Assaf Alassaf

Sr. Principal Engineer at a semi-government entity · Advisor to the CEO, Boudl Hospitality Group.

Technical leader and security engineer turning complex engineering organizations into resilient, high-trust platforms.

10+

Years of experience

3

Platforms delivered

30+

Engineers led in one team

15+

CVEs disclosed

98.4%

ML detection accuracy

Flagship engagement

Boudl Hospitality Group

Digital Transformation & Information Security Advisor to the CEO · 2024–present

A transformation mandated by the CEO, delivered as three platforms by an engineering team built for the job — with NCA ECC controls designed into the architecture rather than added afterwards.

Mandate
Advisor to the CEO
Team
10 engineers, built and led
Delivered
Three production platforms
Security
NCA ECC embedded in delivery

01 / 03 — Platform

Boudl App

Guest-facing mobile application

The guest's own entry point to the group's properties — the mobile surface through which a stay is found, booked and managed.

02 / 03 — Platform

Boudl Sign

Digital signature platform

Agreements and operational paperwork moved onto a controlled digital signing flow instead of being handled by hand.

03 / 03 — Platform

Boudl PMS

Property management system

The operational core behind the front desk: the system of record for properties, inventory and daily hotel operations.

Illustrations are stylized representations of what each platform does. They are not product screenshots.

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What I do

Transformation Leadership

Steering CEO-sponsored digital transformation programs from strategy through delivery.

Platform Engineering

Architecting and leading the engineering teams that ship and operate production platforms.

Offensive Security

Finding and disclosing critical vulnerabilities across widely deployed software.

AI & Automation

Building autonomous tooling that scales security assessment and research.

Offensive security research

Critical vulnerabilities found and disclosed across widely deployed open-source platforms.

CVE-2026-28289

CRITICAL

FreeScout

Remote Code Execution

CVSS 10.0

CVE-2026-27637

CRITICAL

FreeScout

Account Takeover

CVSS 9.8

CVE-2026-34149

CRITICAL

Coolify

Remote Code Execution

CVSS 9.1

CVE-2026-34058

CRITICAL

Coolify

Remote Code Execution

CVE-2026-27636

HIGH

FreeScout

Remote Code Execution

CVSS 8.8

CVE-2026-27836

HIGH

phpMyFAQ

Authentication Bypass

CVSS 7.5

CVE-2026-42237

PUBLISHED

n8n

SQL Injection

CVE-2026-44850

PUBLISHED

Portainer

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15+ CVEs + 30+ GHSA advisories.

Plus additional advisories across GLPI, Piwigo, AVideo, Lychee, WeGIA, SuiteCRM, OpenCart, and Filament.

Built tools

Research automation and platforms built to scale security assessment.

Autonomous Assessment Pipeline

Multi-agent workflow for recon, vulnerability hunting, CVE mapping, exploit drafting, and reporting.

Security Auditor

Python/FastAPI/Docker scanner platform for SQLi, XSS, SSRF, XXE, SSTI, CSRF, race conditions, JWT, and path traversal, with a validation layer that cuts false positives.

TrustChain

ML certificate reputation model for pre-execution malware detection — 98.4% accuracy across 1.2M profiled certificates.

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Career timeline

Work

Sr. Principal Engineer

Semi-government entity

Aug 2026 - Present

Work

Digital Transformation & Information Security Advisor to the CEO

BHG (Boudl Hospitality Group)

2024 - Present

Work

Cyber Security Expert Web Researcher (Team Lead)

Haboob

Dec 2021 - Aug 2026

Work

Bug Bounty Triage Analyst

BugBounty.sa

May 2023 - Jan 2026

Work

CTF & Bug Bounty Organizer

SAFCSP

May 2023 - Oct 2025

Work

Instructor

Tuwaiq Academy

Feb 2022 - Feb 2023

Work

Cyber Security Engineer

Haboob

Dec 2019 - Dec 2021

Work

Cyber Security Specialist

Confidential

Nov 2016 - Dec 2019

Education

MSc Cybersecurity

University of Liverpool, UK

Jun 2025 - Dec 2026

Education

MBA International Management

University of Sunderland, UK

Mar 2024 - Mar 2025

Education

BSc Cyber Security

ECC University, New Mexico, USA

2017 - 2020

Education

Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age

Harvard Business School Online

2022

Certification

OSCP

OffSec

Certification

BSCP

PortSwigger

Certification

CWEE

Hack The Box

Certification

CBBH

Hack The Box

Certification

eWPTX

INE

Certification

eCPPT

INE

Certification

eJPT

INE

Certification

USA Web Hacking Black Belt / Asia TTPs

Black Hat

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Community

Teaching, organizing, and triaging alongside Saudi Arabia's security community.

Tuwaiq Academy

Instructor training the next generation of engineers in offensive security.

SAFCSP

Organizing national CTF competitions and bug bounty programs.

BugBounty.sa

Triaging vulnerability reports across the Kingdom's bug bounty platform.

Get in touch

Let's build resilient platforms, and the teams that defend them.

The best way to reach me is by email.