Warith AL Maawali

1. Deputy CEO and Acting Chief Executive OfficerSep 2022 to Dec 2024
2. Chief Cyber Security and R&DJan 2020 to Sep 2022

Rose from Chief Cyber Security and R&D to Deputy CEO and Acting CEO (September 2022), leading the company's strategy, growth and delivery and taking it to Cybersecurity Company of the Year in 2023 and again in 2024.

• Led NSSG to Cybersecurity Company of the Year at the OER Corporate Excellence Awards 2023, accepting the award from HE the Minister of State and Governor of Muscat.
• Cyber Security Company of the Year again in 2024, together with Excellence in Building National Talent in Cyber Security, at the Muscat Daily Cyber Security & Cloud Awards; earlier, the COMEX 2023 award for Excellence in Technology.
• Signed a memorandum of understanding with Group-IB at GISEC Global 2024 in Dubai, and, under my leadership, NSSG formed strategic partnerships with Resecurity and with Risk Associates for PCI DSS compliance services to Oman's banking, financial services and insurance sector.
• Named one of Arabian Business's Top 50 CEOs of 2023.
• PassRay, an in-house product of the R&D I led, was Highly Commended as Outstanding Cybersecurity Product of the Year at Intersec 2024.
• NSSG achieved CREST accreditation for penetration testing and ISO 27001 certification.
• Research and development products: PassRay (exposed and weak enterprise passwords), DCapsula (DMARC email authentication reporting), HashStrike (password auditing and recovery, with its own hardware rig) and the Linux Kodachi Kit.

PassRayJan 2022 to Sep 2023Finds enterprise passwords that are exposed in public breaches or easy to guess.DCapsulaDec 2020 to Aug 2021DMARC email authentication reporting against spoofing and phishing.HashStrikeJun 2020 to Aug 2021Password auditing and recovery for security engagements and digital forensics.HashStrike rigJun 2020 to Aug 2021HashStrike's hardware bundle: a GPU workstation built for it.

1. Founder & Chief Executive OfficerJul 2008 to Dec 2017

Founded and led an IT solutions firm specializing in penetration testing, digital forensics, software development and security training. Defined the firm's strategy and product direction, managed operations and client engagements, and developed its security applications.

• Built a client base that included Omani public and private sector organizations.
• Created Linux Kodachi (2013), the privacy operating system that became Kodachi OS.
• Built StealthWalker, a Delphi Windows privacy application combining VPN connectivity, encrypted networking and DNS protection.
• Built SSL Eye, which compares TLS certificate fingerprints across nodes in several countries to detect interception; it won first place in the ITU Arab Regional Cybersecurity Center innovation competition.
• Delivered black-box and white-box penetration testing that measured clients' ability to detect and respond to internal and external attacks.
• Started digi77.com to publish security, forensics, server and development research.

1. Senior Research & Development ManagerSep 1996 to Apr 2015

Led a 40-member technical team responsible for IT security projects, delivery, quality assurance and issue resolution. Formed research teams in internet security and digital forensics and oversaw penetration, vulnerability, FAT, SAT and acceptance testing.

• Established a national digital forensics laboratory and standardized its processes.
• Led development of a technology tool recognized by Nokia Siemens Networks (Munich) as the primary solution for a major milestone.
• Designed a security product recognized by Elaman.
• Served as digital security consultant and trainer, and built database applications that improved workflow and productivity.