Salima A. — Director of Engineering

Dynamic engineering-focused security leader with a track record of successfully creating and maintaining security programs that specialize in product security, application security and security architecture. I am cross versatile in diverse industries with demonstrated hand-on and management experience delivering product and security engineering programs. As a security leader, my successful security strategy is focusing on working closely with business executives and align cybersecurity strategies with the overall company strategies and its priorities. Security impacts the entire company, so relationships need to be built across the enterprise. That partnership with the business is the secret to creating solid strategies. The security function needs to be a partner, not a blocker, and that's how I drive security to a higher security posture for everyone in the organization. Core Areas of Expertise: Product Security Strategy: Develop and implement a comprehensive product security strategy, aligning with the company's overall security and business goals. Implementation and integration of SDLC controls and principals. Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of security professionals, fostering a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous learning. Security Assessment: Oversee the assessment of product security risks, vulnerabilities, and threats, and develop strategies for their mitigation. Security Architecture: Collaborate with the engineering and development teams to integrate security into the product development lifecycle, ensuring secure coding practices and architecture. Incident Response: Develop and maintain an effective incident response plan, creating runbooks and playbooks while coordinating security incident investigations and response efforts. Compliance and Standards: Work with compliance team to ensure compliance with industry security standards, regulations, and certifications (e.g., SOC 2, NIST CSF, etc) within product security initiatives. Vendor Security: Manage vendor security assessments and relationships to ensure third-party services meet our security standards. Security Awareness: Promote a culture of security awareness and training across the organization, foster growth of security champion programs and initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Security Engineering Leader in the SaaS industry.

Experience: 16 yrs 11 mos