Bio
Rima A. Awad is a Cyber Security Software Engineer at 91°µÍø (ORNL) and an ACM member.
At ORNL, Rima has contributed to several cutting-edge cybersecurity R&D projects, initially focusing on automating the analysis and detection of hostile malware. Her research later expanded to cyber-physical systems, where she has been actively working on enhancing SCADA device forensics.
She holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from Saint Leo University, Florida, an M.S. in Computer Engineering from Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tennessee Technological University.
Her research interests include cybersecurity, digital forensics, malware analysis, and cyber-physical system security, with a focus on securing industrial control systems and critical infrastructure.
Professional Affiliations
Women in Cyber Security
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Trademarks and Patents
Automatic Clustering of Malware Variants Based on Structured Control Flow, Pub. No. : US 2016/0357965 A1 - Dec 8, 2016
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