
Amal Sayari
AI & Cybersecurity Consultant | PhD Researcher
Salaire / Taux journalier
Paris, France
Freelance, ouvert au CDI
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À propos
Introduction
AI & Cybersecurity Consultant specializing in cyber threat intelligence, proactive cyber defense, and applied artificial intelligence.Telecommunications Engineer and PhD Researcher in Information and Communication Technologies through an industry-funded Mobidoc program, conducting research on cyber deception, AI, and game theory for next-generation defense strategies.Also involved in cybersecurity teaching, project supervision, and scientific publications. Open to connecting with professionals, researchers, and organizations driving innovation in cybersecurity.
Expérience de travail
SAMA PARTNERS Business Solutions SARL
mai 2024 - mars 2026
1 an 11 mois
AI & Cybersecurity Consultant
mai 2024 - mars 2026
1 an 11 mois
• Designed AI-driven cybersecurity solutions focused on cyber risk assessment, predictive analytics, and threat intelligence automation. • Built predictive models to identify vulnerability co-exploitation scenarios and support remediation prioritization using graph analytics, machine learning, and Neo4j knowledge graphs. • Designed and implemented multi-source web scraping pipelines to automatically collect CTI reports, cybersecurity news, and threat data from heterogeneous online sources using Requests, BeautifulSoup, Playwright, and automation frameworks. • Engineered Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) automation pipelines for data collection, processing, and enrichment from multiple open sources. • Developed cybersecurity NLP solutions using SecBERT, BiLSTM-CRF, and NER models to extract threat actors, malware, CVEs, IOCs, and mitigation data. • Built MITRE ATT&CK classification engines to automatically map CTI reports to tactics and techniques. • Led technical architecture documentation, model optimization, and data quality improvements. • Tech stack: Python, Neo4j, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP, SecBERT, STIX 2.1, MITRE ATT&CK, Git, SonarQube, Scaleway.
Final-Year Project Supervisor
juil. 2024 - juil. 2025
1 an 1 mois
• Provided strategic and technical supervision for final-year engineering projects in Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence. • Defined project scopes, guided implementation phases, reviewed deliverables, and ensured alignment with industry standards. • Supported the industrialization and integration of project outcomes into real-world application environments. • Supervised AI-driven CTI projects focused on automated mapping of threat intelligence reports to MITRE ATT&CK techniques using DistilBERT multi-label classification models. • Mentored cybersecurity deception projects involving personalized honeytoken recommendations based on attacker profiles using MITRE Engage and D3FEND. • Guided advanced research projects on adaptive cyber deception using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL), game theory, and Proximal Policy Optimization for attack-defense optimization. • Promoted best practices in AI model evaluation, and technical documentation.
Scientific Reviewer
Evaluate scientific papers
juil. 2022 - août 2024
2 ans 2 mois
- Review scientific papers for international peer-reviewed journals and conferences. - Evaluate submissions for scientific quality, methodological rigor, originality, relevance, and technical contribution. - Provide constructive feedback to support publication standards and research improvement. - Reference: International Journal of Information Security (2022), Journal of Intelligent Systems – Hindawi (2023), IEEE ComNet (2024).
PhD Researcher in ICT
SAMA PARTNERS Business Solutions SARL
févr. 2021 - mars 2024
3 ans 2 mois
- A MOBIDOC thesis with cooperation of Communication Networks and Security (CN&S) Research Lab at SUP'COM and SAMA PARTNERS Business Solutions SARL. - Thesis Subject: Adaptive and Intelligent Deployment of Deception Resources for Cyber Defense - Key Contributions: • Designed innovative proactive cyber defense mechanisms based on cyber deception. • Modeled attacks and adversarial behaviors using multi-layer attack graphs. • Developed intelligent approaches based on Reinforcement Learning (RL), Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), and Game Theory for the adaptive optimization of defensive strategies. • Leveraged Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) for the automated extraction of actionable intelligence from threat reports. • Integrated MITRE ATT&CK, D3FEND, and Engage frameworks to guide the selection of defensive countermeasures. • Investigated deception mechanisms applied to the security of quantum communications. • Authored and submitted scientific publications (Conferences: AINA 2022, UNet 2024, NCA 2024, AINA 2025; Journal: IJACSA 2025). - Thesis Keywords: Cyber Deception, Cyber Denial, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence, Game Theory, Reinforcement Learning, Attack Modeling, MITRE ATT&CK, MITRE D3FEND.
SUP'COM
nov. 2021 - janv. 2024
2 ans 3 mois
Supervisor
nov. 2022 - janv. 2024
1 an 3 mois
- Supervision of tutored projects for both Professional Master's and Engineering students (135h). - Projects: - Cyber-attack scenario generation for critical infrastructures using CICAT and MITRE ATT&CK-aligned simulations. - Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) using IDS/IPS solutions and signature automation. - Vulnerability Management & Remediation integrating Vulcan, Qualys, Action1, and REST APIs. - Security Audit & Certification of SOAR platforms including static/dynamic testing and ISO 27001 alignment. - IOC Management with attack classification, TTP enrichment, and OpenCTI / IntelOwl integration. - Attack pattern extraction from CTI reports using NLP, NER, STIX conversion, and knowledge graphs. - User Behavior Analytics (UBA) and SIEM integration using machine learning models and ELK stack. - Active Directory threat monitoring using Splunk, Sysmon, dashboards, and detection of Pass-the-Hash / privilege escalation attacks. - Real-time SOC threat detection and response automation using Wazuh, TheHive, and Cortex.
Teacher
nov. 2021 - janv. 2024
2 ans 3 mois
- Teaching course and labs on Security Certification CyberOps for both Professional Master's and Engineering students in English and French (105h) at SUP'COM. - Teaching course and labs on Intrusion Detection and Alert Correlation for Engineering students in English and French (21h) at TEK-UP.
Visiting PhD Researcher
UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal
sept. 2023 - déc. 2023
4 mois
- Conducted research on game theory models for cyber deception, including Stackelberg games, signaling games, and POMDP-based decision frameworks. - Simulated attacker–defender interactions and evaluated defensive strategies using attack graph modeling and scenario analysis.
Visiting PhD Researcher
Universität Passau
juin 2022 - oct. 2022
5 mois
Arrondissement de Passau
- A research internship in topics related to cyber deception, reinforcement learning and game theory. - Participation in the 11th International Workshop on Cryptography, Robustness, and Provably Secure Schemes for Female Young Researchers (CrossFyre 2022) in Passau. - Participation in the cybersecurity conference (2022) of SAMA PARTNERS Business Solutions GmbH company in Mannheim.
Graduation internship
SAMA PARTNERS Business Solutions SARL
févr. 2020 - oct. 2020
9 mois
- Exploiting the artificial intelligence methods, mainly the natural language processing (NLP), in the task of deriving value from unstructured, non-standardized forms of cyber threat data, and putting them in a consumable and structured way such as STIX, and MAEC. - Keywords: Cyber Threat Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, STIX, MAEC, Python.
Engineer Internship
Amazus Consulting
juil. 2019 - août 2019
2 mois
Ariana, Tunisie
- Implementation of a GED : computerized process to manage the sources of information and the documents of the company. - Software that guarantees indexing, filing, archiving, research and diffusion documents, business process management and secure access.
A week-long study trip
Study Trip
juin 2019 - juil. 2019
2 mois
Munich, Allemagne
- Get an overview of the latest technological developments through visits to the companies: Mitakus, Motius, and Siemens.
Internship
Tunisie Télécom
juil. 2018 - juil. 2018
1 mois
Ariana, Tunisie
- Discover the work environment and the different parts of the communication chain.
Formation
SUP'COM
Telecommunications Engineering
2017 - 2020
3 ans 1 mois
- Main school for educating engineers in telecommunications in Tunisia. - CTI Accreditation. - Speciality: Cybersecurity and Defense.
IPEIT - Institut Préparatoire aux Etudes d'Ingénieurs de Tunis
2015 - 2017
2 ans 1 mois
- Physics - Chemistry , Rank : 63 - First cycle university degree.
Licences et certifications
TOEIC
Délivré le : juin 2026
CCNA Cybersecurity Operations
Délivré le : juin 2026