Summary
Ebraam Mesak is an R&D Security Engineer at EG-CERT with nine years of experience blending web development, security research, and SOC operations. Currently active as a security researcher with Bugcrowd and YesWeHack, he pairs practical bug-bounty expertise with formal incident-response work at Egypt’s national CERT. He holds a strong academic foundation—Bachelor’s in Computer Engineering from Nile University and an MEng in Cybersecurity from University of Ottawa—and is enrolled in a PhD program in Cybersecurity at Concordia. Early career web development as a freelancer gives him a pragmatic, adversary-minded perspective when hardening applications and infrastructures. Notably, his public GitHub contact is intentionally obfuscated using a base64 string, reflecting an attention to privacy and lightweight obfuscation techniques.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cybersecurity, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cybersecurity at Concordia University
Master of Engineering - MEng, cybersecurity, Master of Engineering - MEng, cybersecurity at University of Ottawa
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.76 (A), Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, GPA: 3.76 (A) at Nile University - NU