Summary
Muath Alhomoud is an award-winning cybersecurity executive and current Chief Information Security Officer with 16+ years protecting financial institutions, government entities, and large enterprises across the Middle East. He blends deep technical roots as a polyglot software engineer with strategic leadership—driving enterprise GRC programs, achieving 100% audit readiness, and embedding AI governance aligned to Gartner’s AI TRiSM. Muath has led security at SAMA-regulated FinTechs and banks, operationalizing SAMA CSF, NCA ECC and global standards like ISO 27001, PCI-DSS and SOC 2 while pioneering vendor AI compliance reviews. A frequent board advisor and global speaker, he translates complex regulatory and AI risk concepts into tangible governance, resilience, and digital trust controls. His background in software engineering and hands-on pen testing gives him an uncommon ability to bridge secure development practices with executive risk reporting.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Computer Science, Software Engineering, Bachelor of Computer Science, Software Engineering at Universiti Tenaga Nasional
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Security, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Information Security at Saudi Electronic University
English, Arabic