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PROFILE:

Cloud and Security professional with a great passion for automation and extensive global networks experience. Equipped with work experience in both Academia and Industry. Strong engineering /architecture skills, skilled in Python, Palo Alto Networks, active directory, AWS & Azure cloud, web development, penetration-testing, incident response, digital forensics, cybersecurity policies, controls, awareness training programs, and more. 

 

EXPERIENCE:

  • Resident Engineer (Prisma Cloud Consultant) (2020-present)
    • Palo Alto Networks, USA: Houston
  • Faculty Member, Computer Science
    • Teaching Assistant. University of California, Irvine (UCI). (2020-present)
    • Lecturer. Shaqra University (SU). (2019-present)
    • Teaching Assistant. Shaqra University (SU). (2015-2019)
    • Teaching Assistant. Imam Mohammad bin Saud University. (2014)
  • WiCyS Co-Founder and Vice President
    • Co-Founder for WiCyS student chapter at UC Irvine, USA: Irvine (2019-2020)
    • Vice President for WiCyS affiliate at Farmers Insurance Company, USA: Los Angeles (2019-2020)
  • Cloud Security Engineer (Cybersecurity Consultant) (2019-2020)
    • Farmers Insurance Company (a subsidiary of the global company Zurich Insurance), USA: Los Angeles
  • Researcher, Computer Science (2017-2020)
    • University of California – Irvine, USA: Irvine
  • Director of Electronic Media (2014-2015)
    • Ministry of Civil Service, KSA: Riyadh
  • Programmer (2009-2014)
    • Princess Nora University, KSA: Riyadh

EDUCATION:

  • Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California Irvine. USA: Irvine, CA. Expected (2021)
  • M.S., Computer Science, University of California Irvine. USA: Irvine, CA. (2018)
  • M.P.A., Public Administration, King Saud University. KSA: Riyadh. (2014)
  • B.S., Computer Science, Princess Nora University. KSA: Riyadh. (2008)

CERTIFICATATIONS AND DIPLOMAS:

  • Prisma Cloud SE Boot Camp. Palo Alto Networks. USA: Houston, TX. (2021)
  • Activate to Captivate. Excellence in Engineering Communication Certificate Program. USA: Irvine, CA. (2021)
  • Entelligence Certified IT Professional. Entelligence. USA: Houston, TX. (2020)
  • CompTIA Security+ Certification. Validation Number: DQ5CH4GHYPQ1QTGD. (2020)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate. Validation Number: 833ZPDK1PJE4Q09P. Amazon Web Services Training and Certification. (2020)
  • Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation (DTEI) Fellow. University of California, Irvine. (2020)
  • Cybersecurity Boot Camp (6 months program). University of California, Irvine. USA: Irvine, CA. (2019)
  • Activate to Captivate. Public speaking eight-weeks Certificate. USA: Irvine, CA. (2018)
  • Reading as a Writer – Intensive Program. Stanford University. USA: San Francisco, CA. (Summer 2017)
  • Academic English. Montana State University. USA: Bozeman, MT. (2016)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

  • Computer Science: Cybersecurity & Privacy, Cloud Security, Network Security, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Vehicles, Sentiment Analysis.
  • Public Administration: Management Information System (MIS), Leadership & Decision-Making, Human Resources, and Policies Analysis.

COMMITTEE INVOLVEMENTS:

HONORS AND RECOGNITIONS:

  • Awarded a Full scholarship by The Computing Research Association (CRA) to participate in 2021 CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women. (2021).
  • Awarded University of California Irvine Computer Science Research Grant. (2021).
  • Awarded the “Woman Cybersecurity Community Supporter” Golden Award by Women in Cybersecurity Middle East (WiCSME). (2020).
  • Ranked third among 81 expert participants in WiCyS x AWS JAM Advanced Session. (2020).
  • Awarded University of California Irvine DTEI (Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation) Fellowship. (2020).
  • Awarded University of California Irvine ICS Conference Presentation Grant. (2020).
  • Awarded a Full WiCyS Scholarship to participate in the Women in Cyber Security Conference. USA: Aurora, CO. (2020).
  • Awarded a Full scholarship by The Computing Research Association (CRA) to participate in the Grad Cohort for Women. USA: San Francisco, CA. (2018).
  • Awarded a Full scholarship by Shaqra University covering the studies towards M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science in the USA. (2015).
  • Ranked first among 36 graduates of MPA, King Saud University. (2015).
  • Awarded by the Minister of Civil Service for the research Senior Leaders’ Selection in Public Organizations in KSA. (2014).
  • Graduated with honor, Princess Nora University: B.S. Computer Science. (2008).

MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) – Saudi Chapter. (2021-present)
  • Cloud Computing Association. (2021-present)
  • Women in Cyber Security Middle East (WiCSME). (2020-present)
  • Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability Group(CIAG). (2020-present)
  • Hemaya Group. (2020-present)
  • Saudi Women in Cybersecurity. (2020-present)
  • E3lamiune. (2020-present)
  • The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP). (2019-present)
  • Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS). (2019- present)
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). (2018 – present)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). (2017-present)
  • Turtle Rock Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA). (2016-present)
  • Saudi Society for Opinion Writers (SSOW). (2015-present)

PUBLICATIONS:

  • Published several articles in peer-reviewed journals (Alhayat, Alwatan, Alyamama, ARADO), in addition to a weekly column for one of the Arabic largest daily newspaper (Aleqtisadia) and a monthly article in (the Civil Service Journal).
  • AlharthiDalal; Regan, Amelia. A Literature Survey and Analysis on Social Engineering Defense Mechanisms And Infosec Policies. (2021). International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA).
  • Alharthi, Dalal; Regan, Amelia. Social Engineering InfoSec Policies (SE-IPs). 14th International Conference on Network Security & Applications (CNSA 2021). Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Alharthi, Dalal; Regan, Amelia. Social Engineering Defense Mechanisms: A Taxonomy and a Survey of Employees’ Awareness Level. Computing Conference 2020. UK, London. 
  • Alharthi, Dalal; Hammad, Mahmoud; Regan, Amelia. (2020). A Taxonomy of Social Engineering Defense Mechanisms. Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2020. San Francisco, CA. 
  • Alharthi, Dalal; Alshammari, Abdulrahman. (2020). Examining the Effect of Job Rotation on the performance of Public Organizations in Saudi Arabia. King Abdulaziz University Journal of Economics and Administration. Original language: Arabic. (In press).
  • Alharthi, Dalal. (2015). Senior Leaders’ Selection in the Light of International Practices. Business and Management 6th Forum. KSA: Alkhobar. Original language: Arabic.
  • Alharthi, Dalal; Alshammari, Abdulrahman. (2014). Succession Planning for Administrative Leaders in Public Organizations in KSA. Riyadh: Institute of Public Administration (IPA): Conference on Government Administrative Leaders in the Kingdom of KSA (Status and Aspirations). Original language: Arabic.
  • Alharthi, Dalal. (2014). Career Path Planning in Public Organization between hope and reality. Fifth Scientific Forum for students of King Saud University AND Fifth Scientific Conference for students in higher education in KSA. Original language: Arabic.
  • Alharthi, Dalal. (2014). Career Path Planning in Public Organization in KSA: Exploratory Study. The first conference of business schools in the GCC. Riyadh: College of Business Administration, King Saud University. Original language: Arabic.

VOLUNTEERING AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

  • Dalal Alharthi’s Initiative: ‘Women Cybersecurity Bootcamp’ to teach 500+ women all about cybersecurity field. (May 2020 – September 2020). Sponsored by both Attaa Digital (an initiative by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)) and Classera.
  • Several talks, seminars, and hands-on training to many organizations worldwide. Some of them are published on YouTube.

 

CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND TRAINING PROGRAMS:

  • Women in Data Science (WiDS). (2021).
  • 14th International Conference on Network Security & Applications (CNSA 2021). Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Internet of Things (IoT). Cisco Networking Academy. (2020).
  • Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) for Women in Computing. Anita Borg. (2020). USA: Orlando, Florida.
  • WiCyS x AWS JAM Advanced Session. (2020).
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Cloud Practitioner Training. AWS. (2020).
  • Adopting Azure Workshop – the Microsoft Intelligent Cloud. Microsoft. (2020). USA: Los Angeles, CA. 
  • Computing Conference. (2020). UK: London.
  • Women in Cyber Security (WiCyS). (2020). USA: Aurora: CO.
  • Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC). (2020). USA: San Francisco, CA.
  • Scaled Agile Framework. University of Farmers. (2019). USA: Woodland Hills, CA.
  • Build a Migration Factory with CloudEndure and Migration Hub – Workshop. (2019). AWS. USA: Las Vegas, NV.
  • Get up and running with Amazon Linux Workplaces – Workshop. (2019). AWS. USA: Las Vegas, NV.
  • The Busy Engineer’s Document Bucket (Using the AWS Encryption SDK for multi-master key encryption) – Workshop. (2019). AWS. USA: Las Vegas, NV.
  • Amazon Web Service (AWS) re:Invent Conference. (2019). USA: Las Vegas, NV.
  • AWS Terraform Landing Zone (TLZ) Workshop. Amazon. (2019). USA: Los Angeles, CA.
  • CloudBees Core Pipeline Workshop. Cloudbees Company. (2019). USA: Los Angeles: CA.
  • SQRL – Secure Quick Reliable Login. OWASP Meeting. (2019). USA: Irvine, CA.
  • IoT Security & Privacy Conference and Research Symposium. (2019). USA: UC Irvine.
  • The 27th USENIX Security Symposium. (2018). USA: Baltimore, MD.
  • Irvine Symposium on Emerging Research in Transportation ISERT. (2018). USA: Irvine, CA.
  • Computing Research Association – Women (CRA-W). (2018). USA: San Francisco, CA.
  • IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium. (2017). USA: Redondo Beach, CA.
  • Empowering Women in Data Science. (2017). USA: UC Irvine, CA.
  • The Government Summit. (2015). Minister of Civil Service Delegation. UAE: Dubai.
  • Open Data Workshop. (2014). YESSER. KSA: Riyadh.
  • International Conference of E-Health, compliance and change management. (2014). MOH. KSA: Jeddah.
  • Conference of Public Administration. (2013). Bahrain: Manama.
  • Conference of Human Resources. (2013). ARADO. UAE: Dubai.
  • Administrative corruption in the Kingdom and how to overcome it. (2013). IPA. KSA: Riyadh.
  • The third International Conference for E-learning and Distance learning. (2013). ELC. KSA: Riyadh.
  • English Diploma, Al-Faisal International Academy (ALFAC). KSA: Riyadh. (2010).

LANGUAGES:

  • Arabic (native language).
  • English (excellent).

SKILLS/TOOLS:

  • Programming/Scripting languages and general-technical skills/tools: Python, Golang, C++, Visual Basic, OpenGL, Android, Java, JS, HTML, CSS, MySQL, AWS, Azure, GCP, CloudEndure, SalesForce, Confluence, Rally, Clarizen, Terraform, Terraform Landing Zone (TLZ), Docker, Heroku, Kubernetes, CloudBees Jenkins, Operating Systems, CLI, SPSS, LaTeX
  • Cybersecurity Tools: Snort, Wireshark,  CloudTracker, Splunk, Qualys, Okta, Autopsy, Zenmap, Burp Suite, John the Ripper, KeePass, Hashicorp, Cyberarck, LastPass, DVWA, VMs (i.e. Kali Linux, Ubunto, Metasploitable2, Raven, Tinycore), and Palo Alto Networks products (Strata, Cortex, WildFire, Prisma Cloud (Redlock & Twislock), Prisma SaaS (Aperture))
  • General skills: Agile project management, leadership, can-do attitude, multi-tasking, mastering the Art of Google-Fu, public speaking, strategic planning, and time/priorities management