Hamoud Alhalmani

Experience

Experience that spans technology and cybersecurity, from consulting and security research to founding companies and leading technical teams.

• Penetration testing & research

  Assessing the security of systems and applications, and finding and responsibly reporting vulnerabilities for global and local companies, institutions and universities.

• Security consulting

  More than 1,000 consultations for local and international organisations on assessing and improving their security posture.

• Entrepreneurship

  Founded two technology and cybersecurity startups, one of them a SaaS product.

• Technology leadership

  Experience as CTO and Technical Manager: leading cross-functional teams and managing product development and technical projects.

• Training & knowledge sharing

  Delivered cybersecurity and IT training courses, and Arabic awareness content that makes cybersecurity simple.

• Product management

  Managed technical products and projects with Agile methods, from idea to launch.

Recognition

More than 100 acknowledgements from global and local companies, institutions and universities.

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In the press

Selected press coverage (articles in Arabic).

• U.S. State Department thanks Hamoud Alhalmani for finding a vulnerability on its websiteAl-Ekhbariya TV · 2021
• The story of the Saudi "ethical hacker" honoured by global companiesAkhbaar24 (from an Al-Ekhbariya interview) · 2020
• Saudi student discovers security vulnerabilities in global companiesSabq · 2020
• Al-Helmani discovers security vulnerabilities in the systems of international companiesUmm Al-Qura University News · 2020
• Saudi student finds a security flaw for Google, and Google rewards himSabq · 2019
• U.S. State Department thanks a Saudi programmer who flagged a vulnerabilityErem News · 2021