Karim Said
Chief Information Security Officer
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolKarim Said is the Chief Information Security Officer at NASA Headquarters with 12+ years of hands-on experience designing and leading enterprise security programs in high-assurance environments. He rose through technical roles—from software development at IBM to information security engineering—before moving into senior security leadership at NASA, blending practical coding chops with risk-focused strategy. Karim holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science and Information Systems and completed advanced study in Human-Computer Interaction up to PhD-level work, giving him a rare mix of usability-aware security thinking. He’s passionate about “building and breaking” software and mining data to harden systems, and he enjoys teaching others to do the same. Based in Washington, DC, he’s known for translating complex technical risks into actionable, auditable controls for large organizations. An avid problem-solver, he brings both academic depth and operational experience to securing mission-critical infrastructure.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
UMBC
Github Skills (73)
pii10
security10
schema10
directives10
yaml10
risk-assessment10
json10
authorization10
nist10
hsts10
xml10
compliance10
automation9
scanning9
information-security8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
risk-redux/risque
Sep 2018 - Oct 2022
NIST SP 800-30, Guide for Conducting Risk Assessments
Contributions:34 commits, 11 PRs, 35 pushes in 4 years 1 month
nistriskrisk-assessmentassessmentsrisk-analysis
cruller-club/beaukeh
Jul 2018 - Feb 2023
Beaucoup de beau bokeh.
Contributions:81 commits, 27 PRs, 70 pushes in 4 years 7 months
beauminecraftbokeh
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