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Name: Duaa Abdelgadir
Job: Senior Staff Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Tell us about yourself
I’m not a big fan of the cold, even though I live in Alberta. However, I recently got into hiking and camping, which there’s a lot of here in Canada. That’s how I spend a lot of my free time.
How did you get into cybersecurity?
In college, I started as a math major and didn’t really know anything about computer science. But I had to take a computer science course for my degree. I ended up loving it. From there, I switched my program and went on to do an internship for the Canadian government, where I worked on infrastructure projects. When I returned full time, I became a developer on a cyber defense team for the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. That’s where I got my introduction into cybersecurity and securing networks. I worked on the passive defense team, which means that I wrote code and provided the data for analysts to do their jobs. I really enjoyed my work in government, but was looking for something a bit more fast-paced.
Life at SecurityScorecard
Which is how I found my current job at SecurityScorecard. Here, I work on the scanning architecture. This involves pulling in a lot of the raw data and using that to develop insights. A big part of my job is looking for threats, patterns, and vulnerabilities that could be lurking in machines.
SecurityScorecard allows me to work on a lot of really cool and innovative projects. Every day, our team is doing something new, and things are constantly changing. I also love getting the chance to help our customers, especially when it’s alerting them to a new vulnerability they weren’t otherwise aware of.
SecurityScorecard has a lot of powerful data, and it’s my job to make sense of that to help not only customers but organizations, governments, and businesses worldwide. We’re constantly refining our processes to further enrich the data we work.
Finally, are you a fan of Dua Lipa?
Yes! Mainly because she’s helped people learn how to pronounce my name!
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