Tariq Houis
Application Security Researcher
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Top SchoolTariq Houis is an application security researcher based in Montreal with a decade of hands-on experience uncovering and remediating software vulnerabilities across academic, enterprise, and open-source ecosystems. His recent NDSS '26 paper introduced a dynamic, high-speed analysis method for Node.js packages that yielded hundreds of real-world findings and helped secure 70 CVEs at high and critical severity. Prior to his current research role at Concordia University he led security operations and built a SOC for Majmaah University, blending incident response, governance, and secure development practices. A former freelance penetration tester and tool author, Tariq bridges offensive techniques with responsible disclosure and mentorship, and publishes tools and write-ups on GitHub and his blog to help practitioners operationalize research.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information Technology, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Information Technology at University of KalamoonMaster's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Concordia UniversityDiploma Collage Computer Engineering Technology/Technician, Diploma Collage Computer Engineering Technology/Technician at Homs University
Arabic, English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (116)
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
tariqhawis/injectbot
Nov 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:1 release, 14 pushes, 2 branches in 3 years 1 month
tariqhawis/tariqhawis.github.io
Jan 2020 - Aug 2023
Contributions:10 PRs, 187 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 7 months
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