Zainab Ali Majid
FounderCofounder at Asymmetric Security
London, England, United Kingdom
FoundedAsymmetric Security
About
Zainab Ali Majid worked for more than five years at the cybersecurity firm Stroz Friedberg, where she led incident response investigations for Fortune 500 clients. She moved into AI research shortly afterward, publishing two papers at NeurIPS within her first six months in the field.
Cofounder at Asymmetric Security
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Alexis CarlierCofounder
Experience
- Asymmetric SecurityCo-Foundercurrent2025 — present
- Stroz Friedberg, an Aon companySenior Consultant2023 — 2025
- Stroz Friedberg, an Aon companyConsultant2022 — 2023
- Stroz Friedberg, an Aon companyAssociate2020 — 2021
- Stroz Friedberg, an Aon companyGraduate Trainee2019 — 2020London, England, United Kingdom
- Apart ResearchResearch Fellow2024
Education
- University of OxfordMaster of Physics - MPhys, Astrophysics
- University of OxfordBA Physics, Physics
Skills & more
Python (Programming Language)2Cyber Threat Hunting (CTH)2Microsoft Excel3Databases1PyTorchLaTeX1SQLElastic Stack (ELK)2Analytical Skills2Leadership2Communication3Data Analysis4
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Artificial Intelligence (AI)Digital ForensicsIncident ResponsePattern RecognitionLog AnalysisCybersecurityNetwork ForensicsResearch SkillsMachine LearningTechnical WritingStatistical Data AnalysisPresentation Skills- CS221: Artificial Intelligence: Principles and Techniques — Stanford University
- GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA) — GIAC Certifications
- Managing Cyber Security Risk — GRC Solutions
- Foundation Certificate in Cyber Security — APMG International
- CPSA — CREST
- GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA) — GIAC Certifications
- GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE) — GIAC Certifications
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