Dr. Edwin Kairu

Biography

Edwin Kairu is an Adjunct Instructor at Carnegie Mellon University Africa, where he teaches courses and labs on various Information Security topics. With over 10 years of experience in the field, he has held significant roles in information security, including as a consultant and advisor. From 2014 to 2018, Kairu was a Threat Assessment Manager at FireEye, Inc., where he managed the delivery of multiple managed security services and assisted clients in building their own cyber threat detection capabilities. His expertise also extends to security monitoring, threat intelligence, and incident management consulting. Previously, he worked as a Senior Security Analyst at the Bank of New York Mellon, specializing in network forensics and cyber threat management, and representing the bank in the Financial Services Information Sharing Analysis Center (FS-ISAC). Before that, he was a Senior Security Consultant at Deloitte & Touche, where he conducted diagnostics and vulnerability assessments for numerous clients, and worked on a contract with the World Bank to manage intrusion prevention systems and implement disk encryption solutions.

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