Speaker Bio

He is a seasoned SecOps Solutions Architect at Trellix (formerly FireEye and McAfee Enterprise), bringing over 17 years of international experience in cybersecurity across EMEA and Canada. Specializing in security architecture, SecOps, incident response, and threat intelligence. Driven by a deep passion for threats research and hunting (i.e., Ransomware and APT), Ayed strives to advance cyber operations and protect organizations from sophisticated attacks.
His recent accomplishments include supporting a European country's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) during the NATO Locked Shields Cyber Exercise (2024). He also created and organized multiple internal and external Trellix “SecOps Capture The Flags” competitions, a challenging and gamified event based on real-life adversarial tactics. Prior to joining Trellix, Ayed held senior technical positions at Cisco Systems and FireEye. He holds a Master’s degree in Cybersecurity with a focus on Cyber Intelligence from Utica University, New York.