Raed Alghamdi

Raed Alghamdi has extensive work experience in the field of cybersecurity. Raed currently holds the position of Head of Cybersecurity Defense at Geidea since 2023. Prior to that, they served as the Security Operations Center Manager at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development and Saudi Business Machines from 2022 to 2023. Before that, they worked as a Senior Cybersecurity Defense Specialist at stc pay from 2021 to 2022 and as a Senior Cyber Security Specialist at Innovative Solutions SA in 2020. Raed also gained experience at Banque Saudi Fransi, where they held roles such as Security Architecture & Implementation Engineer and Information Security Analyst.

Raed Alghamdi obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Algoma University, which they completed between 2015 and 2018. In addition to their degree, they have earned several certifications such as GIAC Certified Detection Analyst (GCDA), GIAC Defensible Security Architecture (GDSA), Level 1: Trustee Exam Certification from CyberArk, Cyberecurity Management from IT Masters (CSU), GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC), Splunk 7.x Fundamentals Part 1 from Splunk, eCTHP v1.0 and eJPT v1.0 from eLearnSecurity, CompTIA Security+, Vulnerability Management from Qualys, GIAC Certified Forensics Analyst (GCFA), GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), GIAC Critical Controls Certification (GCCC), GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+), and CompTIA Security Analytics Professional from CompTIA. The certifications were obtained between 2018 and 2020, with specific months provided for some of them.