Malek Ben Salem

Guest Malek Ben Salem, a cybersecurity expert with a background in electrical engineering and a passion for math and astrophysics, shares her journey from childhood curiosity in astrophysics to a career in cybersecurity R&D. She discusses using math for data mining, forecasting, and applying new AI techniques in security at Accenture.

Joe Oregon from CISA discusses a tabletop exercise for the next Super Bowl. Malek Ben Salem describes code models. Topics include data exposure incidents, zero-day vulnerabilities, Chinese espionage, hiring North Korean IT workers, cyber attacks on humanitarian organizations, content moderation challenges, cyber-attack on the International Criminal Court, collaborative relationships, cybersecurity habits, and considerations for using code models.