certified Penetration Tester eXtreme (eCPTXV2) certification from eLearnSecurity in July 2022. Prior to that, they acquired the Rapid7 InsightIDR Specialist certification from Rapid7 in September 2021. In April 2021, they obtained the eLearnSecurity Certified Professional Penetration Tester (eCPPTv2) certification, and in January 2021, they obtained the Foundations of Operationalizing MITRE ATT&CK certification from AttackIQ. Other certifications acquired by Walid Haddad include the eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester Extreme v2 (eWPTXv2) in December 2020, the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification in June 2020, and the Certified Network Security Specialist certification from the International CyberSecurity Institute, UK (ICSI) in May 2020. Furthermore, they hold certifications such as CB Defense Associate Analyst from VMware Carbon Black (April 2020), Fire Eye Email Security from FireEye, Inc. (April 2020), Fortinet Network Security Associate NSE3 from Fortinet (August 2019), Fire Eye System Engineer from FireEye, Inc. (July 2019), FireEye Endpoint Security (HX) for Helix from FireEye, Inc. (July 2019), Ethical Hacking: Perimeter Defenses (March 2019), Wireshark: Malware And Forensics (February 2019), Penetration Testing: Advanced Web Testing (November 2018), Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) from EC-Council (October 2018), and EC-Council Certified Security Analyst: Penetration Testing (ECSA) also from EC-Council (April 2019). Although it is mentioned that they have an AWS Security Fundamentals certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS), no specific details about the month and year of obtaining this certification are provided.