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Abdullah Sakayl

B.S. in Cybersecurity Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)

Interested in security engineering, cryptography, DevSecOps, and distributed systems.

I enjoy building systems that combine security, blockchain, and modern infrastructure to solve real-world trust and integrity problems!


Education

Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Bachelor’s Degree — Cybersecurity
Rochester, New York


Experience

Security Analyst — Deepiri

Currently I'm a Security Analyst contributing to security initiatives for an open source organization with 50+ members.

Responsibilities include:

  • Security analysis and vulnerability review
  • Supporting secure architecture design
  • Threat modeling and defensive strategy development
  • Collaboration with contributors to improve secure development practices
  • Security tooling and infrastructure hardening

Security Awareness Associate — RIT Information Security Office

Internship focused on Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) and Data Governance.

Key work included:

  • Supporting security awareness programs for students and faculty
  • Contributing to governance and compliance documentation
  • Assisting with risk management assessments
  • Supporting policy and control implementation aligned with institutional security standards

Innovation Fellows Engineer — Rochester Institute of Technology

Internship focused on product innovation, technical research, and startup collaboration.

Key work included:

  • Led a cross-disciplinary team to develop innovative technical solutions for startup organizations
  • Conducted customer discovery interviews to analyze user needs and evaluate product-market fit
  • Designed and developed a minimum viable prototype (MVP) based on research findings
  • Built and presented a technical and business pitch deck to stakeholders including market analysis and feasibility
  • Applied technical research, strategic planning, and engineering problem solving to refine product concepts
  • Collaborated with mentors and industry professionals to evaluate technical scalability and business viability

Research

Post-Quantum Cryptography for Automotive Systems

Researched the feasibility of integrating Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) into automotive security infrastructure.

Project highlights:

  • Engineered FALCON Post-Quantum signatures into CHASM
  • Benchmarked PQC performance on automotive device environments
  • Evaluated feasibility of PQC adoption in constrained systems
  • Measured performance, verification latency, and computational overhead

Focus areas:

  • Embedded cryptography
  • Secure firmware systems
  • Future-proof automotive security

Blockchain-Based Digital Certification System for Fraud Detection

A distributed system designed to prevent credential fraud and certificate forgery using blockchain verification.

Key features:

  • Immutable credential records
  • Smart-contract-based verification
  • Tamper-resistant certificate validation
  • Transparent and decentralized verification process

Applications include:

  • Academic credential verification
  • Professional certification validation
  • Anti-fraud systems

Tools & Technologies

Wireshark Snort Splunk Metasploit AWS Kubernetes Docker Terraform Python Git GitHub Actions SQL Ethereum Linux MATLAB


Contact

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