Academia

Research Assistant @ University of Basel | Sep 2012 - Nov 2013, Basel

Design and implement a client-side encryption for a cloud storage platform. Conduct a UX driven research, addressing security in web applications. The outcome of the research was launched as a service in 2013, known as SSDR (Swiss Secure Data Room).

Lecturer @ University of St. Gallen (HSG) | Jan 2025 - present

CAS Cyber Security für Führungskräfte (Cyber Security for Leaders)

Lecturer @ Swiss Cyber Institute | Jan 2025 - present

Preparing students for the Federal Diploma (Cybersecurity Specialist).

Engagements

IT-Security Award Reviewer @ Competence Center for Applied Security Technology (CAST) | Aug 2016, Germany

IDM DACH | March 2024, Germany (Frankfurt)

Cloudflare Immerse | April 2024, Germany (Munich)

IMD Resiliance Circle | May 2024, Switzerland (Lausanne)

Okta User Group | June 2024, Switzerland (Zurich)

Information Security Network DACH | June 2024, Germany (Munich)

Re-think IAM | June 2024, Switzerland (Zurich)

AWS Media & Entertainment Day | June 2024, Switzerland (Zurich)

AWS CISO Circle | Oct 2024, Switzerland (Zurich)

Cloudflare Immerse | Nov 2024, Switzerland (Zurich)

Global Cyber Conference | Nov 2024, Switzerland (Zurich)

Re-think IAM | June 2025, Switzerland (Zurich)

Hamburger IT-Strategietage | Feb 2025, Germany (Hamburg)

The Connectivity Cloud Podcast - Ep. #1 | March 2025, Online (Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube)

Publications

2020

Mostafa AbdellMoez Hassanin. CipherTrace: automatic detection of ciphers from execution traces: Master’s Thesis at University of Oxford, advised by Prof. Ivan Martinovic.

2024

Mostafa AbdellMoez Hassanin; Ivan Martinovic. CipherTrace: automatic detection of ciphers from execution traces to neutralize ransomware: Journal of Cybersecurity, Volume 10, Issue 1, 2024, tyae008, https://doi.org/10.1093/cybsec/tyae008.