Karim is an experienced cybersecurity professional with over 15 years in the field, spending most of his career in a consulting environment, and now working in an adversary simulation role for a leading global identity company. Karim has led large offensive security teams focused on penetration testing, red teams, purple teams, and adversary simulations. He brings practical insights from diverse projects across federal governments, financial institutions, police forces, energy sectors, and various Fortune 500 companies.
Karim is a co-author for SEC665: Advanced Red Team Operations and an instructor for SEC565: Red Team Operations and Adversary Emulation and SEC588: Cloud Penetration Testing. He holds 10 GIAC certifications, including the prestigious GIAC Security Expert (GSE) and is a proud alumnus from the Masters of Science in Information Security Engineering (MSISE) at the SANS Technology Institute.
